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Posted on 12/23/2018 4:16:51 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
I saw an interview years ago with one of the last living soldiers fron ww1, a british man 100 or so years old. The reporter asked him what his thoughts were about the war. It was very sad. He looked at the camera and just said “why? Why? What was it all for?
This was not repeated in the next three years. The chain of command on both sides was not amused.
That’s a pretty good film
I agree with him. What WAS it all for???
For all the flaws of modern America, one of the positive aspects of this country is that we will never see a draft again. I don't think you'd find more than 5% of the population who are willing to trust a bunch of @ssholes in Washington with their lives.
In the end the monarchies of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia were “fragged” by their populations (setting the stage for round two 20 years later).
The soldiers realized they had more in common with each other than with their elites; couldn’t have that.
When Russia surrendered in 1917, the Germans allowed fraternizing with the Russians on the Eastern Front; during the Allied offensives in 1918 the German high command left a million troops in Russia because they were afraid of how radicalized they’d become. They lost the war with those troops still doing nothing in Russia.
Thank you for this beautiful reminder. Merry Christmas. :)
I thought he was good. He could make me cry. I don’t watch the new episodes. They’re too referential as opposed to having themes that were applicable to all times and places.
Nurse Who does not grip me in the least.
She just doesn’t quite get in gear.
The writing is sad.
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