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Recent content by Cooch

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    Memoirs of war veterans.

    TB... Try Amazon.com'slist of the best WW2 Memoirs. Overly biased towards the American experience, but for what it's worth... Amazon.com: The Best World War II Memoirs
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    How do you feel about women joining the SEALs?

    In Afghanistan, the ability to get over walls saves lives. Are you aware that the normal rural dwelling in that country is a walled compound? Instead of a picket fence, the average Afghani household has a courtyard surrounded by 10" walls. A lot of combat includes entering and searching those...
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    Why do some people deny the Holocaust?

    For most deniers, "crime" is determined by who commits it, not what, why and how. Bit like you attempting to pin denial on one party.
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    Was firebombing of Dresden by the RAF a war crime?

    All of which is a matter of hindsight - which was not a luxury available at the time. and you are wrong..... making sense DOES make it "right". What you believe to be the right thing to do at the time is the right thing to do, even if you subsequently find that your judgement was in error...
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    Was firebombing of Dresden by the RAF a war crime?

    I think that that is a case of the pot calling the kettle black, old son. So attacking a city descrtibed by an allied POW as "an armed camp" is not of military value? Attacking a city which the Werhmacht described as having 127 factories and workshops producing high-value military supplies...
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    Was firebombing of Dresden by the RAF a war crime?

    Again, you are ignoring the difference in intent, and in perceived need. The Allies are not innocent or guilty on the basis of your hindsight but - as in any case of self-defence - whether a reasonable man KNOWING WHAT THEY KNEW and BELIEVING WHAT THEY BELIEVED would do the same. Don't kid...
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    Was firebombing of Dresden by the RAF a war crime?

    You put words in the man's mouth, then convict him on the basis of something that exists only in your own mind. That is unjust and indecent of you. Not a very credible platform from which to lecture the rest of us....
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    Was firebombing of Dresden by the RAF a war crime?

    I believe that you would be far less ready to rush to judgement on the Allies, if you faced what they faced..... and with only the weapons that they had to hand. Which is a polite way of saying that you are not convincing me that you know what you are talking about.
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    Was firebombing of Dresden by the RAF a war crime?

    You suspect rightly, because I haven't forgotten - or chosen to ignore - a couple of major differences. (1) Germany was the agressor, not defending against agression. (2) The intent of the German campaign was not merely to "terrify" their opponents, but to engage in ethnic cleansing and take...
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    How do you feel about women joining the SEALs?

    Keith.... One female US Marine pointed out that - as of her time of writing Feb2013 - not one woman had passed the Marines' Infantry Officer Course. Of those that tried, all washed out. If the Marines cannot find women capable of meeting a standard passed by the average officer, what does that...
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    How do you feel about women joining the SEALs?

    There are not "plenty" of women who can exceed the standard that the "average" male can reach under military training. Not in the military, and willing to enter the appropriate branches of combat. Those that meet the standards are still rarely more capable than the bottom 10% of males that...
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    Observations from the teachings of Rev Dr Kevin Rudd

    If he cared, he would take care to ensure that he got it right... and very ready to acknowledge and apologise when he gets it wrong. Who said this is nort a matter of opinion, but a matter of historical fact... Kevin is not entitled to make upm his own facts, or hold to them in the teeth of...
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    Anyone here a Barbarian?

    Having said that, in Roman times, the sign of a Romanised, "civilised" descendant of one of the barbarous nations to the north, was almost inevitably, a mustache. Romans were clean-shaven, or occasionally bearded, but a soup-strainer almost always meant that the possessor came from Celtic or...
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    Anyone here a Barbarian?

    Barbarism is a behaviour, not a particular set of genetics or place of origin...
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    Was firebombing of Dresden by the RAF a war crime?

    Having read the article in questionb, it seems that there was a great deal of argument over the accuracy of that analysis. I believe that it indulges in unwarranted extrapolation, but I have the benefit of hindsight. What it does do, tho, is demonstrate that the bombing campaign was intended...