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To: ClearCase_guy
Enoch Powell was right.

Enoch Powell strongly believed that America was more of an enemy to the UK than Nazi Germany or Tojo's Japan. Do you agree with that assessment?

35 posted on 04/09/2007 11:03:39 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker
Well ... I ... I ... I ... mindlessly stand behind every position or statement that Enoch Powell ever made.

Actually, my tagline refers to this:

In the United Kingdom, particularly in England, "Enoch was right" is a phrase of political rhetoric, employed generally by the far right, inviting comparison of aspects of contemporary English society with predictions made by Powell in the Rivers of Blood speech. The phrase implies criticism of immigration and multiculturalism.

The Rivers of Blood speech was delivered in 1968. I like the speech and I agree with most of its content. I feel no compulsion to adopt whatever views he may have had on WWII-era dictators.

39 posted on 04/09/2007 11:13:12 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell was right.)
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To: Alter Kaker
Enoch Powell strongly believed that America was more of an enemy to the UK than Nazi Germany or Tojo's Japan. Do you agree with that assessment?

You're paraphrasing him out of context to score a cheap political point. Powell wrote a private letter to his family in the early 1940's stating that he feared a potential threat on the horizon where the United States would become a greater enemy to Britain than Japan and Germany were currently. He wrote it after receiving a U.S. diplomat's statement expressing hope that Britain would lose India as a side effect of World War II. When Powell wrote the letter he was also serving in the British army in North Africa and was very much against both Hitler and Tojo.

128 posted on 04/10/2007 8:32:15 PM PDT by lqclamar ("That's it, Seth, you can't blame them. It's want of education. That's all it is.")
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