Well, most of the real men get totally pussified while growing up. A lack of positive male role models also takes its toll on manliness. Finally the homosexualist movement wants to brand any male who acts even remotely "man-like" as a closet faggot, which just makes no sense whatsoever.

Churchill was manic-depressive, but he was a smart fellow overall. His record in both wars is actually spotty, he did many great things for England and the Allies (Like Canada, eh?) but also had many ideas & plans that would have been crimes against humanity had they been carried out.

Plus he failed to warn the Lusitania, then made a botched job of the propoganda following the sinking.

So basically, real men weren't afraid of doing the dangerous or unpopular, they knew what was needed and they did it.

Now they take a poll to make sure it's PC and A-OK. Like girlie-men.

What a load of crap.  Britain sucked then and it sucks now. 

It sucked a lot less then. And frankly, given FDR, America sucked a bit MORE then, believe it or not.

What is it with this blog and the romantic longing for Britain's glory days?

Because it's had being like Atlas holding up the sky alone, really. And as far as policing the world, the Brits did it better than other Eurotrash colonialists. Turd world nations that are former Brit colonies are generally in better shape than former Frog or other colonies.

"The notebooks also show Churchill was determined to keep Britain out of the looming Vietnam conflict, despite American appeals for support."

It's typical of the British in modern history....  Just like they are ditching Iraq and assin' out in Afghanistan.  Sure, they want a war on terror....  but they just want us to do all the heavy lifting, incure the casualities, and when mistakes are made to take all the blame.

The Brits had their hads full in Malaya at the time, and Vietnam was a Frog problem, blame them. I also blame Persident Ike and John Foster Dulles for not calling in massive air strikes at Dien Bien Phu.

"Operation Castor" was actually a good French plan--lead the Viet Minh into a massive set piece battle and annilhate them. But the French lacked the airpower to do it, and Ike and Dulles sat on ours.