User talk:Christinehoward4

Wikipedia is not a forum for discussion of personal views. Fifelfoo_m (talk) 01:33, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Why did Toynbee say - America is like a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.
"America is like a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair". Research gives the originator as Arnold Toynbee but I can't discover why he said it. I always thought it was attributable to the 1980 Iran hostage crisis when the US rescue attempt failed (President Carter's regime). I remember the event but clearly, as Toynbee died in 1975, he said it for some other reason. I'm curious to hear your views. Many thanks, Christine Howard, Adelaide, Australia.