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Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing…after they have exhausted all other possibilities
They never do the right thing
Well they did join the Allies during WW2 did they not? The above quote was attributed to Churchill, what it means Americans eventually make a correct decision after trying a series of wrong decisions, some less effective, some foolish, counter-productive and dangerous.
Churchill, the orchestrator of the Bengal famine which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 800,000 to 3.8 million people.
Just because he was evil doesn't mean everything he said was wrong