MikeB4:
As I said, Sir Winston Churchill was not saint and his actions could fill another thread to rival that of Trump along with the actions of all the colonial powers. My point was that the lives being lost today are in 2017 and not 1917, 1817 or earlier. Neither side can claim cause being that which happened in the past or use it justify or deny just cause.
So you are saying that the past has nothing to do with the present? That there is nothing to be learned from history? That mistakes made then cannot inform decisions made now?