Re: How many history books cite Winnie as War Criminal?

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

Jimmy D wrote:
> Of course, Churchill isn't cited as the
> war criminal and racist that he was because
> (1) his last stint as PM involved a war against
> a generally-accepted bad guy; and (2) he won.
> Blair & Bush may not win, while it's possible
> that they could become generally accepted as bad
> guys.

Teddy W writes:
It's not quite accurate to say that Churchill "won" WW II, is it?
Kolko's The Politics of War comes closer to the truth both about who
defeated the Nazis and about Churchill's role than the conventionally
accepted mythology.

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by "he won" I obviously meant "he was on the winning side" which is the opposite of "he was on the losing side." From Winnie the C's perspective, it was a Pyrric victory, since he couldn't preserve the Empire.

The idea of winning a war is obviously too simple. Did Vietnam win or lose the war against the US invaders? both. 

JD