It was obvious that the British Empire was in decline. And the Gallipoli campaign helped bring down all three empires — Tsarist Russia, the Ottoman Turks, and the UK.
Today Bill Bonner, neither Prime Minister, President, Senator, nor Lord of the Admiralty, aims his Guns of Navarone at Sir Winston Churchill, laying off Trump for a day largely, and who was one of the Greatest British Statesmen in History (a rather bloody history in its Monarchy and also in Ireland) in his Know it all elitist academic isolationist anti war at all times and at any cost, libertarian nincompoop nonsense. Oh well.
I am not a PhD in History, nor desire to be one. I studied a LOT of history in college and professionally. Gallipoli was indeed a tragedy and perhaps poorly planned and poorly executed and yet it wasnt British soldiers fighting there, only the Irish (then Part of UK) and ANZ. Poor Churchill took a beating over its disaster at home. But he was not wrong in trying to take it and unblock the Dardanelles from the bloodthirsty Turks. Enter Sir Lawrence of Arabia and he lead a group of irregulars, not national army, soldiers on horses in the Middle East to LIBERATE the Middle East from the Turks....blowing up trains and so forth, in one of the greatest films EVER made, to take revenge on the Turks and tear down the Ottoman Empire. Bill says the Ottomans were already collapsing. His opinion. Maybe. Maybe not.
No man or leader is perfect and war has often strange outcomes and battles won or lost. For MILLENIA. But mankind are hunter gatherers jealous and covetous and warriors. We are who we are. We are not alone in the animal kingdom btw.
I admire Churchill immensely. He married an American who was devoted to him. Instead of Gallipoli Bill should focus on Yalta and how a DYING (Cancer, not well known) FDR LOCKED CHURCHILL IN HIS ROOM, with cigars and booze and FDR negotiated with his team the LONG TERM STRATEGY AND END TO WW2 in JAPAN, how to deal with Mao and Indo China and Korea and Truman signed off because he was rather racist and disliked Gen. Chiang Kai Shek, and all Asians and wanted to focus on Eastern Europe. WE are suffering the consequences of Yalta still today. Churchill was there but blocked out. FDR holds the blame. Stalin ate Truman's lunch.
I dont know where we are headed for certain but take the odds we are winning in Iran despite media misinformation, and winning big and will soon be over. What happens next in Iran is up to the People once Trump gives the all clear to go into the streets and decide for themselves. Hopefully we armed with American guns. And ammo to FIRE BACK AT ANY STRAGGLERS FROM THE ISLAMIST REGIME.
Spot ON !!!!! We are at a different level compared to the historical events presented today. I sincerely hope / pray that the outcome is better. The only problem I see is we are still dealing with human nature and history show the leaders don't read history. I hope this time is different. If not, God help us.
Will as usual Bill I very much enjoyed the comparative history lesson. You know your names, dates and historical precedents. But as you have always said, history does not repeat rather it rhymes. The present rhyme is still sounding it way through history, what do you say we wait to see how it settles before we draw conclusions?
It's always fascinating to look at other countries and marvel at how their populations were led, largely without objection. into disastrous wars. The feeling changes more to sickening, at least for me, as we repeat their mistakes.
I dont really see the point of these essays any more - the american public is sooo brainwashed - it beggars belief - they wouldnt even know whats true even if it hit them in the faces!! And these financial news letter writers cant see past their own noses. We had Al;exander Green of Oxford Club telling us that the killing of Khameniei was a "win-win". Does he still think that now the US has been dragged into Netanyahu's war, the WTI Oil is $96 (despite Scott Bessents efforts to short it to keep the price down), 10 year yield is going to clear 4.5%. Does that knob still think this is a win-win? NO Rational person would have said this is a win-win.
A weaker U.S. dollar, resulting from such interventions, can make U.S. exports cheaper and more attractive to foreign buyers, potentially boosting sales and profits for American companies.
Please explain how this "creates' more terrorists...
One mans win-win is another's absurdity... Bill's musings will change nothing it offers him a platform to connect dots that will not change the price of tea in China, it gives his dear readers a glimpse of our eminent demise from the dots he chooses to define our route. Oh I love the past, what could have been if the dots I didn't connect were only connected.I take none of this conflict lightly but be it wishful thinking or how the dots got this soon to be 74 year old to a point where Bills dots, histories dots are not how or why we got here but a reality of the life we live. If you have time Bill could you connect the dots that make a Schumer, Pelosi, Durbin, Jeffries, Booker, Sanders, Harris, Newsom, Obama, AOC. Shake things up a little, I might understand this dot thing better if we focus on how these buffoons became a dot... they would all say fuck the dots, fuck you, could you connect those dots? All the best Billy B. AC
Today Bill Bonner, neither Prime Minister, President, Senator, nor Lord of the Admiralty, aims his Guns of Navarone at Sir Winston Churchill, laying off Trump for a day largely, and who was one of the Greatest British Statesmen in History (a rather bloody history in its Monarchy and also in Ireland) in his Know it all elitist academic isolationist anti war at all times and at any cost, libertarian nincompoop nonsense. Oh well.
