"These claims made by American film makers undoubtedly influence the way Americans think. But hijacking and altering history in America's favour has now become commonplace. America didn't even enter the Second World War until December 1941 after the bombing of Pearl Harbour by the japanese and after Germany had forced America's hand by declaring war on them. In 1940, when Britain desperately wanted America's help, only 8% of Americans favoured joining Britain in the Second World War. As late as May 1941 77% of Americans still opposed fighting either Germany or Japan unless their country was provoked. When Winston Churchill (the Prime Minister) and Anthony Eden (then the Foreign Secretary) negotiated the loan of 50 or 60 American rather ramshackle destroyers our so-called allies insisted that in part payment Britain hand over to America its bases in the West Indies and Newfoundland. Eden described the bargaining as `less than friendly'. When the USA Congress agreed to `support' Britain they did it on a profit making basis. They created a scheme called `lend-lease' which meant that Britain could defer payment on the arms supplied by the Americans for the war against Hitler. When the lend-lease scheme ended in 1945 at the end of the Second World War Britain found herself with enormous debts and was forced to borrow money from the Americans on very harsh terms. After the war the Americans refused to share any of their nuclear research (even though much of it had been done by British scientists)."


Taken from "Confronting the Global Bully" by Vernon Coleman, published by Blue Books.

A "whats-in-it-for-me" mentality, which is increasingly prevailent in our modern day society...something that we are all guilty of, methinks.

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