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Thread #158483   Message #3750437
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
13-Nov-15 - 04:13 AM
Thread Name: BS: Why a veteran is not wearing a poppy
Subject: RE: BS: Why a veteran is not wearing a poppy
Haig was revered through a propaganda campaign to deflect attention from veterans with missing limbs begging in the street.

There was no such campaign.

He was called the butcher of The Somme by those hanging on his meat hooks.

No he was not.
Did you read the story of the widow who proudly called her daughter Somme?

but it certainly reflected the attitude that the troops fighting in Italy were wine-swigging, womanising wasters enjoying "a soft touch".
There is no reason at all to doubt that these events took place


Yes there is, and there was no such attitude.
The lie about Astor came from Nazi propaganda. Sad to see that you are still disseminating Nazi lies Jim.