06/10/2017
"Bloody Revolutions" Part 2 ........
How many times have we had the conventional "Big Men/Women" with their "Tommy Guns" calling themselves 'Revolutionaries'? How many times have they either made no difference at all - or the Gains - whatever they might be - were only temporary?
To me the only decent Part of the Bolshevik Russian Revolution was when the Russian Army stopped fighting, downed Guns, and went home. That was October 1917 so imagine if the other Armies had done the same - a year before W.W.1 eventually ended ..... and everyone settled for that! The Bolsheviks went on a killing Spree after that and whether it was the Murder at Ekaterinberg or a pre-Barbarossa Death Toll that claimed more Lives than the Holocaust - if they had it figured why isn't it still called the Soviet Union? Why was the last Romanov greeted like a long lost Son when he arrived in Leningrad/St Petersburg after 1991?
If the Bonapartists had it figured why is France now on it's 5th Republic - not its First? They might even be on their 6th if Carlos the Jackal had prevailed considering the Tumult of 1968.
Franco was a Revolutionary in 1936 - who didn't dig what that years Spanish Election decided - so launched his Civil War. Fascist Spain continued into the 1970's and while People sipped Cocktails on the Costa Del Sol - P.O.W Camps existed in the Spanish Hinterland. It was the same with the Contra's in Nicaragua - who decided against the Election Result and waged their War on the Sandinista's. These 'Rebels' in Syria are an unfortunate Tag because it isn't very clear whether you mean the F.S.A (Free Syrian Army) or ISIL/ISIS - IS - or whatever they call themselves - or the similarly Islamist Al Nusra Front. But as someone asked in a Song "Whose gonna rule when the Government falls?" and if it's the F.S.A - will they simply do away with those whose Views are too extreme? David Lean showed the squabbling Factions in Damascus after the Turks were routed in "Lawrence of Arabia" - but that is mild compared to Damascus if or when its Government falls!
The Revolution in 1989 Prague was called the Velvet Revolution because no-one was killed - and thus it was pretty close to being a true Revolution. 1968 had the potential - but the Warsaw pact had other Ideas.
In 1215 Welsh Troops marched into Shrewsbury and not a Sword was drawn - King John surrendered and signed Magna Carta. A Miracle considering the bloody Century before it. In 1096 Pope Urban llnd told those "Men of Courage" that it was their "Job to fight" - and thus the Crusades were born. Many Men took up Arms, much Money was spent - and many more were killed before Jerusalem was captured in 1099. By 1187 it was all gone. When you watch "Kingdom of Heaven" for all the Subterfuge you see just how temporary it was.
It's 1187 and a Bunch of Medieval Troubadours called Ye Crasse - complete with Lute, Harp, Whistle, Bodhran etc - are doing a Song called "Ode to Pope Urban"
"Nothinge's chaynged, fore all ye Deth thate yore Iydeas createde"
So the only real Revolution is one where People stop shooting each other. Also, when the Cause of the Shooting also stops. There must have been a Glimmer of Hope with many in London, Washington, Paris, Berlin, Rome etc that the Russian Cessation would be contagious and spread through the Ranks of the other Armies and end the War. It wasn't and they had to wait until the Armistice before that happened.
Then you have what happens after a 'Revolution'. Once Napoleon had deposed the French Nobility and 'Madame Guillotine' had done her grim Work he promptly did far worse than they ever did and waged War on the rest of Europe and Britain. How many Lives - French as well as any other did that cost? W.W.1 was so extensive France suffered a Population Crisis by the end of the 1930's as so many young Men were killed 20 years before they hadn't reproduced enough. Russian Cities were starving by 1916 as Men who would otherwise produce Food were in the Trenches - the rest making Munitions.
But while all these other 'Revolutions' go on 11 Billion Bullets are made every year. Enough to kill the Population twice. The Companies who do all of this are like Kommorovski in "Dr Zhivago" - they flourish whoever is in charge. Even Axis Arms manufacturers continue to after any War. One of the most notorious was IG Farben - the Company that made the deadly Zyklon B - used in the N**i Death Camps. There might have been a Trial after the War - some were found guilty - but the Company broke up into its Subsidiaries. BASF, AGFA and Bayer might seem familiar and you ask why they couldn't have been consistent and made the pre-War equivalent of Cassette Tapes and 35MM Film during the War don't you!
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