the comeback of german militarism

[sappatz]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b0651290-638...0779e2340.html

i dont know if its good news for Britain (embroiled in Mr Blair colonial wars)
Mr Krupp heirs will be be no sure entousiast (and maybe their counterpart, the vickers heirs)

[sasguru]

This is a good thing. We should use the German flair for war to achieve Western goals. I only wish they were as efficient as before.

[BoredBloke]

You mean their flair for starting wars, coupled with our flair for wining them. An unbeatable proposition.

[sasguru]

You mean their flair for starting wars, coupled with our flair for wining them. An unbeatable proposition.

Forget that myth. The only war we won in the last century was the Falklands. The rest is a sorry tale of having to be rescued, converting losses into victory by propaganda etc. The French had the same misconception around 1939.

[Flubster]

The only war we won in the last century was the Falklands.

Officially, that wasn't a war. It was a conflict. The only difference being that Ossie Ardilles could continue to play for Spurs without being interned...

[Troll]

Forget that myth. The only war we won in the last century was the Falklands. The rest is a sorry tale of having to be rescued, converting losses into victory by propaganda etc. The French had the same misconception around 1939.

2nd Boer war?

[Troll]

Forget that myth. The only war we won in the last century was the Falklands. The rest is a sorry tale of having to be rescued, converting losses into victory by propaganda etc. The French had the same misconception around 1939.

If Britain had sued for peace after Dunkirk meaning there was no Western front to defend, plus the considerable industrial output of GB was placed at the disposal of the Nazi war machine, would the battle in the East against Russia have gone differently?

(posting a "no...next" comment not acceptable )

[sasguru]

If Britain had sued for peace after Dunkirk meaning there was no Western front to defend, plus the considerable industrial output of GB was placed at the disposal of the Nazi war machine, would the battle in the East against Russia have gone differently?

(posting a "no...next" comment not acceptable )

Hard to tell. Without a base the US would be effectively out of Europe - the war would at the very least have been prolonged by a few years. I would guess the most likely outcome would have been a stalemate with Germany being pushed back to Poland.

Doesn't change my point though.

[sasguru]

2nd Boer war?

Ok, I'll give you that.

[Flubster]

Ok, I'll give you that.

Ok. Apart from the 2nd Boer War, the First World War the Second World War, the Falklands Conflict, Gulf War (Part 1 and Part 2), what wars have we won in the last 100 years...

(In tribute to the Python Team, as in 'What have the Romans ever done for us?)