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I know, this is now over 8 years old, and I know that none of the opinions expressed here would have changed much, unless to be more radical. I am somewhat disappointed by the obvious lack of knowledge and understanding of history by so many commentators. Opinion is not fact and trying to work out historical fact and understanding its individual and cumulative impact is incredibly difficult, that's for sure, but that so many comments don't even try is just intellectually dishonest. (Nd for sum peeple, they cood turn on there spill chekirs, it mite helps there argyumint.)
Churchill never saw himself as a hero, just an old fashioned British Imperialist. He wasn't protecting the world, he was protecting the Crown, that's how he saw himself, that was his duty. I suspect he only saw people in those terms too, and how could he use them to protect the Crown.
Socialism is a perfect theory, it hangs together perfectly. We can all see that, if we care to look.
Neo-Cons "Supply-side Economics" and "trickle down effect" are a perfect theories, we all know that, if we care to look.
The problem is these things are not working in the real world, so therefore, reality must be wrong. That is the level of logic applied by "true believers", always. Surely there is a midway point that would make our systems workable? Can that not be discussed?