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Old 06-17-2014, 11:09 PM
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Another Bad-Arsed War Hero for Hattie Guy

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Old 06-17-2014, 11:38 PM
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Old 06-18-2014, 04:31 AM
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Good read and a tough ol' boy but this part was interesting:

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Then there’s the grim twist just under the surface of Churchill’s Romanticism and braggadocio. The last of his famous lines is a brief requiem for the end of his beloved war: “If it wasn’t for those damn Yanks, we could have kept the war going another ten years.” As Loades rightly points out, little glimmers into Churchill’s psyche like this suggests his madness wasn’t all fun story fodder worthy of lionization.
Not good to love war, a la Patton, methinks.
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Old 06-18-2014, 06:19 AM
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I think the trick is to have the guys who love war do the fighting rather than making the decision to enter it.
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Old 06-18-2014, 06:55 AM
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The last paragraph paints a different picture from the earlier portions.
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Old 06-18-2014, 09:22 AM
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right cool guy.............
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Old 06-18-2014, 09:29 PM
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Mad Jack was a total bad ass, he carried a Claymore into combat!

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Old 06-20-2014, 11:36 PM
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Look up Churchill’s involvement before England Entered WWII the ULTRA/Enigma Code Machine that the Germans used.
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Old 06-21-2014, 02:31 AM
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I think the trick is to have the guys who love war do the fighting rather than making the decision to enter it.
Well put.

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