"Jim, your "extract" is by an Oxford historian and it makes clear that "over by Christmas was never a promise."
It was a recruiting ploy you dipstick - a con to send men to their deaths.
The "liar" we recorded told us that it had appeared in the heavily censored press and that the same was said by officers - a strong reason for immediate unrest among recruits was that it was proved to be a lie.
So piss off and stop evading the fact that your arguments are all dead in the water so far.
Answer some of the claims you have made that have been shot down in flames - the 'wonderful' leadership will do for a start
Defeat at Mons, wrong shells sent by the bullying Colonel Blimp in charge, the Somme would be a picnic.
Otherwise - go stuff yourself.
Jim Carroll