UK and Bush
Posted by | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 13-11-2003
UK lefties and appeasers are ramping up for big protests while the President of the United States is in town, as they continue to spread the word that removing vicious, threatening regimes from power — even after September 11th and its lessons — is somehow incompatible with their utopian visions. (Oh I forgot, the “lessons” were about how badly the U.S. has acted in the Middle East, particularly in its support of the only liberal democracy in the region.)
Meanwhile Reuters has a short report concerning the anti-Americanism felt by American ex-pats living in the UK. No small wonder when you consider what representatives of the U.S. media will say in reaction:
- “It’s tougher being an American in London than it used to be. Our President has made it so,” said Newsweek Magazine’s London correspondent Stryker McGuire.
- “Even among friendly Britons, there’s a growing scepticism about the gun-toting, electric-chairing land that has let Dubya be Dubya for nigh on three years now.”
Another person quoted in the article wants to make it clear that it’s not Americans that are the problem, it’s George W. Bush. To any Brits who might agree with that statement, let me say this: No, that’s not true, you really should hate Americans too, because we supported President Bush in large numbers every step of the way in this war on terror. And that “war on terror” that people like to mockingly throw quotes around is real and will be continued for quite a long time. So, please, do not give us any breaks: hate Americans-in-general, not just our president. If you’re going to hate us for what we do after September 11th against real “gun-toting” rogue regimes, then so be it. No sense pretending otherwise.
The Scotsman reports that “UK Protests Will ‘Pull Rug’ from under President Bush”. When you read the article you will see that the quote comes from Michael Moore, who pleads with Britons to take to the streets during the President ‘s visit. You know times are bad when the media decides that a Michael Moore statement is worthy of a headline, let alone a whole article.
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