Dave,
What am I doing here? Pointing out how silly these discussions can get

No. You never find fault with Jim or Rag or the Guest Muskets.
I posted to the Churchill thread and you turned up there today making the same sort of hair splitting criticisms, just of me.

'All histories of the last twenty years any of us has been able to quote confirm my three points.'
That is because,
'All histories any of us has read or is aware of, in the last twenty years, confirm my three points.'
That is because,
'All histories in the last twenty years, confirm my three points.'