Article of Interest: A Refreshing View From Germany

Here's an interesting article about George W. Bush from a German perspective. He makes a few salient points. Notable among them, because Bush "squandered" his "Get of jail free card" on Iraq, the world has decided that anything he has to say about Iran is to be ignored. Of course, this is dangerous logic to employ in politics.

As he points out, Bush didn't "invent" the terrorist threat. I might add, it's been there festering for decades.

Another point he asserts, is the notion that Germans use Bush as a way to exert their "superiority" over the Americans. This is something I discussed on my blog about Canada. Canada has gone stir crazy in its smug smack about the allegedly stupid Americans. It's as if the world looks at the States and say, "Phew, thank God we're not those stupid Americans." Meanwhile, we overlooked our own major issues.

Last, and this is so true, is the fact that many comedians do use Bush for cheap laughs. It's become tiresome to sit in a comedy cellar and hear some lame ass comedian try his Lenny Bruce shtick by getting a few "woo's" from the audience. The problem is that the big comedians do it too.

Yawnville.

This article is refreshing because it does restore some perspective on the Bush as the devil issue. Nor is he the starting point of the reduction of freedom Americans are complaining about.

I don't know why but during the Iraq debate my perception of Germany (once a staunch ally of the U.S.) was that of Spike and Chester (guess who was Spike) when it came to its alliance with the crafty French.