Of course Musket you are perfectly correct:

"We don't need fanciful revision" - the facts are clearly recorded that out of an army some 5.5 million strong only 266 men were shot for desertion.

"we don't need politicians asking us to celebrate war" - the facts as recorded in Hansard show that to-date no politician has made any mention about celebrating war.

"we don't need apologists for butchers in general's pips..." True and neither do we need smart-arses defaming good men who did their duty under exceptionally difficult circumstances, came up with the answers and solutions to extremely difficult problems and prevailed against the mightiest army on the continent.

As for dubious posts, none more so than your own. If you wish to refresh the WWI thread and continue this discussion I will be more than prepared to oblige you as I wish to respect DtG's wishes on this one.