Comments by "Scott Giles" (@scottgiles7546) on "Mers-el-Kebir - Tragedy on a Grand Scale" video.

  1. Have you considered taking a course in Law? If a clause has three conditions that justify an action and one does, the two that don't do not matter. Considering those is not an act of Law, but of Propaganda. You should only consider the validity of the Fleet being under control of an enemy power when talking about the legality of the action. (sinking the fleet)
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  2. Never under estimate the power of CYA when reading such comments, especially when WAR CRIME TRIALS were active and you might have some "'splaining" to do. (Pure "Merican Boomer reference there )
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  3. It seems Drachinifel has a rather subtle opinion of Winston Churchill, based on several of his posts. The Dunkirk evacuation had ended on June 4th, 1940. The Battle of Britain, which everyone expected in some form, began July 10th, 1940. Winston had a lot on his plate, including wondering who in the government and services did not have the mindset for the war that needed to be fought, with incomplete and constantly shifting knowledge. As I approach is age of that time, the great wonder is he didn't die from a heart attach under the pressure. People had other, political reasons, to discredit him by all means possible. (Which seems a shame as there were enough true reasons to stick too) This does bring up the problem of forming an accurate history on any controversial historic figure, Beatty, Halsey, etc.
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