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TPJ (MA)'s avatar

Winston Churchill needed only seven words to summarize the value of the Soviet alliance: "They are very good at killing Germans."

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Liz Ayer, Nyc/MA's avatar

WC was so pragmatic.

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TPJ (MA)'s avatar

Sometimes, not always.

"Winston has a hundred ideas a day, and four of them are good."

-- Variously attributed, including FDR

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Liz Ayer, Nyc/MA's avatar

WC was such a characterтАФ yes I can imagine why FDR said that and poor long suffering Clementine. He was an exhausting husband.

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