<Why does the other side never have to explain themselves?> Well, because that is the nature of conspiracy theorists.
They don't have to prove their conspiracies; we have to disprove them. This is impossible, because anyone who argues that there is no conspiracy is, ipso facto, a member of the conspiracy and therefore not to be trusted. As a corollary, any evidence against the conspiracy is manufactured BY the conspiracy and therefore is evidence OF the conspiracy. It's a beautiful thing. On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Jason Wise <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been long frustrated by the fact that any discussion of the attack on > Coventry always revolves around Churchill's defenders having to explain > that he did not in fact have advance knowledge of the raid. Why does the > other side never have to explain themselves? > > Let's say there had been advance knowledge of the raid and Coventry's > defenses had been significantly strengthened. How exactly would that have > alerted the Germans to the fact that their codes had been broken? > > Assume the Germans had suffered heavy losses in the raid. Post-mission > debriefing would have first focused on things like altitude, course heading > and air speed. Variables which when changed can produce very different > results over an identically defended target. The Germans might have > concluded that the RAF's night fighter capability was much better than they > thought. If they did conclude that the city's anti-aircraft defenses had > been strengthened since the previous raid, it seems reasonable that they > might have first thought that it was because there was something new in the > city (industry, military command post?) worth defending. Why believe the > Germans would automatically assume that their codes had been compromised? > > The conspiracy theorists never have to explain themselves. They can just > make charge after charge and watch the other side scramble to defend > itself. Until they are forced to fight on their own ground the truth can > never win. > > Richard Overy has a new book on the Air War coming out next week. I look > forward to reading what he has to say about Coventry. > > Jason Wise > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
