It has been said, times without number, that if Hitler cannot cross the English Channel he cannot cross three thousand miles of sea. But there is only one reason why he has not crossed the English Channel. That is because forty-five million determined Britons, in a heroic resistance, have converted their island into a armed base, from which proceeds a steady stream of sea and air power. As Secretary Hull has said: "It is not the water that bars the way. It is the resolute determination of British arms. Were the control of the seas by Britain lost, the Atlantic would no longer be an obstacle-rather, it would become a broad highway for a conqueror moving westward."
-The New York Times, April 30, 1941

Which of the following would the author(s) of this excerpt most likely support?

a. Aiding the Soviet Union in case the British surrendered.
b. Extending the Good Neighbor Policy to Great Britain.
c. Prohibiting travel on ships of belligerent nations.
d. Passing the Lend Lease Act to provide arms on credit to Great Britain.