A friend has just sent me a page clipped from the International Herald
Tribune, Saturday-Sunday , August 14-15, 2010 (page 18).
It contains a review by Johann Hari, entitled "Reconciling Churchill's
brutal side", of _Churchill's Empire_ by Richard Toye.
The second paragraph reads :
George W. Bush left a big growling bust of Churchill near his desk in the
White House, in an attempt to associate himself with Churchill's heroic
stand against fascism. Barack Obama had it returned to Britain. It's not
hard to guess why. His Kenyan grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama, was
imprisoned without trial for two years and tortured on Churchill's watch,
for resisting the British empire.
I do not understand "on Churchill's watch" (surely, Churchill was not
personally present?) and dictionaries seem to be of no help.
What would an English-speaking reader of the International Herald Tribune be
expected to understand ?
Thanks in advance for any enlightenment (and possibly details of the
episode, which I cannot find anywhere).
A. Capet
Rouen (France)
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