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Originally posted by dagann
reply to post by Hijinx
well now...let me see...hmmmm...if i'm not wrong i believe it was the European countries who saddled Germany with all the costs of WW-1 and by being so greedy created the hatred that produced Hitler. Also your intelligence agencies were knowledgeable of Germany's rearmament and sat idle even after Hitler invaded Austria and Czechoslovakia. He trampled the Treaty of Versailles and Neville Chamberlain head was so far up his arse that he was unaware he'd been scammed. Yeah...by the time the Brits and the French woke to the wolf at their door it was too late to cage the beast. Hell...even members of your monarchy who wed into their German counterparts was involved in treason as the flight of Hess clearly illustrates. You got your "Johnson" slammed into the door jam and "needed" America to clean up your mess. Not only did we save Europe but we rebuilt it as well.
Also...lets not forget that it was the British who authorized the State of Israel and by doing so created the quagmire in the middle east we see today. Thank you but please don't do any more favors.
Originally posted by dagann
reply to post by Rodinus
I agree. My first post concerned the topic at hand. Only after reading a few anti-American comments did i decide to "add" a few facts to those who posted otherwise. As i stated earlier that from what i know of Crowley, at his age during the years of 39 thru 45 along with being a heroin addict and living off the charity of his friends, it would seem he would not be in a position to assist in such a noble cause. Personally i do not believe the British govt. would give him the time of day. All this talk he was a white witch who refused black magick is hogwash. To say otherwise is to paint him as being some kind of noble creature with high ideals. The truth is he was a despicable pervert addicted to narcotics and fathered too many unwanted children after destroying their mothers. A British asset?...i think not.
Originally posted by thoughtsfull
Originally posted by HelenConway
reply to post by thoughtsfull
Oh yes I quite agree - paganism is alive and well. You only have to look at the old churches with their goblins and green men. I grew up in a village half of which was Sussex and the other half hants - it is surely a magical part of the world. I wish i still lived there.
*yeay* waves from the top of the Downs..
Anyway, just been thinking this through and If Crowley was employed by the Secret Services during WW2, it would (at best guess) have been with Mi9A..
Mi9 was split into 2 distinct groups, and we predominantly know of MI9 (separate from Mi9A) as the department that used stage magicians, escapologists, conjurers to design and create all the escape aids given to POWs/Resistance fighters for escape and evasion..
But dig a little deeper and you'll find "A force" or "Mi9A" who employed magicians for deception, creating fake air fields, fake armies, fake towns to deceive the Germans etc. they where more active in combating Germany by deception and more.
Of the 2, Mi9A is harder to pin down, more myth than real knowledge of their activities, which is why I find them interesting, and thus there has always been in my mind scope for Mi9A to be more than the claimed stage trickery..
I have always thought that "A Force" was more a mixture of the stage and the occult, especially given that the occult of the age was related more to the stage than they are now, the two where at that time inextricably linked in peoples minds so it would be logical to tie both together in one organisation.
One supposed trick to impress senior officers of the abilities of Mi9A was to create the illusion that the German pocket battleship the Admiral Graff Spee was sailing up the Thames.. Another was making Alexandria harbour vanish, which was supposed to have been carried out to hide the whole of Alexandria from German bombers.
So if there was a department that Crowley would fit in, it would in my mind be Mi9A, what is interesting about Mi9A and the magic/illusions/tricks they created is that most are attributed to one stage magician, Jasper Maskelyne, a stage magician that everyone seems to agree 100% couldn't have carried out any of the illusions attributed to him, nor anyone around to confirm the methods they used to hide Alexandria from German bombers.
So that always leaves a few question in my mind, if he didn't. who did? and if there is no evidence of the usual camouflage tricks used, what was used? real magic? I know some sceptics will say nothing was used, which is a fair enough response, but we have plenty of evidence of how the other fakes/tricks where carried out, and while we can assume the same tricks where used there are few incidents that are still anomalies.
I guess we will never know more than we do right now, but it is an interesting topic.. hope I have added a little to your investigation.. and perhaps an avenue to search
Originally posted by murphy22
reply to post by Hijinx
Fact 1: If the European countries had done more to stop Germany sooner like telling Hitler..... "ya'll ain't suppose to be in the Rhineland so get back over yonder...." Or even mobalized as soon as he went after Poland... etc.
Fact 2: England was on her knees. No shame in that, she fought bravely and would have fought, I am sure, untill the last.
Fact 3: Many American pilots fought in the Battle of Britain.
Fact 4: Gas, Beans and Bullets that England was running very low on came from the US. Way before we entered the war.
Fact 5: If Hitler had not turned on the Russians, which gave England the break she badly needed. America would have had to invade different beaches (just imagine that logistical nightmare) and do it all alone to save England. I am sure we would have done it anyway. We are kind of fond of her, good o'l England.
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Originally posted by rockymcgilicutty
reply to post by HelenConway
Can someone get some real figures from an MOD type source ??? So they are at least incontrovertible
Here's the post you jumped in on.
I included all mentions of American and British troops up until 1942, just to point out they were not involved in the BoB. Which was the claim I was refuting
My reply was that yes there were americans at the B.O.B.Here is your reply.
Can someone get some real figures from an MOD type source ??? So they are at least incontrovertible
Beside jumping in on a reply not directly related in your thread (look at your reply you tried to take a high road).
You did what I said you would and minimized these brave man some of whom DIED for your country.That was a really awlful thing to do.
edit on 10-2-2013 by rockymcgilicutty because: (no reason given)