James Holland
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I think oversimplification of anything is a mistake.
You know, life is nuanced.
The past is nuanced.
It's okay to be proud about certain things and it's okay to be disgusted by other things.
That's absolutely fine.
We have a complicated relationship with our past.
It doesn't need to be black and white.
And life is not a straight line.
And of course, the Allies make plenty of mistakes in World War II. Overall, I think they made the right calls. And I think one of the things that's really interesting is I think that the Allies, for the most part, use their resources much more judiciously and sensibly than the Axis powers do. And good, because that means they prevail.
And of course, the Allies make plenty of mistakes in World War II. Overall, I think they made the right calls. And I think one of the things that's really interesting is I think that the Allies, for the most part, use their resources much more judiciously and sensibly than the Axis powers do. And good, because that means they prevail.
And of course, the Allies make plenty of mistakes in World War II. Overall, I think they made the right calls. And I think one of the things that's really interesting is I think that the Allies, for the most part, use their resources much more judiciously and sensibly than the Axis powers do. And good, because that means they prevail.
And of course, the Allies make plenty of mistakes in World War II.
Overall, I think they made the right calls.
And I think one of the things that's really interesting is I think that the Allies, for the most part,
use their resources much more judiciously and sensibly than the Axis powers do.
And good, because that means they prevail.
I think there are so many lessons from World War II that could have been brought into the history of the last 30 years which weren't, such as You know, if you decapitate an incredibly strong leader, you get a power vacuum. And if you don't have a solution for that power vacuum, lots of bad elements are going to sweep into that in very quick order, which of course is exactly what happens in Iraq.
I think there are so many lessons from World War II that could have been brought into the history of the last 30 years which weren't, such as You know, if you decapitate an incredibly strong leader, you get a power vacuum. And if you don't have a solution for that power vacuum, lots of bad elements are going to sweep into that in very quick order, which of course is exactly what happens in Iraq.
I think there are so many lessons from World War II that could have been brought into the history of the last 30 years which weren't, such as You know, if you decapitate an incredibly strong leader, you get a power vacuum. And if you don't have a solution for that power vacuum, lots of bad elements are going to sweep into that in very quick order, which of course is exactly what happens in Iraq.
I think there are so many lessons from World War II that could have been brought into the history of the last 30 years which weren't, such as