Dear all!
What is the exact meaning of "physical absurdity" in the following passage? It is from the book “Persian Gulf Command” by Ashley Jackson, p. 203. It is about World war II and the Allied plans for helping Russia via Iran.
Writing to Eden on 23 October, Cripps said that there was ‘no way we can send 25 to 30 divisions anywhere, Russia or elsewhere’. But he hoped that Britain could act in a more modest manner: ‘Surely it is possible to send either to Murmansk or through Iran at least one or two fully armed divisions to fight on the Russian front.’129 In replying Eden agreed that the chance of Britain sending twenty- five to thirty divisions was pie in the sky – a ‘physical absurdity’, as he put it.
Many thanks in advance.
What is the exact meaning of "physical absurdity" in the following passage? It is from the book “Persian Gulf Command” by Ashley Jackson, p. 203. It is about World war II and the Allied plans for helping Russia via Iran.
Writing to Eden on 23 October, Cripps said that there was ‘no way we can send 25 to 30 divisions anywhere, Russia or elsewhere’. But he hoped that Britain could act in a more modest manner: ‘Surely it is possible to send either to Murmansk or through Iran at least one or two fully armed divisions to fight on the Russian front.’129 In replying Eden agreed that the chance of Britain sending twenty- five to thirty divisions was pie in the sky – a ‘physical absurdity’, as he put it.
Many thanks in advance.
