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[JMA]

All true. Winston had his faults but his comment: "You can always rely on the Americans to do the right thing -- after they have tried every conceivable alternative" is remarkably accurate. We too frequently do a lot of really dumb things in the process of sorting it out... Well, I for one agree. There have been aberrations but then, no matter where, there always are.

By the time Rooseveldt had exhausted all the possible wrong options Stalin had a big piece of the European pie. It appears that it was Roosevelt's bumbling that drove Winnie to drink.

Churchill said: ''There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them!''

[Dayuhan]

By the time Rooseveldt had exhausted all the possible wrong options Stalin had a big piece of the European pie. It appears that it was Roosevelt's bumbling that drove Winnie to drink.

Churchill said: ''There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them!''

I suspect that Winne met the bottle long before Roosevelt entered the picture, and I have to wonder what realistic option Roosevelt had that would have kept Stalin out of Europe.

It wasn't the easiest of times to manage, and it's easy with hindsight to imagine things were simpler than they were.

[JMA]

I suspect that Winne met the bottle long before Roosevelt entered the picture, and I have to wonder what realistic option Roosevelt had that would have kept Stalin out of Europe.

It wasn't the easiest of times to manage, and it's easy with hindsight to imagine things were simpler than they were.

Italy and the Balkans.