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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChurchill nailed us cold.
He said something like this, Americans will always do the right thing, once they have exhausted all other options.
That's what we are doing now with the virus.
King of the sheep
(23 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,823 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Although, to be fair, Britain struggled a bit to get engaged in the early stages of WW2. (Of course, it wasn't entirely their fault--there was the fiasco in Belgium). I almost hate to point that out, since they were tremendous heroes at most stages of the war and bore the brunt of many brutal aerial and sea attacks.
The British are our greatest allies.
We could use a Churchill now, or an FDR.
sarisataka
(18,926 posts)It is always easy to see which wars a country should have joined immediately and which should have been avoided altogether.
luvtheGWN
(1,336 posts)He was frustrated by the fact that the US Congress was so reluctant to come to the aid of its allies in fighting the Nazis. They tried everything until FDR finally got his way. Of course, Pearl Harbour helped it along.....
ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)Aristus
(66,530 posts)Churchill was a vicious racist who opposed independence for India, and never admitted that it was the right thing to do.
zentrum
(9,866 posts)He was a genuine colonialist racist.
barbtries
(28,824 posts)zentrum
(9,866 posts)
.down his statues now or at least teach the truth about him.
His white supremacy views were lethal, not just for India, but for Africa. Responsible for the death and suffering of thousands.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/not-his-finest-hour-the-dark-side-of-winston-churchill-2118317.html
barbtries
(28,824 posts)just saying he was right about the US
zentrum
(9,866 posts)Agree. It was a good observation.
geardaddy
(24,933 posts)ancianita
(36,238 posts)The Churchillian view: Let the white trash the Europeans sent over here do the world's work for them. Use them, disinform them of "history." Make them figure it out. And don't help them, just look on in mockery and pity. It's a long history.
It's the cage they helped put us in and now that we're trying to get out of it, their NAZI RACIST tool is using force to keep that status quo of the banksters' racial capitalist power hierarchy.
We need to talk reparations around here.