"Devine, James" wrote: > > Of course, Churchill isn't cited as the > war criminal and racist that he was because > (1) his last stint as PM involved a war against > a generally-accepted bad guy; and (2) he won. > Blair & Bush may not win, while it's possible > that they could become generally accepted as bad > guys. > -- Jimmy D.
And since Bush & Blair's crimes so vividly echo the particular ones of Churchill, the net result may be that Churchill's fame takes a turn for the worse also. He may yet be remembered more for his use of poison gas in Iraq than from his role in the Great Patriotic War. Carrol
