A Necessary Update

While criticising the Righteous State may be morally equivalent to Holocaust denial, there is clearly room for flexibility when it comes to certain other aspects of the Second World War. Shortly after Mr Churchill and his American chums had saved the world and liberated Auschwitz, the political and military leaders of Nazi Germany and the Japanese Empire were tried and sentenced on charges including conspiracy to wage wars of aggression. Fortunately for Mr Churchill's Israeli heirs and their own American chums, Britain's present Chancellor has overruled these verdicts, pronouncing military aggression an error rather than a crime. Were it not for the damage to business interests, Team Starmer would no doubt find the Persian Crusade legitimate and understandable; and were it not for the likely loss of networking opportunities should life's little ironies cause another Labour administration to toddle into another unpopular military quagmire, His Majesty's Government would probably consider the whole adventure praiseworthy.