CSPAN2 Jonathan Schneer On Ministers At War June 22, 2024
But then there was moral consideration. Doubt if it is useful to enter into competition insightfulness with germans. Herbert morrison backed him up. If the Royal Air Force purposefully bombed german civilians, a cycle of frightful us would ensue and then quote public will say why did you draw this down onto us . The secretary of state for air liberal, archibald sinclair, introduced a practical consideration. Bombing civilians would represent quote a diversion of effort from the military objective. And anderson agreed quote it costs us something in them nothing. By which he meant that if they b...