[Acrylic-bob]

Before you all get carried away, please read what I wrote

"I suppose there is some justification in thinking that whatever means used to fight the Nazi's were acceptable"

My main argument is against the faceless bureaucrats who still try to conceal whatever is going on from the general populace. Just as they tried to conceal the awfullnes of the first days of the Battle of the Somme. Why do we need this oppressive regime of secrecy. Why does Whitehall insist on treating us as though we were idiot children, too immature to understand the reasons behind actions that might be viewed, in other lights, as reprehensible or morally indefensible?

As for the timing of my post and the Guardian article, I don't think it could be better! After all the government has yet to come clean on the real reasons why it went to war, first with Imperial Germany and then with the Third Reich. The real reasons may have been teased out by historians over the intervening years but to my knowledge the HM Government has never yet said "OK. Yes, you are right we cocked up there. Millions died because we could not admit that we made serious errors of judgement - sorry!."

And correct me if I am wrong but isn't the whole Iraq/Weapons of Mass Destruction thing just another example of Whitehall being unwilling to tell the truth? Just take a look at the reaction to the recent revelations by Sir Christopher Meyer.