And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
too, I believe the lanyard around Churchill's neck may lead to the ring on the butt of his C-96 Mauser. Churchill was left behind in England when his regiment shipped out- he made a deal to serve as a reporter so as to get to Africa and there made his own history of it. He led troops from a half-crouch facing fire armed with a pistol, in classic style of a British officer.
Read Pat Buchanan's monumental work: Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War
Winnie was quite a man; he was the force behind the Gallipoli fiasco in WWI, didn't believe in citizens owning guns,(he tolerated it during WWII for political reasons, but after war's end he had them rounded up), was one of the primary backers of creating a little country in the middle east that has caused a lot of trouble for the rest of the world since then. That's just the beginning; I rank him as one of the top five monsters of the 20th century. My late graduate history professor thought he was number two, after FDR.
Buchanan would have made a phenomenal president, but he didn't have the ruthlessness needed to defeat the Bush cabal. He's the president in my alternate history hard sf novels about the US choosing a different path after 9/11.
The Zulu Rule: Whenever anyone is flipping channels, if they find Zulu playing, they must stop switching channels, and watch it until the end.
Re: Hero Of The Empire Find or acquire a copy of the film Young Winston, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Simon Ward, Anne Bancroft, and Robert Shaw.
Just remind me again. Who justified the concentration camps that Kitchener implemented, in which 32,000 women and children starved to death, excluding the 8,000 Blacks, or the scorched earth policy?
I watched ZULU the movie. Stanley Baker is the main character and driver behind the making of the film. This was Caine's first or near first. It was a great British Film.
Because you can't buy 577/450 ammo anymore it's classified as an antique in Canada. It will take about $400 of equipment to load the first cartridge for it and then every shot after will be $1 and 5 minutes of my time each. Still looking for a 25" bayonet at a price that won't bankrupt me. Al_in_Ottawa
A classic, best viewed in formative years of life.
ReplyDeletetoo, I believe the lanyard around Churchill's neck may lead to the ring on the butt of his C-96 Mauser. Churchill was left behind in England when his regiment shipped out- he made a deal to serve as a reporter so as to get to Africa and there made his own history of it. He led troops from a half-crouch facing fire armed with a pistol, in classic style of a British officer.
DeleteHe was the absolute worst warmonger. Many times he could have stopped WWII, but he let millions die.
ReplyDeletecite a few.
DeleteWell, he could have simply surrendered when Hitler demanded it.
DeleteRead Pat Buchanan's monumental work: Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War
DeleteWinnie was quite a man; he was the force behind the Gallipoli fiasco in WWI, didn't believe in citizens owning guns,(he tolerated it during WWII for political reasons, but after war's end he had them rounded up), was one of the primary backers of creating a little country in the middle east that has caused a lot of trouble for the rest of the world since then. That's just the beginning; I rank him as one of the top five monsters of the 20th century. My late graduate history professor thought he was number two, after FDR.
Buchanan would have made a phenomenal president, but he didn't have the ruthlessness needed to defeat the Bush cabal. He's the president in my alternate history hard sf novels about the US choosing a different path after 9/11.
War monger???????????????
ReplyDeleteAdolph Hitler started it. Churchill helped end it.
The Zulu Rule: Whenever anyone is flipping channels, if they find Zulu playing, they must stop switching channels, and watch it until the end.
ReplyDeleteRe: Hero Of The Empire
Find or acquire a copy of the film Young Winston, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Simon Ward, Anne Bancroft, and Robert Shaw.
"Gandhi and Churchill" is a good read.
DeleteJust remind me again. Who justified the concentration camps that Kitchener implemented, in which 32,000 women and children starved to death, excluding the 8,000 Blacks, or the scorched earth policy?
ReplyDeleteAs a child, Zulu taught me why I need to have a machine gun. When the yutes come boiling up outta de hood, whatchagonnado?
ReplyDeleteI watched ZULU the movie. Stanley Baker is the main character and driver behind the making of the film. This was Caine's first or near first. It was a great British Film.
ReplyDeleteZulu has been on one of the streaming channels, Tubi I think, for almost a year. I've watched it a couple times in the past twelve months.
ReplyDeleteNemo
It's available free on youtube. Has been for years.
DeleteOK, I bought it from your link. Blue Ray was the reason.
ReplyDeleteI've had the DVD for years and now I have a Martini-Henry Mk III too.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
a shooter?
DeleteDon't tell the Canadian Govt.
DeleteBecause you can't buy 577/450 ammo anymore it's classified as an antique in Canada. It will take about $400 of equipment to load the first cartridge for it and then every shot after will be $1 and 5 minutes of my time each. Still looking for a 25" bayonet at a price that won't bankrupt me.
DeleteAl_in_Ottawa
Saw the movie in London during 1967 in a large theater where it had been continually been playing since its release--in short, running for years.
ReplyDeleteDan Kurt