One thing which I've heard from Euros in the past is criticism of the length of time it took for America to get into WWI and I expect there will be more of it. They forget that there has always been (and still is) a strong and justified strand of isolationism in America. After all, millions of people came here to escape the militarism, wars and authoritarianism in Europe. Why would we want to have gotten ourselves back into the Euros' messes? We didn't start either WWI or WWII. It was only when it got to the extent that it was affecting us that we intervened. No reason to earlier.
Jonathan Hayes ________________________________ From: "Editor, Finest Hour" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 5, 2014 6:20 AM Subject: [ChurchillChat] Centenary of the Great War: Let the Spin Begin I didn't expect to find myself agreeing with Labour's Shadow Education Secretary, but take a gander at his screed and see what you think: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/04/first-world-war-michael-gove-left-bashing-history We're going to be reading a lot of silly nonsense about World War I in the next year or two, and Hunt's preemptive strike is a salutary warning. Hunt's piece recalls a poetic answer to Eric Bogle's famous poem "Willie McBride," written by Stephen Suffet in 1997: "Ask the people of Belgium or Alsace-Lorraine, If my life was wasted, if I died in vain. I think they will tell you when all's said and done, They welcomed this boy with his tin hat and gun." Full text at: http://richardlangworth.com/mcbride -- 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. -- 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.
