Cub Driver wrote in message . ..
His book, Fire Sites, published at last week's Frankfurt Book Fair, argues
that the RAF's relentless bombing campaign against German cities in the
last months of the war served no military purpose.

This is a tired old argument. Of course the Allied bombing campaign
(it wasn't just British) served a miitary purpose. Every flak gun
aimed at the Lancasters and Fortresses was a flak gun that *wasn't*
aimed at the advancing American and Russian tanks. Every flak crew was
five men who weren't otherwise engaged in shooting at the troops on
the ground.

Wow! Amazing reasoning.

OK. In 2005 Al-Qaida (or your favorite axis of evil flavor of the
month) nukes Chicago with a smuggled tactical nuke. I suppose you will
consider it perfectly justified and above reproach because it serves a
military purpose - take resources away from fighting in the ME and
divert them to internal security within the US mainland.

Fact remains that Churchill WAS a war criminal. Only he won, so he
officially wasnt. That's life - but it aint truth.