Few noticed when Barack Obama, shortly after his inauguration, sent Winston Churchill packing. The British government shortly after 9/11 presented to the American people a bust of Sir Winston Churchill. President Bush proudly placed it in the Oval Office and it stayed there until one Barack Hussein Obama entered following the election of 2008. Shortly after taking office he saw fit to return the bust and return it to the british. Hardly anyone thought to ask why. After all Churchill was the great wartime leader of England, our strongest ally in WWII. The new president, Barack Hussein Obama, chose to disregard this and instead placed his own personal dislike of Churchill above the feelings of the American people. With this one action he showed himself to be a "son of Kenya" and not a "son of America"!
Why would Obama shun Churchill? Well he was in power when the Mau Mau uprisings occurred in Kenya---perhaps his homeland and maybe not! At any rate the British had his grandfather jailed for activities with the Mau Mau uprising, a uprising that saw that terrorist group kill many white settlers as well as blacks in Kenya. I'm sure its quite safe to say that Obama regarded these terrorist as freedom fighters and not the terrorist they were.
What is so disturbing about Obama's attitude toward Churchill is that its reflects a personal opinion that over-rode the deep respect that most Americans have toward England and Churchill. It's very easy to see where this "Son of Kenya" is coming from and who easily brushes aside the will of the people in his every action. Did anyone notice his bow to the Saudi king and the refusal to bow to the queen of England. He shouldn't have bowed to either, but then he didn't hesitate to "spit of Churchill"!
Interesting connection with those Kenya uprisings. I hadn't thought of that!
ReplyDeleteThere is no other reason for him having got rid of the Churchill bust! I would love to see some reporter with guts, ask the question! That will not happen however!
ReplyDeleteThat is very interesting Ron! I think you are on to something here! There has to be a reason why he got rid of that bust so shortly after he took office, there has to be a personal dislike for the man and I think you might have hit on the reason.
ReplyDeleteWe certainly noticed here in the UK and thought it bloody rude though we recognize it as the actions of the man and not the Nation.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, the bust would have been given to the people of the United States as a whole so in sending it back Obama has, in effect, stolen it.
Very good reasoning Ron and you are right, the Mau Mau killed far more of their own people than they did colonialists
PreCISEly.
ReplyDeleteYou have NAILED it, sir.
Bravo for exposing the TRUTH.
BZ