"im, the only warning was to keep the discussion polite, "
We've finished here - we probably did in 2014 - you failed to make your case then, you are still doing so now.
There really is no point.
If you have a point to make, make it and stop repeating things that have been proven wrong over and over again.
You have just been given exatly what happening in July 1916 and you coose to ignore it
"There was no foot dragging."
We are no cluttering up a decent discussion.
Please stop.
Jim Carroll