Churchill did gain respect from his nation despite the Dardanelles and Gallipoli.Will Blair ever gain the?

Question

nations respect after Iraq?What can he now do to achieve this.

Answer 1

1. CHURCHILL.
Let the youngsters here, as they have done in their ignorance of facts, find nothing but condemnation of Churchill. As one of many who served in WW2 I can say that we were all then inspired by his leadership. His previous political views and principles, which most of us did not support, were of no consequence when our country was fighting for its life, but here was a gutsy leader we could all respect. He was made for the job.

Yes, he was deposed in the 1945 General Election but the need for a warleader was past. All Servicemen and women had a vote. I was then still serving in the RAF in the Far East and can say that, almost without exception, we voted Labour. We now wanted a good peacetime and recovery leader. In Clement Attlee and a Labour government that's what we got.

2. BLAIR.
I think Blair was the best Prime Minister we have had since Attlee. Like some of his predecessors he was soft on diluting our nationhood with mass immigration but it seemed to be "the will of the people" so who am I to complain?

As for the Iraq operation in co with Pres. Bush, only history will decide. There is, possibly, a hidden agenda which today's timid "political correctness" conceals. We've had, in the past, Communist dogma which threatened world peace. Do we now have militant religious dogma threatening civilisation? I hope not but there has always been some weird philosophy or religion bombarding our peace and security.

Well done, Winnie!!!! Well done Tony!!!!

Answer 2

The reason that the Dardanells campagn failed was due to the stupidity of the commanders on the spot. When the troops landed at Gallipoli it was in the wrong place, thanks to the navy, but it would have still have been a success if the army commander had thrust inland immediately. There were no Turkish troops there for a couple of days, and by then the invaders could have been far inland with the bridgehead secured, and the war may well have been over a lot faster than it was.
As for Blair, he was and is useless, he will be remembered for getting Britain involved with this terrible endless war that can never be won. Hussain was a nasty man, yes, but the world is full of nasty men. A lot of them are in Africa, as witness Mugabe, and it was a British Labour government that put him there, remember. As for Hussains WMD, they were just another lie, we are fed on lies. Now I see, Iran has invisible WMDs as well, so look forward to another war. By the way, one of the reasons for deposing Hussain was for the way he treated the Kurds. Now Turkey is having trouble with them to the extent that they are threatening sending tanks in to stop their agression. I hate to say it, but maybe Hussain was right after all!

Answer 3

tony blair in all fairness was too nice of a man to be prime minister, he wanted the limelight and coverage but was able to ascertain the principles of the job, running a country.
winston churchill motivated the british and allied forces with persaverance and outlandish speeches aimed at drawing the country together in its time of need, its darkess hour.

tony blair in the end was a puppet for america not a lap dog, lapdogs do as you tell them were as you work a puppet from behind. i wish the man no ill will but its farceacul the way people seem to say he was a great leader when he never actually led.

he actually did nothing for the country when you look at the bare bone stats, he complicated and waffled his way through his time in cabinet by passing the buck at every opportunity, sadly i like the rest of you believe he will be polished up and made out to be a peoples hero when the truth of the matter is he crippled the economy and country through blind ignorance.

as an ex soldier i have seen the carnage he left the armed forces in, the shambolic system he set up for their budget which at one stage ment if you had size nine feet you had to either wear size tens or buy your own as there was no money to buy more boots and i kid you not it did happen! the invasion of iraq guys were driving in convoy with no body armour because there wasnt enough to go around, yet this is now all but forgotten and when soldiers tell you such things you call them liars when the simple truth is the government failed them, tony blair failed them.

Answer 4

Actually Churchill was forced out of the cabinet after the Gallipoli disaster. He was out of power until he was called to be prime minister in 1940. Before the Second World War had ended, Churchill lost his position when the Labour Party won the election of 1945.

Answer 5

No, Churchill's wars have ultimately ended with reconciliation by the participants.
It is hard to see that happening with Blair's war in our lifetime.

Answer 6

I'm glad you think Churchill gained respect in this country. This is the guy who broke a miners strike by pointing guns at the strikers. At least Maggie took the guns from the troops before she sent them out to police the last miners strike.

Answer 7

NO
and he had nothing whatsoever to do with peace in northern ireland , the tories did it...he just took the credit the two-faced smeg-head

Answer 8

Blair will be remembered for his success in finding a solution to the Northern Ireland troubles. He was able to lure the IRA and Sein Fein into the political process and away from violence and terrorism.

Answer 9

to achieve my respect he would have to hand himself oner to the Iraqi people for trial. the man will allways be remembered 'by the people' as a liar and a traitor. but no doubt history will be writen by the same lying bastard that has been writing it all since 1800. and he'l come out a shining hero.

Answer 10

So Churchill had nothing to do with Dresden then?

You seem to have a blinkered view of history, as do the saddo's with the thumbs!!!

Churchill made his name on the bodies of dead british soldiers...just as Thatcher did...and just as Blair did.