The Old Contemptibles

Is there not a problem because of the way we are manipulated in respect of the Great War. The 'Old Contemptibles' were soldiers who went to war under orders. There was absolutely no need for Britain to enter into the war. It was absolutely none of our business. We were the first to mobilise, Churchill and the non-dispersal of the Navy after a review.

We somehow managed to mobilise an army to go to France so quickly after the war was declared, almost a Dunkirk in reverse, yet this was meant to have been a war which came from nowhere.

Of course we must not forget that the British army was ready to mutiny in Dublin over Irish freedom. We had the war mongerers on the streets stoking up pressure for war.

We had agreements where we would send the Navy to protect the coast of northern France because the French navy was meant to look after our interests in the Mediterranean. It was Churchill who put in place the blockade of Germany after he had seen how it had worked in the American civil war.

The 'Old Contemptibles' should not even have been sent to the war, it was because we got involved that the Great War went on as long as it did. It would have been over by christmas if it wasn't for us. Only trouble is was that Germany would probably have won, and we couldn't have that could we. Especially with their allies the Turks, how different would the middle east be today!