Post #65 is silly.
The guy fabricates war stories, publishes them as history, then your reaction is that the most plausible rationale is mental illness?
The most plausible explanation is that he wanted to make money, and if it was self-serving into the bargain, so much the better.
That explains it without the fantasy of mental illness. It's a fabrication, and he did it for his own reasons. Doesn't change that it is a fabrication, and bad history.
tater
PS---making someone spill his beer or spit coffee through his nose onto a keyboard is like firing a torpedo blind at max range and taking out a battleship. Worth it
