Aq8knyus t1_j1w0r1s wrote on December 27, 2022 at 8:41 PM

Reply to comment by Slartibartfast39 in TIL Winston Churchill opposed the American use of napalm during the Korean war but still allowed Americans to publish claims of British support for American napalm attacks. by jamescookenotthatone

I dont actually like Churchill for his incompetent role at the Admiralty during 1914/15.

However, if you were born in 1874, you too would have grown up with attitudes that wouldn’t fly in polite society in 2022.

dressageishard t1_j1xb1u7 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 2:12 AM

Yes, no question Gallipoli was his greatest failure.

tipdrill541 t1_j1yk0gy wrote on December 28, 2022 at 10:05 AM

Not just that but 99% of British politicians and high ranking and just regular military officers, have always come from the small white British Upper class. So of course there will be a lot of incompetence when all the leaders of the military and government are drawn from a very, very small pool that has absolutely nothing to do with merit nd just what family they were born into