So, Just How Stupid WAS Churchill?

This, from "Collier's", January 1939 - "...even a single well-armed vessel will hold its own against aircraft; still more a squadron or a fleet of modernized warships, whether at sea or in harbor, will be able to endure aerial attack."......And please keep in mind here that this guy had at one point been the First Lord of the Admiralty and that FDR (who fully agreed with Churchill on this) had actually been Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Wilson. These two damned idiots!