American elected leader who
apologizes to Europe and the
Middle East that our country is "arrogant"!
apologizes to Europe and the
Middle East that our country is "arrogant"!
HOW MANY FRENCH, DUTCH, ITALIANS,
BELGIANS AND BRITS ARE BURIED ON
OUR SOIL... AFTER DEFENDING US
AGAINST OUR ENEMIES?
BELGIANS AND BRITS ARE BURIED ON
OUR SOIL... AFTER DEFENDING US
AGAINST OUR ENEMIES?
WE DON'T ASK FOR PRAISE...
BUT WE HAVE ABSOULUTELY NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE!
Americans, forward it!
Non-patriotic, delete it!
Most of the protected don't understand it.
DO THINK ABOUT THIS.
THANK YOU.
I received this message on Memorial Day from one of the few right wing friends who tolerate my letters. It was preceded by numerous pictures of tombstones of American servicemen killed presumably in helping “foreigners.” I thought the closing instructions added a nice touch, so considering myself a patriotic American I have no choice but to follow orders and forward it.
Us folks on the left get this sort of stuff too, some of it accusing the other side of even worse. But I’ve never noticed any of this “pass it on” business. Our guys don’t have to do this because they’re expressing opinions on events that are common knowledge on which the other guys usually have contrary opinions. You can take or leave either because we all know the facts on which they’re based. But these guys invent their own facts, in this case Obama’s apologizing for America’s arrogance. For this sort of thing you have to use word of mouth to get traction, otherwise nobody would “know.”
I believe this particular fiction blossomed from criticism of Obama for not stressing “American exceptionalism” in his international speech from Cairo. What his critics forget is that the speech was directed to a world audience which reacted enthusiastically, rather than to the likes of Grover Norquist, Yes, Grover Norquist has likes. I still cling to the old fashioned notion that telling other people how superior you are to them is not the way to win their goodwill. .
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