tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496103327369055047.post7431307753306227500..comments2024-03-11T09:39:22.914+00:00Comments on Ex Umbris Et Imaginibus: Irish IdentityFather Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17910574198138234820noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496103327369055047.post-82031009486433389002012-10-01T23:37:30.751+01:002012-10-01T23:37:30.751+01:00Actually, you (author) need
the Irish of ww1 were...Actually, you (author) need <br />the Irish of ww1 were mainly Irish home rule volunteers.<br />they did not join because of any generally envisaged German threat.<br /><br />They fought because they were convinced to by weak leaders such as Redmond, who sold their services very cheaply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496103327369055047.post-74928051154848343482011-05-18T21:45:51.916+01:002011-05-18T21:45:51.916+01:00As even Churchill recognized, the Allied power tha...As even Churchill recognized, the Allied power that really defeated the Nazis and took the brunt of the fighting was the Soviet Union. And I feel no more reason to feel grateful to Uncle Joe than I do to Churchill. They were both disgusting, mass-murdering, racist monsters.shanehttp://lxoa.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496103327369055047.post-75615336743226963962011-05-18T21:38:59.454+01:002011-05-18T21:38:59.454+01:00The secular media constantly attack the current Po...The secular media constantly attack the current Pope for his involvement in the Hitler Youth. Personally when I heard of it, I couldn't have been more impressed: what more noble job could he have had than to be an anti-aircraft gunner, shooting down Allied aircraft heading to the perpetrate the mass murder of German civilians?shanehttp://lxoa.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496103327369055047.post-89157053991321076222011-05-18T21:34:41.620+01:002011-05-18T21:34:41.620+01:00"If we thought the British were oppressive co..."If we thought the British were oppressive colonisers, they would have seemed like a laugh a minute in comparison with Hitler and co."<br /><br />Well Hitler was a strong admirer of the British Empire and viewed it as a force for good in the world, so this may be a false dichotomy.<br /><br />Neutrality in WW2 was the right choice in retrospect. <br /><br />Britain did not join the Second World War to save Jews, but to honour the war guarantee they gave Poland (and did nothing to help that poor country after they agreed to sign it over to Stalinist barbarism - so the War was a failure in its own terms). In fact the Allies refused to bomb the railway tracks to concentration camps. Concern for the fate of Jews on the part of the notoriously anti-semitic Churchill was incidental or non-existent. Even George W. Bush has recognized and lamented the Allies' indifference and incompetence to the mass murder of innocent Jews:<br /><br />http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22616187/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/t/bush-us-should-have-acted-auschwitz/shanehttp://lxoa.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com