Oh, and Ike – injecting Taoist witnessing into a secular thread like this is a truly Laotse thing to do! 
WWFSDBDBD?
What would Frank Sinatra Do Be Do Be Do?
WWJJD - What would Jesus Jones do? 
Poly, I’m amazed that you know who Sir Roger was. Although I would imagine he figures in any good Churchill biography, as the two were friends and political allies for close to forty years. Here is an account of Churchill’s experiences playing polo, including his last match, against Keyes in 1926, at the age of 52.
I’m surprised to hear that there’s much mention of him in World War II, as his career was mostly over by the time it started, and he died in 1943. If you’re interested in the First World War, his Naval Memoirs are excellent reading, especially his vigorous defense of Churchill’s role in the Gallipoli Campaign. I was reading these in the course of research for a paper for class, and became quite enthralled with the man.
WWYID - What Would Yamamoto Isoroku Do?
I read a couple of bios on him in college (basically the only two they had that weren’t written in Japanese!) and came away truly admiring the man. He was possibly the greatest military mind of the 20th century, and tried to prevent WWII because he knew that Japan would have a couple of really successful years then suffer a crushing defeat. He was also the kind of commander every soldier or sailor hopes to have - he led by example.
and, of course, the one I should have come up with earlier…
WWWWD - What Would William Wallace Do?
Oops, I just realized, we all know what William Wallace would do. “…and if he were here, he’d consume that English army with fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his arse!!!”
As much as I like the English, that would be a great response to any question involving what to do. Try to work it into the most mundane conversations. That would be friggin’ hilarious.
Wasn’t it “Isoroku Yamamoto”? (I thought “Yamamoto” was his last name)
The man was a military genius, and the U.S. desperately wanted to take him out, which in 1943 or 1944, they succeeded in doing. It is true that he knew that Japan had little chance to beat the US in a prolonged war, and that he tried to keep Japan out of the war, and, when war was inevitable, tried for a quick knockout victory (which didn’t happen but was the only chance the Japanese had) over the Pacific fleet. Yamamoto was also credited for being one of the few to foresee that the aircraft carrier would surpass the battleship in tactical importance.
However, if Yamamoto was responsible for splitting the carrier fleet at Midway (two of the six carriers that attacked Pearl Harbor were diverted to a different theatre, and only four were assigned to Midway), this mistake could have cost them that battle. (Though not, ultimately, the war.)
As for Wallace, he was a courageous, hardy fighter, but it’s debateable he was the tactical genius that Braveheart made him out to be.
Lucifer or Elvis Costello
What would Ferris Bueller do?
This, I ask myself almost daily. Which is probably why I’m a lot of fun at parties.
From what I understand, in many Asian cultures it’s proper to put the family name first, so Adm. Yamamoto’s name would be Yamamoto Isoroku. Dopers of Japanese descent, feel free to correct me.
The scholarly evidence on Wallace’s military genius (or lack thereof) is split about 70-30 in favor of the big guy. Check out James Mackay’s recent bio “William Wallace: Brave Heart” and Peter Traquair’s “Freedom’s Sword” for balanced discussions of the debate. Fact is, his tactics at Falkirk were sound, and would have succeeded if his cavalry hadn’t fled and had managed to rout the English longbowmen. Robert the Bruce used the same tactics successfully at Bannockburn.
The tactics used in “BRAVEHEART” were visually stunning, but actually doing that on a battlefield would’ve been a bad, bad idea…
By the way, WWH9000D? What would the Hal9000 unit do? “Just what do you think you’re doing, Dave?”
WWGMD- What Would Glenn Mencfeldowski Do?
WhatWouldGeorgeCastanzaDo?
What would Aunt Dede do?
In homage to my late aunt, Katharyn “Dede” Knight, who passed away 12 years ago of Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Of course, what she would do in any crisis would be to have a gin and tonic and laugh in the face of danger. Good actions to live by.
Yoko Ono