Ah God Bless you Jom - you never let me down:

"standing by for next incoherent rant"

Gentlemen I give you ----------------------------------

Jim Carroll - 26 Nov 15 - 09:01 AM

(Damn me though I should have predicted "stand by for the next incoherent multi-coloured rant - Still I'll know for the next time)

One question for you Jom (I know I do have so many) - This apparent "hard-on" you've got for Max Hastings - he didn't happen to have been a cook at any point in his career did he? - I mean you do have this apparent massive downer on them so I just wondered.

One last point I would like to make Jom. As far as this bit of your last "multi-coloured rant" goes:

'Dodgy' battalions in the Ypres Salient, wholesale abandonment of weapons and positions, pusillanimous leadership, a reluctant showing at the Marne, a navy that couldn't fire, politicians who knew nothing of war, it all makes for chastening reading.

In November 1918 the victory celebrations were held in London and in Paris - NOT Berlin or Vienna.