Have you ever heard or even considered the word humility? The russians made the greatest sacrifice of WWII end of story. Is their loss mitigated because of bad tactics? Strangely I have no hatred and that seems to really cause you a problem. I must also inform you that constant repetition of a statement does not actually make it true it merely reinforces the prejudice in your own mind. I apologise for the last comment of the previous post - it was not needed and did not exactly inform the debate. And I do believe you could go on, ........and on. Unfortunately its not the volume but the quality of the argument that needs work. You seem informed only by those arguments that suit your particular prejudices and point of view. There is a narrow focus to your arguments which betrays a level of certainty that is dangerous. I am sure that the insurgency in Iraq is equally certain of their position and yet their position, self evidently, isn’t yours. Therefore the only question really is : We both have truths, are mine the same as yours? You employ the skills of a politician in the selection of supporting facts and refusal to even consider those, however large or reasonable, that conflict with what you seem to consider your perfect narrative of life. I hope never to display such arrogance as to think that I am at the end of my journey of learning. Many greater men than either you or I have gone to their graves lacking the certainty that you display now. That must mean that you are the cleverest and most advanced human in history (possible, but unlikely) or that you need to open that mind up a bit more and accept that learning is a lifelong activity and does not end with the formation of prejudice. You seem very fearful of this world and many of the people in it and for that I am sorry. you really need to accept the axiom that the truth is, like beauty, in the eye of the beholder and not a personalised tablet of stone that becomes your exclusive property.
Have you ever heard or even considered the word humility? The russians made the greatest sacrifice of WWII end of story. Is their loss mitigated because of bad tactics? Strangely I have no hatred and that seems to really cause you a problem. I must also inform you that constant repetition of a statement does not actually make it true it merely reinforces the prejudice in your own mind. I apologise for the last comment of the previous post - it was not needed and did not exactly inform the debate. And I do believe you could go on, ........and on. Unfortunately its not the volume but the quality of the argument that needs work. You seem informed only by those arguments that suit your particular prejudices and point of view. There is a narrow focus to your arguments which betrays a level of certainty that is dangerous. I am sure that the insurgency in Iraq is equally certain of their position and yet their position, self evidently, isn’t yours. Therefore the only question really is : We both have truths, are mine the same as yours? You employ the skills of a politician in the selection of supporting facts and refusal to even consider those, however large or reasonable, that conflict with what you seem to consider your perfect narrative of life. I hope never to display such arrogance as to think that I am at the end of my journey of learning. Many greater men than either you or I have gone to their graves lacking the certainty that you display now. That must mean that you are the cleverest and most advanced human in history (possible, but unlikely) or that you need to open that mind up a bit more and accept that learning is a lifelong activity and does not end with the formation of prejudice. You seem very fearful of this world and many of the people in it and for that I am sorry. you really need to accept the axiom that the truth is, like beauty, in the eye of the beholder and not a personalised tablet of stone that becomes your exclusive property.