The First World War

[haroldeye]

Scounds - Churchill is a victim of the fine old hard left habit of repeating lies long and hard enough until people know for certain that they are the truth. I believed it too until we had a massive debate on Churchill in these august threads.

http://www.winstonchurchill.org/reso...sh-coal-miners

In Rupert's quote Churchill would seem to be advocating the use of tear gas (boggle at making his eyes water by means of lachrymatory gas). He then went on to say; I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes. The moral effect should be so good that the loss of life should be reduced to a minimum. It is not necessary to use only the most deadly gasses: gasses can be used which cause great inconvenience and would spread a lively terror and yet would leave no serious permanent effects on most of those affected." Which seems to me that he was suggesting tear gas would have the right effect without killing people.

In the 20's and 30's Churchill was not only fiercly anti Nazi but also fiercly anti communist. The hard left needed to blacken his name as much as possible, hence the slander.