<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2448.0"> <TITLE>RE: Buchanan: taking on Hitler was a mistake</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> >      I'm all for giving Churchill due credit for his > forthright stand against Nazi aggression in WW II. > But outside of WW II (and even in it), he was a > forthright defender of British imperialism in its > most exaggerated form.  Furthermore his performance > in WW I was nothing to write home about, as all the > dead Ozzies and Kiwis from his botched campaign at > the Dardenelles can attest to. Churchill's role in the sinking of the Lusitania is suspect too, I believe. Carl </BODY> </HTML>