[Ruy Horta]

John,

I don't have the energy to go 12 rounds on this one and thus am only willing to give some weak sparring jabs. Perhaps I am cynical but isn't history full of half hearted efforts that cost the lives of young men and look like the real deal from the bottom up?

For those who did the dying it was real enough, I give you that.

Not the first time the Nazi regime rode on a gamble, it needed blood and some substance to have any chance of succeeding.

Remember that although I may think the above, it doesn't mean I am blind to the suffering nor unwilling to recognise the effort, valor etcetera etcetera of the ordinary man on the ground or in the air. End of disclaimer.