I have no doubt that Churchill did say something to that effect. (Reply #6)

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Mon Jul 27, 2020, 11:37 AM

luvtheGWN (1,330 posts)

6. I have no doubt that Churchill did say something to that effect.

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.....

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16 replies	Author	Time	Post
Churchill nailed us cold. [View all]	shockey80	Jul 2020	OP
The evidence connecting Churchill to the saying is late and very weak:	King of the sheep	Jul 2020	#1
Apt quote for our circumstances.	empedocles	Jul 2020	#2
Even if it is weak, That's exactly what we did until forced into the war by the Japanese	Thekaspervote	Jul 2020	#3
Yep!	Mike 03	Jul 2020	#7
With hindsight	sarisataka	Jul 2020	#12
I have no doubt that Churchill did say something to that effect.	luvtheGWN	Jul 2020	#6
Credit our firm embrace of FreeDumbs	ToxMarz	Jul 2020	#4
Still better than never doing the right thing at all.	Aristus	Jul 2020	#5
Exactly right.	zentrum	Jul 2020	#8
And with racism. nt	barbtries	Jul 2020	#9
Many Brits want to take	zentrum	Jul 2020	#10
not defending churchill,	barbtries	Jul 2020	#11
Yes, I understood.	zentrum	Jul 2020	#16
+1 million	geardaddy	Jul 2020	#15
That's what we're doing right now with racism and antiracist blowback.	ancianita	Jul 2020	#13
Churchill was a racist pig. n/t	geardaddy	Jul 2020	#14

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