As part of preparations to mark this year's June 12 Democracy Day celebration, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; former presidential candidate of the
England with live, that s what it meant to him, right? britain would live the commonwealth of nations and the empire would live. hitler s fate was sealed. mussolini s fate was sealed. as for the japanese, they would be ground two powder. i went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and thankful. this was the moment right? eight where it s sort of the beginning two of the establishment of the world order that the us has enjoyed now for decades, yeah. when you look at those speeches yesterday, biden and king charles and emmanuel macron, we tell this really simple story of like the allies were a great partnership. we ve always had this special relationship. and when you get into the the history, that s not really true. the first couple of years of this war britain is standing alone churchill feels that he is holding the line alone trying to pull roosevelt against the isolation as politics of the u.s. and the 1930s and it s really the first couple of years of this war in 1941, 1940
Winston churchill had to say after the attack on pearl harbor, which was such a pivotal moment for us it s joining the war. he said england would live, britain would live the commonwealth of nations and the empire would live. hitler s fete was sealed mussolini s fete with sealed. as for the japanese, they would be ground to powder i went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and thankful that that s a remarkable notion. the idea that okay, they went after the americans. thank god, because now america will common save democracy. yeah and one of the things that surprised me in writing this book, as you write a book about d-day, and they re like, okay, maybe i ll start on new non june 5. well all of the success of d-day comes in the weeks, months, and years before for d-day ever gets launched from the harbors of britain. and so much of those first couple of years or the war are britain and the united states learning tool work together as
Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has addressed a forum of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in Antigua, advocating for a transformation of the international financial system to protect vulnerable nations.