Spain was a fight against Fasicm - not "private citizens fights in other country's wars" and the fact that you regard it as uu=ch sums up perfectly the appeasing British Government took against the raise of Nazism
Germany had already started herding up the Jews ready for slaughter and still Britain did fuck all
The Royals were even teaching their children the fascist salute in readiness.
Al
My impression of Orwell a was gained from people who met him - two were at my father's funeral.
Iains
To the Irish, WW2 was a fight be tween Empires - they considered themselves as a colony of that Empire
The Irish (in the south anyway), assisted the war effort as neutrals - though a few sharing your views had for Franco as Blueshirts
Ireland was Governed at the time by a right-wing religious administration, so they can be fairly described as your lot as well
You rightists make me laugh - you can't distinguish who is yours and who is theirs
Jim Carroll