"At 11 P.M., August 4, as the ultimatum expired and the moment came when Britain was at war, a tearful Margot Asquith left her husband to go to bed, and as she began to ascend the stairs, “I saw Winston Churchill with a happy face striding towards the double doors of the Cabinet room.”64
Lloyd George was sitting within with his disconsolate prime minister when, as he later told a friend: Winston dashed into the room, radiant, his face bright, his manner keen, one word pouring out after another how he was going to send telegrams to the Mediterranean, the North Sea, and God knows where. You could see he was a really happy man.65"
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World by Patrick J. Buchanan
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Sem dúvida que Churchill tinha esse apetite pela guerra. Daí ter participado activamente nas guerras sul-africanas, e daí lhe serem atribuídos vários crimes de guerra ao longo da carreira.
Daí também ele estar totalmente isolado durante os anos 30, quando não havia ninguém no Reino Unido que não defendesse o apaziguamento.
E daí também, claro, que o tenham chamado na hora da guerra.
O tenham chamado? Ou que ele (ou os amigos) tenha arranjado maneira de o ser?
E qual é diferença?
A diferença estará no facto de Churchill ter ou não ter contribuído para que a guerra acontecesse.
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