[Graewoulf]

Good Thread, thanks!

[Mr. K]

The first thing he would say is “when the hell did the USA start electing pussies”

[colorado tanker]

Recall a very important fact. The British leadership did not turn to Churchill to lead them in the war until Germany’s hands were closing around Britain’s throat. Until then, they ignored all his warnings.

[RinaseaofDs]

His last words:

“I’m bored of it all.”

[gorush]

If Churchill would have known how he’d be treated after the war...who knows? The Brits couldn’t wait to replace him.

[Sam Gamgee]

What I can’t square is the Churchill of WWI who spearheaded the British imperial war against Germany, whose only threat was it wanted to be part of the same naval club as the UK. And the one that saved Western Europe in WWII.

[KC_Lion]

Churchill already gave that some thought: OPERATION UNTHINKABLE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable

[W.]

I would like to believe, with Sir Winston having observed these past few years he might succinctly remark of Obama: "The price of greatness is responsibility."

Though I doubt it would be the only thing he'd say...

[reefdiver]

I’m pretty sure he would say, don’t lose it.

[Pollster1]

Let’s take an actual Churchill quote:

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty; a realist sees World War Three as inevitable with Barack Hussein Obama occupying the White House for eight years.
- Winston Churchill

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

“We must regard as deeply blameworthy before history the conduct not only of the British National and mainly Conservative Government, but of the Labour-Socialist and Liberal Parties, both in and out of office., during this fatal period. Delight in smooth-sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour-Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war-time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all of these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.”
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Churchill places the blame squarely where it belongs in ‘33. Change a few names and his words sum up the cause of our present predicament.