Comments by "Ralph Bernhard" (@ralphbernhard1757) on "Timeline - World History Documentaries" channel.

  1. If your leaders love total war, they should also expect "total" results, and if your leaders love total control, they should also expect total loss if they fail. London set up Europe to fail TWICE. At the end of WW2 they lost their "my precious Empire" to their "best friends" thanks to their love of total war. The only thing that saved their "my precious Empire" for a few more years was the fact that the new alpha Washington DC needed them as tools to defend against the commies they had granted enhanced powers in the new balance of power scheme they had set up to supercede London... And so the game continued: "best fwiends" one day, enemies the next...."best fwiends" one day, enemies the next...."best fwiends" one day, enemies the next...."best fwiends" one day, enemies the next...."best fwiends" one day, enemies the next...."best fwiends" one day, enemies the next.... Keep on cheering.
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  2. Yup. What you dish out is what you get. Counts for all, right? Winston "expire the Empire" Churchill... ...teamed up with.... Bomber "burnt the Pound Stirling in a whirlwind" Harris... What could possibly go wrong? Oh yeah, you lose your "empire". One nation's leaders chose to answer with "more than the measure", and as a result bombed themselves into financial and economic ruin... Too bad they didn't read their Bibles, where it says "an eye for an eye"... Quote: "The findings are that the strategic air offensive cost Britain £2.78 billion, equating to an average cost of £2,911.00 for every operational sortie flown by Bomber Command or £5,914.00 for every Germany civilian killed by aerial bombing. The conclusion reached is the damage inflicted upon Germany by the strategic air offensive imposed a very heavy financial burden on Britain that she could not afford and this burden was a major contributor to Britain's post-war impoverishment." [Google "GB 1939-45: the financial costs of strategic bombing"] Note: an average house in London cost around 3,000 Pounds in 1944] Imagine that. A house in London, for every "Oma Schickelgruber" killed in Germany. Lose your Empire, and then some... Aw well. Too bad. Should've read their Bibles... "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth". It doesn't say "more than the measure".
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