I just posted in the 'what are you watching' thread about the movie Dunkirk. Which, of course, got me to thinking about Winnie (as I like to call him
, Winston Churchill). A superb human in so very many ways, and one who happened to be at the right time to occupy the correct place (that he correctly and logically ascended to) to be able to put a really large oar in the water and steer world events for the better.
The reason I am posting here is that Winston Churchill is one of many examples, though often there do not seem to be enough, of those who counter the CMP's of the world. Now of course the ratio of 'Winnie's' to CMP is terribly small but that too is OK because the ratio of ability is also scaled accordingly; literally millions of CMP cannot offset the progress made by the likes of Mr. Churchill.
So for those 'up to thier eyeballs' with FaceTwit nonsense, which now rises all the way to.... well, I cannot even say the words.... but for those fearful and actually think we are, as this thread is titled, doomed, may I suggest taking a few moments out of what might be your own FaceTwit time and listen to a few wise, moving and world- shaping words by some able people. In honor of Dunkirk (the event) let's start with a few by a fat man with a mild speech impediment who contributed far more than his fair share.
This was a speech given to the House of Commons, right after he became Prime Minister and the Germans had launched their offensive in the west, 13 May, 1940. I found an audio version: "Blood, tears, toil and sweat"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TlkN-dcDCkThis speech, again given to the House of Commons, 4 June 1940, right after a crushing defeat of European forces, including virtually all of Britain's land forces available to that area, by the Germans:
"We shall fight on the beaches" (I think my favorite)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkTw3_PmKtcAnd finally, a speech given also to the House of Commons on 18 June 1940 after the avoidance of what would have absolutely become a true disaster, about events at Dunkirk:
"This was their finest hour"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4BVzYGeF0MBrian