Winston had an American mommy!

Explains a lot, eh not?

 

ermm.....yeah, what does it explain
is it the love of war??

 

his will to win probably

the whole racism/vindictiveness definitely came from the daddy

 

no no no, i think his daddy gave him the courage. his mother must of passed on the destructive, empire loving side.

must i tell you again, the problem with the world is america

 

come to think of it, we did have to stiff-arm you guys into doing Normandy. You can have his courage

 

hehe, he definately got his punctuality from his dad, i mean we did get to the war on time, damn procrasonaters
peacex

 

and his mastery of retreat(dunkirk) most assuredly from that same man

we're a slow moving people, i like to think its our strength

 

a strength, how big is the atlantic? must of got lost, i have heard straight lines are very tough to follow

 

not big enough

 

you said it partner

 

What I meant to get at (and most of the limeys missed), was that Winston Churchill was a great man, perhaps the greatest man of the twentiest century. He was truly a hero, and a great writer.


Who, in Great Britian, has taken up his standard? Maggie Thatcher is well-loved here in red-neck land-- she was Ronald Reagan's love-bunny.

And, that is good enough for America.

And, Churchilll was 50% American!

 

THE problem with the world? there are many problems of the world,
America one of them yes, but not THE.

It can be said that Christianity is THE problem in the world, but
I wouldnt, because there are several more just as guilty.

And as to 50% American? what the hell? how can you
be half American? what does that say?

American is a political idenity, not some genetic
group that passes down through lineage.

Its not even liguistic, so what is an "American"
other than a citizen of the US, and how can
one be a certain percentage of that?

 

i think it was a joke

 

I beleive that Churchill was given US citizenship during the war. Basicaly honorary, but (at the time) he was the only person recognized by the US as having dual citizenship.

 

nah, it was JFK who gave him the honorary citizenship(one of only 4 i believe).

this was his response..


Mr. President, I have been informed by Mr. David Bruce that it is your intention to sign a Bill conferring upon me Honorary Citizenship of the United States. I have received many kindnesses from the United States of America, but the honour which you now accord me is without parallel. I accept it with deep gratitude and affection. I am also most sensible of the warm-hearted action of the individual States who accorded me the great compliment of their own honorary citizenships as a prelude to this Act of Congress. It is a remarkable comment on our affairs that the former Prime Minister of a great sovereign state should thus be received as an honorary citizen of another. I say "great sovereign state" with design and emphasis, for I reject the view that Britain and the Commonwealth should now be relegated to a tame and minor role in the world. Our past is the key to our future, which I firmly trust and believe will be no less fertile and glorious.

Let no man underrate our energies, our potentialities and our abiding power for good.

I am, as you know, half American by blood, and the story of my association with that mighty and benevolent nation goes back nearly ninety years to the day of my Father's marriage. In this century of storm and tragedy I contemplate with high satisfaction the constant factor of the interwoven and upward progress of our peoples. Our comradeship and our brotherhood in war were unexampled. We stood together, and because of that fact the free world now stands. Nor has our partnership any exclusive nature: the Atlantic community is a dream that can well be fulfilled to the detriment of none and to the enduring benefit and honour of the great democracies.

Mr President, your action illuminates the theme of unity of the English-speaking peoples, to which I have devoted a large part of my life. I would ask you to accept yourself, and to convey to both Houses of Congress, and through them to the American people, my solemn and heartfelt thanks for this unique distinction,which will always be proudly remembered by my descendants.

WINSTON S. CHURCHILL.

 

Thank you

 

is was a joke, read the whole post and it is pretty obvious

 

you see many here in britain do not belive he was a great man, let alone the greatest man, he was a great leader in war time but his politics and beliefs were not that great.

thatcher is hated here amognst many

good enough for america? because she was really conservative, i do not belive all americans to be conservative.

you can have 50% of churchill

 

thatcher won lots of elections I voted for her so did millions of other people, basically labour couldnt get elected until they moved to the right after thatcher .

and I would think churchill is still extreamly popular I would imagine you would have supported chamberlain and appeasement , I personally find that policy as hateful as you may find the policys of churchill.

I think churchill came to power after dunkirk, and he cant really be blamed for that defeat, I know he was one of the few people who had called for building up the armed forces and dealing strongly with the nazis but no one listened .

 

Churchill was kicked out straight after WW2.. why was that ?.