Category Archives: War

Futility

Posted on May 13, 2014 by odeboyz

French fields, frenetic Absurd political inanity Trenches dug ever more… Towards, ‘The Line’ Paling boards holding back mud Latrines, where some cried Some prayed, each afraid Never to see home again. Now in hell where serendipity ruled Next to comrades … Continue reading →

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Emotional Blackmail: British Women 1914- 15

Posted on May 8, 2014 by odeboyz

European men were overjoyed when war broke out in August 1914. Jingoistic newspapers and politicians didn’t lie when they said that they thought that the war would be over by Christmas: they really believed it. As a consequence there was … Continue reading →

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The 9/11 Massacre: a statistical comment

Posted on April 25, 2014 by odeboyz

In 2001 2,416,425 Americans died. However, only 2985 of them really, really mattered. Those 2985 people were the victims of the 9/11 massacre orchestrated by Osama bin Laden. Immediately military action was called for, coalitions created and America was at … Continue reading →

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The End of the Great European Peace, 1914

Posted on February 14, 2014 by odeboyz

The Great European Peace* began and ended with German military action. German Unification (1871) followed, as planned, from crushing victories; leading again, as planned by Bismarck, to peace. Forty- three years of European peace and an entire generation of German … Continue reading →

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Biography of Private Nobody

Posted on January 14, 2014 by odeboyz

Born painlessly Lived harmoniously Died pointlessly.

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The Guilty German Generals of 1914

Posted on January 3, 2014 by odeboyz

Imperial Germany was born in 1871. Germany was created by strutting militarism. Unlike most countries where wars are caused by failed diplomacy, poor calculation or vaulting ambition Germany caused the First World War because its government feared their generals. The … Continue reading →

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