I haven't read Mr. McMenahims' article. Can anyone provide a link?
Keith Thomas Leonard BA, MA [email protected] On Mar 2, 2012, at 6:23 AM, Shane Downes wrote: > When I signed up to Churchill Chat I was not expecting this! But it is very > interesting and sense evoking. I do not know what was written and by whom > but it goes wthout saying that sadly war has innocent casualties. It always > has and it still does today. It seems futile finger pointing when all is > considered and the arguement is a typical example of why war might break out > in the first place. > > Shaney > > Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 19:26:47 -0800 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [ChurchillChat] Finest Hour - Action This Day > To: [email protected] > > Mr. McMenahim's article states "Only six years later, German civilians were > dying of starvation as a consequence of the British fleet's successful > blockade of German ports." as though that was something heinous. > > Excuse me, Mr. McMenahim, but we are talking about war. Those of us who have > been in combat and have seen the "fall of shot and shell" have no illusions. > Perhaps the continuation of the blockade after the Armistice is debatable - > and there are certainly arguments on either side - but the blockade before > that was perfectly proper. War is very nasty, and properly so. The British > blockade was completely proper and the German civilian suffering was just > would should occur in modern war. > > Sure am sorry 'bout that. I don't like war any more than you do, but at > least, having been there, I don't have any illusions about it. > > Jonathan Hayes > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
