Churchill ruckus busted
Consider:
- NY Times in 2012: Here’s what really happened. After Sept. 11, 2001, the British government lent President George W. Bush a bust of Winston Churchill for “the duration of the presidency.” The White House already had a similar bust, but Mr. Bush put the loaned one in the Oval Office. After Mr. Bush was re-elected in 2004, the British said he could extend the loan for his second term. He did.Following Mr. Obama’s inauguration, the usual redecoration took place. Various pieces of artwork and furniture were moved around. Loaned artwork was returned, including the Churchill bust, which went to the British Embassy. Meanwhile, Mr. Obama selected a bust of Abraham Lincoln for the Oval Office. As far as I can tell, no protest was filed by Her Majesty’s Emissary to the Former Colonies.But the other Churchill bust, the original one, remained in the White House. It’s outside the treaty room in the family quarters.
- I'd expect permanent busts of Eisenhower and FDR to be in 10 Downing Street. But the only American Art in the UK's Government Art Collection are a portrait of Washington and two of the Battle of Bunker's Hill... hardly glory moments in our relationship from their POV... displayed in the USA at the British Consulate-General in Boston Massachusetts.
- This distinctly racist and supremacist quote from Winston Churchill:
I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place. - Another flattering quote from Mr. Churchill:
You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/winstonchu135259.html
