Dear Rich,

Your summing up of 20th century middle eastern warfare and the decay of the
British Empire, on which the Sun never Sat but now has, is reasonably
accurate. Thanks for your careful trouble. Between you and us, the
aggressive character of the English-speaking and European peoples has
resulted in the present worse-than-ever mess - Armagedon is at last upon
us.


In previous centuries, before the internal combustion engine had been
invented, so-called civilisation, originating in Ur, Babylon and along the
Nile, had extended westwards as far as northern Spain and Vienna in central
Europe. The weapons of mass destruction then were, in their time, Greek
Fire, gunpowder, and biological weapons such as catapults to fling
plague-diseased corpses over the walls of beseiged cities. The Inquisition
has it's modern counterparts.


(The chemists of an independently originating civilisation in Eastern Asia
had invented the chemically propelled sky-rocket but the peoples of that
great land, having genes of a less aggressive nature, preferred to use it
for pretty firework celebrations. Incidentally, Chinese metallurists had
invented cast iron, 1000 years before the industrial revolution began in
Europe in the small town of Ironbridge, in a gorge on the river Severn, just
a few miles up the road from my QTH.)


All human decisions are made on the basis of what is already known. What is
already known is History. History should be the most important subject
taught in our educational institutions. At present, alongside geography, it
is the most neglected. All we have are newspaper hacks, TV news-analysts,
and the monitored dis-information Internet.


Some names in history -

Attilla the Hun.
Emperor Nero.
Ghengis Khan.
Napoleon Bonapart (Not tonight Josephine)
Adolph Hitler.
Joseph Little Uncle Stalin.
"Enora Gay"
George Self-confessed Crusader Bush.

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"Richard Harrison" wrote in message
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Reg Edwards wrote:
"But this Xmas try not to forget the terrible conditions, incessant
bombing with USA-manufactured weapons of mass destruction, and
USA-imposed economic sanctions----etc, etc, etc."

The intent has been minimization of deaths. We wanted to shock and awe
our enemies by display of our fantastic weapons and lay seige with
sanctions.

We have been successful. It will take a little longer to convince the
defeated that it was just what they had always wanted.

It was the British which brewed this whole mess during the First World
War. Britain was bankrupt and sought money from Jewish bankers by
promising a new Jewish homeland.

Chaim Weizman in 1919 wrote:
"I think that the God of Israel is with us. Both God in heaven and
Balfour in England viewed with favour the establishment in Palestine of
a national home for the Jewish people."

Britain drew the boundaries in the Middle East following the 1920 San
Remo Conference. Churchill offered King Abdullah of Jordan, the area
east of the Jordan River to keep peace between Britain and France.
Abdullah`s brother, Feisal would regain power in Syria, which was under
French control. Churchill tried to make the case for a Zionist state
with Arab leaders.

Britain created the mess for the money. They were desperate because
Victoria`s grandsons were at war in Europe. It was no more than
Britain`s duty to help the USA to try to clean up the mess that Britain
made at the end of WW-1.

Conflict between Arabs and Jews continued between the world wars.
Churchill reiterated Balfour in WW-2, to again get money. Britain was
broke again. Following WW-2, a flood of European Jews poured into
Palestine. Britain reacted with a partition and an honest attempt to
keep the peace.

The restraint of the British forces in Palestine was remarkable,
considering the provocations from all sides. I often wondered why
Britain just didn`t say: A pox on both your houses. Well, the Arab
Middle East holds most of the world`s onshore oil, a prize that can`t be
abandoned.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI