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Jan 12, 2024
Fresh out of college, I worked for the late British peer Lord Williams, Baron of Elvel. His wife, the late Lady Williams, was Sir Winston Churchill’s last private secretary. She was also the mother of @JustinWelby, Archbishop of Canterbury, the man who placed the crown upon King Charles III.
And in my meetings over tea with the Lord and Lady Williams I heard many personal stories of Churchill the man. I was one of the first people to listen to recordings of those who knew Churchill when they were after many decades made public at @Cambridge_Uni’s Churchill College.
And through these letters, listenings, and conversations about Sir Winston, I see damn clearly the parallels with today.
I understand the many concerns Ukrainians and Americans have about President Zelenskiy but he, who uniquely transformed from Chamberlain to Churchill in his bold decision not to flee, has risen to the moment, and not only has he to deal with weasels domestically but also with weak-willed Western leaders.
This clip below from the film Darkest Hour is apropos now. Gary Oldman, as Churchill, is begging FDR for support. Witness how FDR sounds indeed quite like the Biden White House of today …
Had Churchill the man not made his stand, Britain likely would have fallen, and Lord knows what would come of that. Had the Ukrainians—a nation of millions of people with the gumption of Churchill—not held on this long, hell would be unleashed upon all of Europe and beyond.
Watch The Darkest Hour. Listen to the words, “Belgium and Holland may fall at any hour.” Holy sh*t, imagine if Ukraine, the largest and most freedom-loving country in Europe, fell, who would fall next?
Do you want to wake up? Or do you just want to live in your home, go to work, watch inspiring movies, and complain about everything?
More than ever in the history of godawful warfare, we have a chance to make things easier: Ukrainians are willing to do the fighting. They just need the weapons and permission to use them. The more this chance slips away, the more the prospect of hellish war around the world increases …
Video here:
That was a stunning clip.
“Witness how FDR sounds indeed quite like the Biden White House of today …”
Exactly. There was an active pro-nazi/anti-British movement in the US at the time, just as there is now, only this time it’s pro-putler/anti-Ukraine. Unfortunately those original fucktards were allowed to breed.
FDR sent us old junk, which we paid top dollar for. When Stalin was forced to switch sides, he sent the bastard $200 bn in today’s money, which was never repaid.
Britain fought alone for two years. Until Pearl Harbor forced FDR’s hand.
Ukraine are coming up to two years now, battling along with only 20% (at best) of the help they need.
Read James Sherr’s article Moment of Truth. That moment is with us now.
It is funny, yesterday I had the same thought after listening to the Power Vertical.
I think Biden is basically FDR 2.0, doing too little too late, but eventually doing the right thing, mostly.
Still I think it was a mistake of epic proportions to help the Soviets, although I think the U.S. estimated that the Soviet Union would have fallen without this aid, leaving the Germans only with one front.
I don’t think this would have happened, as the Soviet Union was basically undefeatable because of its strategic depth.
It would only have been ideal if both parties fought themselves till death by fighting until Vladivostok. Even if the Germans would have taken Moscow, it wouldn’t have been the end.
FDR also waited way too long with becoming involved in WWII, which only made the fight much harder.
Now there is the perfect opportunity to deal with Russia at very low cost, but Biden will probably wait until the Russian troops have reached Berlin and have built formidable defense lines.
The situation has never been so much in the West’s favour, but nobody important has realised that.
I think both FDR and Biden are good people, but you need to be able to make tough decisions as a POTUS and both were unable to.
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“Britain fought alone for two years. Until Pearl Harbor forced FDR’s hand.”
They were not alone. Canada declare war on Germany in september 1945.
I ment september 1939! Sorry
That’s Ok. What are 6 years between friends. 🙂
We’ve said it many times before; the West has not learned its lessons from back then, when the original Adolf Hitler was appeased and when weakness eventually made it possible for yet another terrible war to burn across Europe.
We have another Adolf, although tiny in stature, his evilness is the same large and looming dark shadow … a shadow hardly anyone in the West had taken note of, and this ever since he grabbed power in the perpetual crap hole called russia.