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[quote=GARYKINKADE,301721]It refers to President Roosevelt's speech or comments to the press in December 1940 in convincing the people of the U.S. to lend aid to Britain in the form of supplying arms and munitions to them in the early stages of WW2. The analogy of "lending your water hose to your neighbor if his house was on fire" was used. During this period of time the majority of the U.S. public was opposed to being involved in another military conflict and it was difficult for Roosevelt to gain support for aid to Britain. How times have changed!![/quote]
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