Blighty sounds like a charming town! One day i may have to visit there
It just sounds like to me that the thinking on this thread is leaning towards the idea that Beleriand was intentionally ruined. I would argue that it wasnt "meant" to be destroyed, it merely was the unfortunate result of being the part of ME that was closest to the source of the catastrophe. IMO, an unforeseen event. Or mabye not - thats a movie I would like to see: Huge chunks of Angband hurled across a continent, landing with a force great enough to rip entire regions apart. A terrible enough cataclysm that crushed the roots of ME to the point that the sea swallows it.
So.... :
The question in my mind is: Would the Vala do anything different if they knew the consequences? Or was the cleansing of Angband a high enough end to justify the means?