Yes, Ataturk was about the only good thing to come out of the mess, that just led to the next mess, and is still a causing trouble today.
You keep hoping that people will figure out that wars don’t really solve anything.
]]>And yes, the movie was well done. 🙂 I watched it as I do every year. 🙂
IMNSHO as a veteran, most — if not all — wars are unnecessary.
]]>It also sold a lot of drinks from the concession stand, more than the usual number from the over-salted popcorn 😉
[OK, so not of of the wrecks with our model trains were accidental.]
]]>The great strides made in killing people were all on display in the Great War with the machine gun making trenches mandatory.
Lawrence fought in the sub-war in the Middle East against the Turks, rather than the main event in Europe against the Germans. His biggest victory was the taking of Aqaba which reduced the Turkish threat to the Suez Canal and provided a port for supplying Allied troops in the interior.
Blowing up trains was just done to provide visuals for future movies about Lawrence – OK, it also provided food and munitions for the Arab forces.
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Really recommend it. Besides WWI being a complete slaughterhouse and an idiotic waste of life, the political upheaval that came before, during, and after this war is profound. I’m getting better insight into the history, like finding missing pieces of a complex puzzle.
]]>It was a great movie that didn’t disguise the fact that the operation was a screw up. They waited days after the naval bombardment before they began landing troops which allowed the Turks to mine the waters, fortify the beaches, and bring up reinforcements.
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