tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post3579048509161183532..comments2023-10-25T04:54:37.147-07:00Comments on Just Right: Allied bombing campaign - war museum controversyJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884491329536733335noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post-43240570559068807712008-06-07T11:22:00.000-07:002008-06-07T11:22:00.000-07:00What do you want your museums to convey? Is it a h...What do you want your museums to convey? Is it a historical accurate picture or is it a picture of how we wished things were? <BR/><BR/>Who decides what is historically accurate? I say this is done by historians and NOT vets.<BR/><BR/>Most vets are kind and well meaning individuals but I do not attribute the ability to evaluate history to them. Sure they were there but there is a huge difference from being in the battle to understanding the forces that put you on the battlefield.<BR/><BR/>Having been involved in the battle does not automatically give you an accurate historical perspective. It should be intuitively obvious that vet's opinions would not be unbiased.<BR/><BR/>Churchill was no saint - far from it. If you read his opinions on the use of force on Iraqi villages (in the early 1900's) you will see that there is not much difference between him and his enemy in WWII.<BR/><BR/>If you believe that we did nothing wrong during WWII then fine, lets have this fairy tale reflected in the museum. <BR/><BR/>Ask yourself this: "where do we explain to the younger generations the mistakes that we made?" Ask yourself if there is any public institution where we say we made a mistake.<BR/><BR/>I close with this paraphrase of something I read recently:<BR/>What is the difference between throwing 500 babies into a fire and throwing fire from airplanes on 500 babies? The answer is none.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post-15049433742429751632007-11-10T02:19:00.000-08:002007-11-10T02:19:00.000-08:00Just for the record, in an internal memo made publ...Just for the record, in an internal memo made public after the war Churchill conceded that the bombing of German cities was morally questionable and he had misgivings about it. So yes, this has been a controversial and contested issue since the beginning by more than just "lefty historians and moral relativists." If you believe that we should trust so much in the decisions made by Churchill and his counterparts, maybe you should follow their lead by thinking critically instead of blindly following the righty historians and propagandists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post-17609054882396003102007-09-02T10:17:00.000-07:002007-09-02T10:17:00.000-07:00Anon, Thanks for the ref. MacPherson's column was...Anon, Thanks for the ref. <A HREF="http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/columnists/story.html?id=6cc5e948-9692-4237-b355-f012a759ae15" REL="nofollow">MacPherson's column</A> was excellent.<BR/><BR/>Anon (Barry), I agree. That <I>"bitterly contested"</I> crap is just one more ruse that lefty historians and other moral relativists use to try to make the Allies look as bad as the Nazis/Axis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post-70125673806672452092007-09-02T07:01:00.000-07:002007-09-02T07:01:00.000-07:00Just sent this to the TS editor a couple of minute...Just sent this to the TS editor a couple of minutes ago: Paul Berton’s article on the War Museum “capitulating” is a good example on why the veterans taking action about inaccurate signage, for his article, like the contested sign, is based on opinion and not necessarily fact. The comment that leaps out at me from the museum script is the following: “The value and morality of the strategic bomber offensive against Germany remains bitterly contested.” By who? Who is “bitterly contesting” this issue? Certainly must be an enormous amount of people to earn a such a visible place and set the tone for the entire exhibit. The “who” I expect, it is a bunch of left wing historians that are trying to make a social statement, rather than stating fact and the reasons of the day for such a brutal campaign (which is also probably the reason they put Kyle Browns portrait is in the main lobby). BarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post-15807956313260288732007-09-02T00:54:00.000-07:002007-09-02T00:54:00.000-07:00Les MacPherson has a good column in the Saskatoon ...Les MacPherson has a good column in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix. The gist of it is if you want to know if the bombing was effective, ask the Germans.<BR/>They certainly seemed to feel that it went a long way to winning the war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com