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Originally Posted by Cohaagen
Leaving aside the fact that Lusitania wasn't either neutral or a hospital ship this is, for obvious reasons, not true.
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What's the point then in arguing. If it was neither a hospital ship, nor neutral, it must have been a legit target then. Discussion closed.
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I am speechless. It was just as well then that the nefarious Admiralty plot to sink the Lusitania came off without a hitch, causing America to immediately declare war on Germany two years later.
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Well, I heard about that in a documentary too. Whether it is true, I don't know.
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Why would Britain be shipping troops from the USA to Britain? Did the perfidious Englanders have a secret garrison in New York as well?
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Volunteers?
I don't know whether any have been aboard but it isn't that far fetched is it?
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There are strong geographical reasons why an island nation is rather more dependent on sea trade than a largely land-locked one.
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If you are surrounded by enemies you de facto become an island.
And that's why Germany was as much depending on sea trade as the UK.
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I think a better reason for editing would be fabulism, poor taste, and some very dodgy conspiracy theory logic.
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How about you wait for his sources before saying something like that.
It's true that I couldn't find evidence for a few of his claims either but maybe he knows a few things that we are not aware of. If he can't produce evidence though then you might call it poor taste etc.
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By the way: rifle ammunition does not explode, regardless of quantity, a fact that has been proven many many times, not least during an inquiry into the very suspicious death of Dag Hammerskjold - a matter, unlike this, where "alternative" theories may have some factual authority. Even if a round of ammunition cooks off it is incapable of even penetrating a layer of heavy cloth. As for the fabled explosives Lusitania was supposed to be carrying, the actual evidence to support the idea - that is to say, none - puts that one firmly with Hitler in Brazil and Elvis working in the chip shop.
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And what caused the Lusitania to explode? The single WWI Torpedo would surely not have enough power to send her down in 18 minutes.