Makes the pettiness of the return of the Churchill bust more understandable.
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Happened to be reading Manchester's epic three volume biography of Churchill. Before Hitler's violation of the Versailles Treaty, Churchill sternly forewarned the British people and the Parliament in a series of editorials and speeches. Then as Hitler made every move from taking over the demilitarized Rhineland, to the Anschluss with Austria to the destruction of the Czech border etc., Churchill castigated PM Chamberlain in public and in private for holding his own legacy and reelection as paramount over Britain's survival.
We are very similar straits today with a pretender, a parvenu not only vainer narcissist than Chamberlain, but one who cannot even hold a candle to the average man's successful career. Yet it took events driven by the Nazi's and the relentless outspoken character Churchill to get the attention of the Brits before they moved a muscle and ousted Chamberlain. To be a Churchill takes maturity, experience and unmatched courage as even a vivid sense of history is useless without the ability to articulate patriotism to your government and your people.
There may be a few in Washington today who can do the job yet they are likely too young...Gowdy and Lee come to mind.