Churchill was encouraged to emphasise that helping Britain fight was the safest way for the United States to remain outside the European war. If Britain lost, America might face a Germany equipped with British industry, weapons, and naval power. Supplying Britain therefore offered protection without the immediate cost in American lives of replacing it. The argument converted aid from charity into a direct claim about United States national defence.
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Arming Britain as the safest way to keep America out
Supporters sold aid as a way for Britain to contain Germany before Americans faced an enemy strengthened by British arms and the Royal Navy.