SkyDekker 1,465 #26 August 16, 2024 19 minutes ago, kallend said: They were real enough for the Somme in 1916, North Africa in 1941, the North Atlantic 1939-45, Normandy in 1944. . . . . Yes cannon fodder is good use of the lower class. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #27 August 16, 2024 20 minutes ago, jakee said: How upper class of you to be so insensitive to the plight of your countrymen. My English grandmother would be so proud of me. She did always scowl when I helped the housekeepers polish the silverware. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,571 #28 August 16, 2024 5 minutes ago, SkyDekker said: My English grandmother would be so proud of me. She did always scowl when I helped the housekeepers polish the silverware. Fair enough if they were Irish. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #29 August 16, 2024 1 hour ago, jakee said: Fair enough if they were Irish. Worse, Dutch. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #30 August 18, 2024 On 8/16/2024 at 12:06 PM, SkyDekker said: Yes cannon fodder is good use of the lower class. To quote song-writer Steve Earl: " ... I enrolled on my birthday, they take the white trash first here anyways." It never ceases to amaze me how good the upper classes are at convincing working class young men to do their bleeding for them during wartime. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gowlerk 2,260 #31 August 18, 2024 I volunteered for the army on my birthday. They draft the white trash first around here anyway. I done two tours of duty in Vietnam and I came home with a brand new plan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
