The link for this quote about Margaret Thatcher doesn't seem to work so I wasn't able to determine who said it. It has a kind of Churchillian flourish and tone to it but it strikes me as pure hyperbole. I don't see how Margaret Thatcher could be seen as any more of a help and comfort to Ronald Regan than Tony Blair was to Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Was she really "one of the greatest champions of freedom"?...I don't think so. There are many good reasons to praise Margaret Thatcher's courage as a social and economic reformer in Britain in the face of intense political resistence. It is my impression, however, that her positions on the USSR were principally related to peace and security in Europe rather than the liberation of oppressed populations. Her views and actions with respect to South Africa appear to be more in line with Churchill's much criticized views on the independence of India. Margaret Thatcher was a courageous and sensible patriot who can be admired for her originality, resolve and grit and the tough love she brought to her entropy-bound and economically crippled nation. She was a sort of oddly charismatic tyrannical democrat who worked completely within the system to radically and successfully reconfigure and redirect it, all to the astonishment and envy - thence resentment - of the much less capable inert rump of parliament. She had more than a few Churchillian characteristics.
Stan ----- Original Message ----- From: Editor, Finest Hour To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 10:14 AM Subject: [ChurchillChat] Margaret Thatcher 1925-2013 "The greatest British friend we have known since Churchill, and one of the greatest champions of freedom who ever brought help and comfort from the old world to the new." http://bit.ly/170wpqR -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
