[caseinpoint]

I read somewhere an article speculating why Obama was not a fan of Churchill. Seems Churchill is not the beloved statesman and WW2 hero in Kenya because of his role in putting down the Maumau rebellion there.

[Beloved Levinite]

...Much later, as Prime Minister for the second time, he ordered the repression of the 1952 Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya. The ensuing torture caught up many uninvolved Kenyans, and just like many modern "anti-terror" campaigns, radicalised them and their friends and family too. One earlier victim of this approach was Hussein Onyango Obama, the President's grandfather. No wonder the bust's going back, even if Obama and Churchill are family.

Here's an unrelated but telling story about Onyango from Dreams From My Father, and another reminder to listen to the whole book if you haven't done so yet.

http://www.twodoctors.org/2009/02/obama-churchill-the-mau-mau.html

[ChicagahAl]

"Churchill is not the beloved statesman and WW2 hero in Kenya because of his role in putting down the Maumau rebellion there."

Obama shows his true allegiance.

[chase19]

Another reason - Churchill had nasty things to say about Islam.