No 10 Downing Street today condemned the 'absurd airbrushing' of Sir Winston Churchill's full name from the charity
set up in his memory and urged its bosses to reverse the decision also branded 'ridiculous' and 're-writing history'.
The Prime Minister's spokesman said today: 'It's completely absurd, misguided and wrong to airbrush his giant
achievements and service to this country and the trust should think again'.
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Hmm.....giant achievements & service eh??? Reality needs re-introduction here.
During Victoria's reign, the British Empire reached its apex due to the Queen and several more.
Yet the primary interest of the ruling class was in the attention and notoriety that came w/their
celebrity status; Churchill being a self-promoter eternally needy of attention.
History affirms that it is the dedicated few who achieve while it is the hangers on who crave the credit.
An early example includes his insistence on going to South Africa in 1899 as a journalist, to promote
imminent British Victory in the Boer War, which incidentally didn't happen for years.
In the interim, he got himself captured by wandering lost on horseback into a field fortification of the
Boers, for which he was imprisoned.
Far more dangerous was Churchill's attitude and behavior leading up to and into the Great War.
Also, conflict and strife continued in the south east of the continent raising war prospects.
During these years he sought a military position that would give him leverage when hostilities began,
settling for First Lord of the Admiralty. However, while this title was impressive, it had little power
in warfare as Admiral John Fisher was the Sea Lord commanding the most powerful Navy in the world.
When War erupted, Churchill promoted his strategy of invading the Ottoman Empire at the Dardanelles
and seizing Gallipoli.
The objective was to defeat the Turks, taking pressure off the Russians, who were no match for the Germans.
The majority of military deciders were opposed, yet Churchill persisted and got the go ahead in early 1915.
The assault required both Naval and Army Forces, so he requested his old pal Sir Ian Hamilton as Commander.
It went poorly from the start with 6 warships being sunk on day 1, w/ Hamilton never leaving his sea cabin to
inspect/view the landing sites.
As a result, the Army was beached on terrain only 100 meters long w/no cover before the land rose at
a steep angle of more than 35 degrees for some 700 meters, making the foothills a natural bastion for
snipers and machine gun nests.
In sum, Gallipoli lasted for 10 months inflicting 300,000 allied casualties, primarily Australian, New Zealander
and Irish; one of the great disasters of WW1.
So how did Churchill handle this during his following 50 years???
By playing duck, dodge and hide for the rest of his life.
