hitler had come to power, muthe was a large movement toward militerism in japan and roosevelt was aware of this and he's watching it, but he can't do anything, because the country and the congress are isolationists. they don't want anything to do with anything. things get really desperate for the english. they are being bombed mercilessly by germany. by the way, if you want to read an excellent book about the bombing and what was going on at this point in the american-british relationship, i recommend to you a book by eric larson called "the splendid and the vile", a wonderful history of what went on. at any rate, churchill is appealing almost daily to roosevelt saying, please, we're not going to be able to hold out against hitler much longer. and roosevelt is trying to move the american public and the congress towards helping and they're not buying it. finally, he gives a speech, and i'm just going to read a quick excerpt from the speech. he says to them, he says to the congress and to the country, suppose my neighbor's home catches fire and i have a length of garden hose 400 or 500 fe