I believe Churchill to have been a great man. I’m saddened at some of the comments on this thread (I was stunned at someone calling him a lapdog for Russia - which for anyone who has studied Churchill to any extent is an extraordinary accusation - his hatred for bolshevism is well documented), but each is entitled to their opinion.
It is impossible to know exactly what Winston would have done in the shoes of the Ukrainian leader, but I suspect the following quotes of his, give a clue:
“Nations that go down fighting rise again, but those who surrender tamely are finished....if our long island story is to end at last, let it end, only when each of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground.”
He would probably also quote (as he did on more than one occasion) from Macaulay’s ‘Lays of Ancient Rome’:
“Then up spake brave Horatius, the captain of the Gate: To every man upon this earth death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods.”
Churchill was not perfect. He was wrong on many things throughout his long, long, career. But when in a hole, with hope fading, and the odds seemingly impossible, give me Churchill every time.
Thanks. I know better than to think that there is anything like unanimous opinion on anything or anyone, but I too was disappointed by the sheer hostility of some comments.
I think I owe an apology for not making it adequately clear, but I was really thinking WWWCD if he were asked to advise America how to proceed, not Ukraine or any other country.