tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277746591174465580.post3629401027430389362..comments2023-06-26T15:29:14.498+01:00Comments on Liberator’s blog: Was the First World War a just war?Gareth Eppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18198368251505541728noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277746591174465580.post-75568355927855488182013-07-26T14:34:58.459+01:002013-07-26T14:34:58.459+01:00Lions led by donkeys isn't far off. But just ...Lions led by donkeys isn't far off. But just because the generals were mostly donkeys for the first three years (but then, it took about three years into WWII to find competent generals too) doesn't mean that the cause wasn't just and necessary.<br /><br />Sure, French wasn't up to much, and Haig was a butcher. Allenby was a fine general, and the army and corps commanders were at least competent by 1918, and sometimes inspired (Monash, Currie)<br /><br />If we'd lost, or not fought, then there would still have been a war, the Central Powers would have won, and Europe would have been a far worse, less democratic place.<br /><br />Ask a Pole what they think about a war that brought their country back into existence. Ask a Czech. Read the 14 points and try to convince yourself that there wasn't something achieved by all the death.Richard Gadsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545595590359552775noreply@blogger.com