The days such issues become simple is the day the modern nation state is no more.

No I simply asked a question based on your statement, but as this will be like getting blood from a stone then I guess I will have to settle for a 'yes you do think bomber command was formed solely to kill civillians'

And I gave you an answer. If you want details, ask for them, I am not going to answer to quotes or repetitions you use to deflect issues thrown at you. Go play those games with someone else.

I said that the memorial was simply for the crews, not what they did. I did not say it was a simple issue.

I specifically asked you not to give details, I just wanted the yes or no kind of answer, there is no deflection going on here...well from you there is.

you made a statement...

and I was intrigued by what exactly you were asking us to 'chew' over, the claim not a single German military branch being created solely to kill civillians on a massive scale was highlighted, on a thread about bomber command, who did kill civillians and it sounded just like you were claiming that bomber command was an example of what you were asking us to 'chew' over.
To be honest I could have queried the strange disassociation of the Nazis, almost like you were brushing it under the carpet, but as I recall the Nazis were from Germany and did create some particularily nasty military units.

you said (and I quote) "Truth is that wartime Germany got what it deserved, no more, no less". That too is a bit of sweeping statement, don't you think?
agree.

RAF Bomber Command was formed on 14 July 1936 Bewolf.

Regarding the legality of the campaign, an article in the International Review of the Red Cross stated:

In examining these events [aerial area bombardment] in the light of international humanitarian law, it should be borne in mind that during the Second World War there was no agreement, treaty, convention or any other instrument governing the protection of the civilian population or civilian property, as the conventions then in force dealt only with the protection of the wounded and the sick on the battlefield and in naval warfare, hospital ships, the laws and customs of war and the protection of prisoners of war.

And I answered

And you understood that quite correctly. And yes, the Nazis did create some particulary nasty military Units. Amongst those were the Waffen SS. Those guys commited some much more hideous crimes then the ones already occuring in a total war environment.

I think you understand perfectly what I say, Bongo. I am saying that the UK in some areas employed tactics and methods also employed by Nazi Germany in the field of war crimes. And the problem is not so much that they did it in the first place, but the staunch refusal to see it as what it ultimately was, especially in late 44/45.

And why 'must' I be carefull bringing up a Nazi unit that was formed solely for exterminating civillians?

Why have you deflected again and taken the elaborate deception with answering my question?

But you didn't, you just mentioned the aerea bombing campaign (it's a campaign not a military unit)

I think everybody saw it for exactly what it was, why else would a memorial take 60 years to come if it didn't lay heavy on the conciousness?....staunch refusal?.....as Stern would say 'OH puhlease!'

I agree with you in that the memorial should be for the crews of Bomber Command. They deserve to be remembered.

I think what the others are getting at is that the memorial may not be seen that way by the wider public, a lot of people in the UK seem to think that whatever Bomber Command did during WW2 was ok becuase it was the good guys doing it, and that is wrong.