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[–] Confidant6198@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 days ago (5 children)

They never do the right thing

[–] ygurin@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

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.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Churchill, the orchestrator of the Bengal famine which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 800,000 to 3.8 million people.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Just because he was evil doesn't mean everything he said was wrong

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