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To: mph who wrote (295232)	3/6/2009 12:58:48 PM
From: Neeka	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793928

It is so nice to take extended breaks from Politics. In catching up, I notice the commotion about the Churchill bust, then ran into your link. I like to read what people say, and see what they find in their searches. There are always two sides to every story. Stuff I didn't know or think about. The following paragraph is from the full article: "Maybe it's no surprise that Obama wouldn't want Churchill watching over his shoulder. After all, it was Churchill who, in 1952, ordered a crackdown on the Mau Mau rebellion against British colonial rule in Kenya, Obama's ancestral homeland. Obama's grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama, was labeled a subversive during the uprising and spent months in detention." After reading that and accounts from Obama's step-grandmother about the torture her husband endured under Churchill, there should be ZERO question about why Obama would say "Thanks, but no thanks" to a bust of Churchill. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If I read the article correctly, the bust was loaned to Bush by Tony Blair. It was not a gift to President Bush or to the American people. It was loaned to Bush and it was Bush's responsibility to return it when he left office. Which I think is the way it actually happened. The Brits can so easily take offense at the slightest breach of protocol. This does not mean Obama doesn't respect or even admire Churchill. For one thing, both men are (well in Winston's case was) great public speakers. Churchill had a great command of the language, knew well how to use it and could certainly turn a phrase. Although wrong about much (Gandhi, India, colonialism, just to name a few of his shortcomings) he was also quite right about one of the most serious crises of the twentieth century, Hitler and Nazism. I greatly admire Churchill and often listen to and read his speeches. I think he was indeed the right man, in the right job at the right time. The world can be thankful for that. huffingtonpost.com