I am not a PhD in History, nor desire to be one. I studied a LOT of history in college and professionally. Gallipoli was indeed a tragedy and perhaps poorly planned and poorly executed and yet it wasnt British soldiers fighting there, only the Irish (then Part of UK) and ANZ. Poor Churchill took a beating over its disaster at home. But he was not wrong in trying to take it and unblock the Dardanelles from the bloodthirsty Turks. Enter Sir Lawrence of Arabia and he lead a group of irregulars, not national army, soldiers on horses in the Middle East to LIBERATE the Middle East from the Turks....blowing up trains and so forth, in one of the greatest films EVER made, to take revenge on the Turks and tear down the Ottoman Empire. Bill says the Ottomans were already collapsing. His opinion. Maybe. Maybe not.
No man or leader is perfect and war has often strange outcomes and battles won or lost. For MILLENIA. But mankind are hunter gatherers jealous and covetous and warriors. We are who we are. We are not alone in the animal kingdom btw.
I admire Churchill immensely. He married an American who was devoted to him. Instead of Gallipoli Bill should focus on Yalta and how a DYING (Cancer, not well known) FDR LOCKED CHURCHILL IN HIS ROOM, with cigars and booze and FDR negotiated with his team the LONG TERM STRATEGY AND END TO WW2 in JAPAN, how to deal with Mao and Indo China and Korea and Truman signed off because he was rather racist and disliked Gen. Chiang Kai Shek, and all Asians and wanted to focus on Eastern Europe. WE are suffering the consequences of Yalta still today. Churchill was there but blocked out. FDR holds the blame. Stalin ate Truman's lunch.
I dont know where we are headed for certain but take the odds we are winning in Iran despite media misinformation, and winning big and will soon be over. What happens next in Iran is up to the People once Trump gives the all clear to go into the streets and decide for themselves. Hopefully we armed with American guns. And ammo to FIRE BACK AT ANY STRAGGLERS FROM THE ISLAMIST REGIME.
Doing nothing is suicide by default.
P
Not sure comparing the follies of WWI is at all analogous to today's Iranian nuclear threat.
Blocking a waterway vs threatening to "nuke" major cities are two entirely different problems.
Those that do not agree Iran should be curbed...
Should inform the rest of us how to proceed when Iran does obtain "the bomb".
Spot ON !!!!! We are at a different level compared to the historical events presented today. I sincerely hope / pray that the outcome is better. The only problem I see is we are still dealing with human nature and history show the leaders don't read history. I hope this time is different. If not, God help us.
Jim Marshall
Will as usual Bill I very much enjoyed the comparative history lesson. You know your names, dates and historical precedents. But as you have always said, history does not repeat rather it rhymes. The present rhyme is still sounding it way through history, what do you say we wait to see how it settles before we draw conclusions?
It's always fascinating to look at other countries and marvel at how their populations were led, largely without objection. into disastrous wars. The feeling changes more to sickening, at least for me, as we repeat their mistakes.
Bill is correct with the history he quoted. The big difference today, we are not dealing with bows and arrows. Don't sell your gold.
Jim Marshall
I dont really see the point of these essays any more - the american public is sooo brainwashed - it beggars belief - they wouldnt even know whats true even if it hit them in the faces!! And these financial news letter writers cant see past their own noses. We had Al;exander Green of Oxford Club telling us that the killing of Khameniei was a "win-win". Does he still think that now the US has been dragged into Netanyahu's war, the WTI Oil is $96 (despite Scott Bessents efforts to short it to keep the price down), 10 year yield is going to clear 4.5%. Does that knob still think this is a win-win? NO Rational person would have said this is a win-win.
And I read today the secretary of the treasury ordered a rate check for the USD/JPY currency pair.
They are creating more terrorists than they can kill.
A weaker U.S. dollar, resulting from such interventions, can make U.S. exports cheaper and more attractive to foreign buyers, potentially boosting sales and profits for American companies.
Please explain how this "creates' more terrorists...
The last i looked the US dollar is Going UP.
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Brian, could you be just around bit more specific?
One mans win-win is another's absurdity... Bill's musings will change nothing it offers him a platform to connect dots that will not change the price of tea in China, it gives his dear readers a glimpse of our eminent demise from the dots he chooses to define our route. Oh I love the past, what could have been if the dots I didn't connect were only connected.I take none of this conflict lightly but be it wishful thinking or how the dots got this soon to be 74 year old to a point where Bills dots, histories dots are not how or why we got here but a reality of the life we live. If you have time Bill could you connect the dots that make a Schumer, Pelosi, Durbin, Jeffries, Booker, Sanders, Harris, Newsom, Obama, AOC. Shake things up a little, I might understand this dot thing better if we focus on how these buffoons became a dot... they would all say fuck the dots, fuck you, could you connect those dots? All the best Billy B. AC
More historical framings always a good idea!
thanks ddes