Keith says:

"But history is the discussion Dave!"

Except that it isn't. Unless I am very much mistaken the threat title is:

"BS: Jingoism or Commemoration"

Started by Raggytash and referring to the Remembrance day events in the present day. So history is at best tangential.

You would have had a stronger case had you made this statement on the Churchill thread, although even there history is only relevant in so far as there is any evidence as to whether Churchill was a thieving cheapskate or not.