{"id":191,"date":"2001-10-08T01:01:06","date_gmt":"2001-10-08T06:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/?p=191"},"modified":"2001-10-08T01:01:06","modified_gmt":"2001-10-08T06:01:06","slug":"keep-the-home-fires-burning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/?p=191","title":{"rendered":"&#8230;keep the home fires burning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>&#8230;keep the home fires burning<\/div>\n<p>\n<a HREF=\"opWin('\/img\/imgPopup.htm?i=gbflag.gif&amp;w=0432&amp;h=0216', 'imgPopupWin', 'toolbar=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=5,top=0,width='+(screen.availWidth-20)+',height='+(screen.availHeight-30)+',scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes');\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nI go to the British very much in these last several weeks &#8212; to those who survived <i>Blitzkrieg<\/i>, who emerged victorious from the Battle of Britain; to that nation of whom the world might one day say (using the words of Churchill), never have so few given so much for so many; to the historical parent of my own nation &#8212; for reassurance and comfort in a time of impossible and gravely consequential choices.&nbsp; And I go to them for nothing so much as the simple knowledge that I am not alone.&nbsp; That is the cure for terror.&nbsp;  Whether we are right or wrong &#8212; and I think we are both &#8212; I thank you Britain; I daresay I love you.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"opWin('http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/world\/2001\/10\/07\/sot.tony.blair.cnn.med.html', 'cnnPopupWin', 'toolbar=no,menubar=yes,status=no,left=20,top=10,width=300,height=460,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes');\">Here<\/a> is Tony Blair&#8217;s announcement of British support and participation in US-led attacks on Afghanistan.&nbsp; In case that doesn&#8217;t work, try <a href=\"opWin('http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/popup\/section_framesets\/top.frameset.exclude.html', 'PopupWin', 'toolbar=no,menubar=yes,status=no,left=20,top=10,width=620,height=460,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes');\">this<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;keep the home fires burning I go to the British very much in these last several weeks &#8212; to those who survived Blitzkrieg, who emerged victorious from the Battle of Britain; to that nation of whom the world might one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/?p=191\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[284,949,318,316,317,192],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-afghanistan","tag-battle-of-britain","tag-britain","tag-churchill","tag-tony-blair","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}