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I like to watch
the news on the big-screen TV in the main concourse at the
Central Train Station of Munich. It’s enjoyable because it’s
wonderful to see the Iraqi and other Muslim guest workers who do
the dirty work of Germany actually cheering on the victorious
American troops in Baghdad. The other day I witnessed an Iraqi
man who works at one of the food stands jumping for joy because
he saw on the television his home town being liberated by
American troops.
And it’s also enjoyable to watch the news at the train station
to see the pained expressions on the faces of all the locals.
There it is, larger than life, thousands of Iraqis cheering
American soldiers, waving Americans flags and yelling, “We love
you, Mr. Bush!”
Sometimes the normally emotionless Germans can’t take it any
longer and one will yell out “F--- Bush!.” Or perhaps a heavily
tattooed and pierced girl with fluorescent Lola Rennt hair and
sporting a backpack replete with peace symbols will thrust both
hands in the air with the middle finger salute.
Those poor Iraqis don’t realize that for every statue of Saddam
they destroy they’re also destroying the hopes and dreams of the
Old European Weltanschauung—a world united by hatred of the
United States.
To quote Mel Brooks---Where did America go right?
To be charitable—and Americans have always been charitable in
victory, which is one of the reasons that Old Europeans hate us
so much—I don’t really believe that Old Europeans are
indifferent to the Nazi-like horrors inflicted upon the Iraqis
by Saddam and his henchmen—it’s just that Old Europeans are so
consumed with hatred of the United States that they will support
anyone who is opposed to America.
And let’s be real honest. Old Europeans have always had a soft
spot for dictators. In a strange way, the defeat of Saddam’s
Ba’ath Party is the final defeat of National Socialism. Few
people realize that the Ba’ath Party was founded in the 1930s by
Arab nationalists who were inspired by the example of Hitler and
who shared the extreme anti-Semitism of the Nazis. And the end
to Saddam appears eerily similar to that of ol’ Schiklgruber—a
cowardly dictator hiding out in a bunker while he sacrifices
thousands of his countrymen so that he can stay alive just a few
more hours.
Once again Old Europe has backed a dictator and lost.
Once again America was right and Old Europe was wrong.
Old Europeans are forever saying that Americans are stupid and
unsophisticated. That point is debatable, but even if we are as
dumb as the Old Europeans say, at least Americans know the
difference between right and wrong.
There’s a lesson to be learned here for Old Europe. It’s very
simple. Old Europeans, please repeat after me:
“Hitler was a bad man. He murdered millions of people. We were
wrong to support him. Stalin was a bad man. He murdered millions
of people. We were wrong to support him. Saddam is (was?) a bad
man. He tried to be like Hitler and Stalin. We were wrong to try
to prevent the United States from stopping Saddam from being a
bad man.”
Good, very good job, Old Europeans. Now, here’s your homework
for tomorrow. Please memorize the following:
“Freedom is good; dictators are bad; America is good.”
Now, Old Europeans, finish your peas, brush your teeth and it’s
off to bed with you.
