[JohnGalt]

Ever read about the secondary explosions on the Lusitania? Our neutral country was shipping munitions to the English, risking innocent civilian lives, while an inhumae blockade starved the German people.

[wasp69]

Ever read about the secondary explosions on the Lusitania? Our neutral country was shipping munitions to the English, risking innocent civilian lives....

The secondary explosions you were referring to came from the ship's boilers. When the cold seawater hit the hot boilers, they exploded. The section where the munitions were was not hit. Risking innocent English lives??? Are you kidding?? What about the English Admiralty who knew there was a hunter-killer in the path of the Lusitania and did not warn them. We put them at risk? Hardly.

while an inhumae blockade starved the German people.

Have you forgotten about the blockade around England? What do you think the Germans were doing with their subs and unristricted warfare at sea?

[talk2farley]

Yes, I saw a special on the History Channel regarding whether or not their were weapons on board the Lucitania. The verdict? Inconclusive.

Moreover, this incident represents one of numerous attacks on American shipping by the Germ,an armed forces. If thats not provocation for a war, what is?