what do you guys think about Winston Churchill
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“We proceeded systematically, village by village, and we destroyed the houses, filled up the wells, blew down the towers, cut down the great shady trees, burned the crops and broke the reservoirs in punitive devastation.” – Churchill on how the British carried on in Afghanistan, and he was only too happy to be part of it.
“I’d rather see them have a good civil war”. – Churchill wishing partition on India
“A prize from fairyland beyond our wildest dreams” – Churchill on Iran’s oil
“I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against the uncivilized tribes… it would spread a lively terror.” – Churchill on the use of gas in the Middle East and India
“The Arab and Kurd now know what real bombing means within 45 minutes a full-sized village can be practically wiped out, and a third of its inhabitants killed or injured, by four or five machines which offer them no real target, no opportunity for glory as warriors, no effective means of escape”. – Arthur ‘Bomber’ Harris
“We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English” – Churchill
“My admiration for him [Ibn Saud] was deep, because of his unfailing loyalty to us.” – Churchill
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