Love Churchill.
Loathe Dorkbama.
From Amazon.com: Before he was the Prime Minister of England, and before he was even in Parliament, Winston Churchill was a soldier, stationed first in India and then in Sudan. His early years in the British army form the background for this historical work, which is actually his second published book. Written in 1899, it is an account of Britain's re-conquest of the Sudan, providing a description of the British conflict led by Lord Kitchener against Islamic Jihadists set to conquer Egypt and drive out infidels. Many battles and important figures are described, from the murder of General Charles George Gordon, to the siege at Khartoum, to the Battle of Omdurman. Throughout the work there is also a generous amount of commentary concerning Mohammedanism, British attitude to the war, the modern machinery of war, such as the telegraph, and its relative effectiveness. Churchill was ready to criticize if he found fault, and some of this censure was removed when his political career began. This edition is an unabridged version of Churchill's work, first written as a soldier, war correspondent, and young man with a bright and momentous future before him.
I have just begun reading this book. Churchill's description of history and use of the English language is fascinating when compared to today's writers. I have decided that I will spend some time this year reading only older tomes (70+ years and older). This is an excellent volume to read if you want a frank understanding of Islam since it was written before the age of political correctness. It is also interesting to read Churchill as he writes about imperialism. He uses terms such as Negro, aboriginals, and savages in the way that is not demeaning, but accurately describe the peoples of Sudan and the need for imperialism. Churchill clearly writes from exceptional point of view, in terms of race, religion, and culture. There is a sense of charity and munificence towards the indigenous people of Sudan in his writing while at the same time a disdain of Arabs and Islam. He makes no qualms about discussing the Muslim slave trade where Negros are taken from Sudan to Jedda to be sold. This can be contrasted today as the slave trade still exists, and is utterly ignored by leftist academics who are willing to go on ad infinitum about how Negros in America are victims of slavery only to create a falsehood to support the arguments for the redistribution of wealth and freedom in America.
The people of the West are yearning for a Churchillian leader. When Netanyahu gives his address before Congress and outlines the realities and challenges facing the West, he will of course be compared to both Churchill and Obama. Obama will not fare well. This is why his acolytes are so upset about Netanyahu speaking before Congress directly to the world.
I hear the words of Obama, and fully understand his reticence towards Churchill. Some Varsity team somewhere is missing it's lesser community agitation training coordinator.
Obama didn’t just have the bust of Churchill removed from the Oval office & put into storage.
He had it packed up & shipped BACK to England.
He has absolutely NO RIGHT to do that. The bust was a gift to the PEOPLE of the USA-—NOT a gift to Obama.
He started out as a POS & he has only grown into a bigger POS.
It doesn’t seem to have fazed David Cameron in any way ... :-) ...
The Churchill bust up and walked out of the Oval Office on his own.
Too bad WSC isn’t here to eviscerate the “constitutional scholar” today.....
Spot on, old boy!
Sure looks that way.
Well, at least we know the bust of Churchill is safe in Britain’s hands. God only knows what ELSE has been LOOTED from OUR White House.
Winston Churchill Day is the 9th of April, every year. It was on that day in 1963 that Churchill was made, by act of Congress, an honorary citizen of the United States. Churchill’s mother was, of course, American.