RAF Bomber crews remembered. Better late than never.

[Bewolf]

Originally Posted by winny

I never said it was good. Don't put words into my mouth, speak for yourself.

It happened. It probably was criminal. But in the context of the time what else were the allies gonna do? Having a memorial to the men who were in the bombers is simply that. A way to remember very young men forced into a horrible situation with very little chance of survival, who died.

The days such issues become simple is the day the modern nation state is no more.

[winny]

Originally Posted by Bewolf

The days such issues become simple is the day the modern nation state is no more.

I said that the memorial was simply for the crews, not what they did. I did not say it was a simple issue.

[seaeye]

Originally Posted by winny

I said that the memorial was simply for the crews, not what they did. I did not say it was a simple issue.

I agree with you in that the memorial should be for the crews of Bomber Command. They deserve to be remembered.

I think what the others are getting at is that the memorial may not be seen that way by the wider public, a lot of people in the UK seem to think that whatever Bomber Command did during WW2 was ok becuase it was the good guys doing it, and that is wrong.