I can’t compete with an Englishman on knowledge of your history.
All I can offer is common sense.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Chamberlain was right about something.
The most historically lauded figures were not always right in every detail, nor could they have “done it alone”...others had to help as well.
Churchill led the Brits in their darkest hours. Churchill was until that point not the Churchill that lives in history as a giant among men. When he finally became such, it was almost too late.
That was my only point.
Because that is what parallels what we were discussing about people’s reaction to the choices we have for President, with the class of the lot clearly being Newt.
No worries. Seems to me that we have been supporting the same candidates all the way through this primary - first Perry, then Newt.
I just get sad sometimes that all Chamberlain is remembered for is appeasement, and not for his incredible work behind the scenes in creating and modernising the military that let us survive the first two years of the war. Not gonna say you guys were a little slow getting here, but .... ;)
As far as your equating Newt and Churchill goes - I am with you 100%. Both in terms of their abilities, and the fact that they are 11th hour picks.
May America get some sense and, for the second time in my life go for the most qualified, not the least contentious.