There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs.
I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness.
Our house was bombed, and the roof fell in. We were sitting under the stairs of the basement, and we were quite safe, but it brought home the realization. In two nights 400 people were killed in small town.