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wnylib

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25. It's true. Brits liked Churchill's inspiring rhetoric
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:39 PM
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during the war, but got rid of him as soon as the war was over. He was too conservative for them. He had also flubbed up several times in military positions that he held before the war. His main interest in WWII was preserving the empire. His domestic policies did not appeal to Brits.

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Well Trump is no FDR. What's the point? Raven123 Tuesday #1
I guess Trump thinks he's FDR today. hadEnuf Tuesday #10
Probably Stalin dflprincess Tuesday #31
I'm amazed he knows he's not dealing with Churchill. ananda Tuesday #20
Beat me to it. wnylib Tuesday #22
He is Howdy Doodey, Putin's puppet! MacKasey Tuesday #33
You beat me to it. SheltieLover Tuesday #35
I'm shocked SallyHemmings Tuesday #2
He's a rapist. They should be grateful to him. travelingthrulife 19 hrs ago #46
My god! PatSeg Tuesday #3
Not to mention British people don't hold Churchill in high regard. nt Nashchica Tuesday #11
Good point PatSeg Tuesday #15
Is that true? iemanja Tuesday #19
It's true. Brits liked Churchill's inspiring rhetoric wnylib Tuesday #25
Thanks... wonder who supplied PEDO Cha Tuesday #30
Rasputin Miller. Another goon who understands no history. travelingthrulife 19 hrs ago #47
But they put the Conservatives back in power in 1951 dflprincess Tuesday #32
The 1950s were a swing to the right in the US, too. wnylib Tuesday #34
I was referring to how he is iemanja Tuesday #36
info on sharia courts in britain.... msongs Tuesday #4
Well Felon, you are no Barack Obama, Joe Biden livetohike Tuesday #5
Yes! That's mostly what I said Cha Tuesday #26
Hi Cha! Great minds think alike.😆 Hope all is livetohike 21 hrs ago #45
He's no Winston Churchill. That's pretty self evident. patphil Tuesday #6
Sounds like... 2naSalit Tuesday #7
Whcih is ... Cha Tuesday #24
All these plans should have been arranged before the attack. No plans and no one knows what they're doing except Deuxcents Tuesday #28
If he was Winston Churchill, he would say the following about Krasnov Wonder Why Tuesday #8
And what would Churchill think..... Smilo Tuesday #9
It's clear that Trump is now several cans short of a 12 pack. hadEnuf Tuesday #12
You've used the live news link, and the "no Churchill" story is about 4 pages down it now muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #13
Drat, they completely rewrote the story, too. What a mess. And no way to get everything I had before highplainsdem Tuesday #17
Still winning friends, and influencing enemies Bayard Tuesday #14
He's bound and determined to make the entire world hate us mdbl Tuesday #16
And the child rapist is no FDR. iemanja Tuesday #18
Chuchill wouldn't kiss your ass like Starmer. Intractable Tuesday #21
PEDO Fuck head is NO Joe Biden Or Barack Cha Tuesday #23
Gallipoli anyone? Johonny Tuesday #27
And drumpf is no FDR. greatauntoftriplets Tuesday #29
Not even in the same universe with FDR! SheltieLover Tuesday #37
There is one thing I wish he had in common with FDR. niyad Yesterday #38
Decency SheltieLover Yesterday #39
Not possible. I wish they were both "the late" niyad Yesterday #40
Slob doesn't have a shred of decency. SheltieLover Yesterday #41
Oh. Lol SheltieLover Yesterday #42
Well, Trump, you shouldn't have started a war that resulted in our Naval base in Bahrain being taken out, thus artemisia1 Yesterday #43
and trump is no Eisenhower, by a long shot. Captain Zero Yesterday #44
Yet, Trump is lower than Nixon. Kid Berwyn 19 hrs ago #48
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