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To: GottaLuvAkitas1; StarFan
From August 1940 to May 1941, the Luftwaffe's nightly terror bombings killed 43,000 British men, women and children. That was only phase one. Phase two, involving the V-1 flying bombs and, later, rockets, killed an additional 6,180. The British defense, was, to the say the least, ineffectual, particularly in the early stages of the war--the antiaircraft guns were few, the fire control system inadequate, as was the radar system. Still, it would have been impossible, then as now, to imagine victims of those nightly assaults rising up to declare war on their government, charging its leaders, say, with failure to develop effective radar--the British government had, after all, had plenty of warning that war was coming. It occurred to no one, including families who had lost husbands, wives and children, to claim that tens of thousands had been murdered on Winston Churchill's watch. They understood that their war was with the enemies bombing them.

Nor, to take an example closer to our time, did the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing give rise to a campaign of accusation (notwithstanding a conspiracy theory or two) against the government for its failure to prevent the attack.




This above states the misplaced anger of this Widows against the wrong people! They should be applauding GWB for going after the terrorists & not blaming him & his administration.
21 posted on 04/13/2004 9:27:53 PM PDT by JulieRNR21 (One good term deserves another! Take W-04....Across America!)
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To: JulieRNR21
"They should be applauding GWB for going after the terrorists & not blaming him & his administration."

Julie, I totally agree with you.
I get so angry at times that I could slap people like these women, but we will NEVER change their minds. No matter what we say or what Bush does nothing will change them. It seems they hate Bush more than the people responsible for 9/11. I just don't understand how they can be so pathetically clueless and it makes me crazy!!!
43 posted on 04/13/2004 9:37:57 PM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1 (Let's turn Iraqi sand into some useful glass!)
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To: JulieRNR21
From August 1940 to May 1941, the Luftwaffe's nightly terror bombings killed 43,000 British men, women and children.

What I want to know is when is Churchill going to apologize for this?
259 posted on 04/14/2004 7:19:28 AM PDT by Valin (Hating people is like burning down your house to kill a rat)
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