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(3,847 posts)"All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
Obviously this Dorito Cheeto has never heard of Churchill.
sandensea
(21,639 posts)I am strongly in favor of using poisoned gas against uncivilized tribes - it would spread a lively terror."
Iggo
(47,558 posts)volstork
(5,402 posts)n/t
sandensea
(21,639 posts)hoping that the Nazis would last long enough to destroy the Soviet Union first.
The fact that the war would inevitably be extended by several years, and that tens of millions more would have to die for that to happen (if it succeeded at all) was almost irrelevant to him.
It goes without saying that Ike hated his guts. Even FDR, who got along famously with Churchill at a personal level, eventually came to see him as less an ally than an outright obstacle in the war effort.
When FDR died, Churchill refused to attend the funeral. He could be as petty as he was reactionary.
sandensea
(21,639 posts)that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people; but the appalling silence of the good people."
volstork
(5,402 posts)and we are not being silent. I know we must do more-- we must always do more.
sandensea
(21,639 posts)But among most of our fellow Americans, there's always been a lot of reticence to confront right-wing extremism head on.
The internet, and recent events, may be changing that though.
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)apkhgp
(1,068 posts)In this time of hatred and protesting against it, we get refreshing words of wisdom from a learned individual.
JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)And, I have a feeling I will be repeating the above many times in the near future!
BootinUp
(47,165 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Andy Borowitz
Indepatriot
(1,253 posts)dalton99a
(81,515 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Elizabeth Warren
The President of the United States just defended neo-Nazis and blamed those who condemn their racism and hate. This is sick.
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