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Be nice if this program could be re-instituted.

...last time...after the war...they gathered them all up and sank them at sea...didn't learn a thing by it...I wouldn't send 'em a Red Ryder...

speedsix wrote:...last time...after the war...they gathered them all up and sank them at sea...didn't learn a thing by it...I wouldn't send 'em a Red Ryder...

True.

Some countries' major role in life is to serve as warning to others.

Nice piece of history. Let's hope that the Brits never need to protect their homes again............

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"
--George Santayana

As I recall, the American Committee for Defense of British Homes movement was the precursor for the passage of the Lend-Lease law passed in March 1941.

My wife is English so send them to me instead!

...spoken like a true American...which is why we had 'em to spare in the first place!!!

Excaliber wrote:

speedsix wrote:...last time...after the war...they gathered them all up and sank them at sea...didn't learn a thing by it...I wouldn't send 'em a Red Ryder...

True.

Some countries' major role in life is to serve as warning to others.

The shame is that there are more bad examples (most of them tied to the original British empire) than good ones and that our Federal government seems to have developed the same amnesia as the Brits.

AndyC wrote:Not if their government is involved - they made the bed.

Cool piece of history. Shame how things have changed.