Being born in a town in Germany, Hanau am Main, which was of no military importance and massively bombed 1 month before the end of the war by the Americans using incendiary devices and killing, I believe, 8,000 civilians, I can say that the US showed no restraint with the "krauts" either.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Devine Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 9:18 AM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] More Smoke If I remember correctly, he showed no such restraint when it came to bombing "wogs" (Iraqis). > That Winston, such a card. > > "Churchill was sipping a glass of port in the House smoking room. > Harold Nicolson was listening to him talk. A conservative member of > Parliament told the prime minister that the British public was > demanding the unrestricted bombing of Nazi Germany. "You and others > may desire to kill women and children," Churchill replied, but the > British government's desire was to destroy military objectives. "My > motto," the Prime Minister continued, "is 'Business before Pleasure.'" > It was October 17, 1940. (p. 241, Human Smoke) -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
