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You said Henry V111 was the worst Monarch. How about Bloody Mary ?
Read up on his accomplishments (apart from executing his wives)
He dumped the power hungry Pope and built up the Navy.
AND you think Charles 1st who demanded total power and
dissolution of Parliament so that he could make war would
have been better than Cromwell ?
Read up on Cromwell - he was a great asset to England, and
when he died chaos followed which is why Charles 2 was
invited to return from France.Comment
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The truth is that if the USA were to go blank and not contribute a single molecule of CO2 for the next 100 years, the earth would continue to warm globally.
Lie, lie, lie, twist and turn, hate and burn.
Laugh and cheer as Notte Dame burns,,,
Go to Hell you cowardly jackass🍗Comment
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Cromwell's image has gone back and forth, in the 17th and 18th Centuries he was condemned as a regicide, in the 19th as an advocate for limited and representative government and liberty, in the 20th Century as a proto-fascist. Many of the UK's military traditions come from that era, the red coat-the uniform of the New Model Army , lineage of some regiments-the Coldstream Guards, e.g. The idea that only a well trained and disciplined army could be relied on. The Royal navy derived many of its traditions and esprit from the Commonwealth Navy under Robert Blake. Churchill tried to name a battleship after Cromwell, George V vetoed it, in WWII they had the Cromwell tank. "Shoulder to shoulder like Cromwell's Ironsides" was a high compliment to a military unit.
"Aethelred the Unready" ?-the "unready" meant he was badly advised, a pun on his name which meant "well advised".Comment
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the original comment (mine, typo included)
speaking of the English, don't forget Henry 8th,
he destroyed and looted may a Catholic church,
Vern simply commented that Cromwell may have been worse,,
neither of us said either were the worst, or best,
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100yrs from now someone will be crying about how the world will end due to mankind's folly in 20 yrs,, just like the last 2 times,Comment
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The Coldstream Guards (the oldest unit in the British Army in continuous service, regardless of many false claims) dates back to the Restoration. Those are the troops General Monck picked to meet and escort Charles II when he returned. Charles, very suspicious, had Monck line them up and he rode down the line, looking them in the eye to see if he could detect hatred and resentment. That is the origin of the ceremony of "trooping the line" when the King or Queen rides down the line of assembled troops.
England, under Cromwell, was a military dictatorship, with Major Generals in charge of the various political subdivisions. And of course Cromwell purged Parliament, throwing out those MPs not to his liking. He sent a Colonel named Pride to do the dirty work, and it is known as "Pride's Purge." Thereafter, it was called the "Rump Parliament" -- the part that was still seated.
Cromwell's dictatorship was the model for the Newburgh Conspiracy, when some Revolutionary Army officers sought to overthrow Congress and establish a military dictatorship. They needed Washington, and virtually kidnapped him. They brought him into an assembly of officers and handed him a paper to read out. Washington said, "You will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I have grown not only grey but almost blind in the service of my country."
Men broke down and wept, and officers loyal to Washington took control and put down the conspiracy.Comment
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