Last week I ran an editorial written by a Romanian about Americans. If you are one (American) it was positive. This week, Oxford entrepreneur Henry Gleisner (German born) reports. Methinks you’ll find this interesting.
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I returned last week from a month’s trip to Europe. Starting in Germany, I found the anti-American propaganda overwhelming. The pacifists (now pro-fascist) in combination with the Socialist/Communist parties have been whipping up hatred against the U.S., and in particular against our President Bush.
Twenty-four hours a day the German government subsidized TV networks show the ‘Information Minister of Iraq? making pronouncements — mostly lies. Next they showed injured Iraqi civilians, injured babies and children and bombed hospitals. There is not one word about Saddam Hussein and his criminal record.
Even after our troops captured Baghdad, the American military is uniformly described as ‘The Invaders.? German Chancellor Schroeder, instead of saying, ‘I am sorry. I was wrong,? (no German EVER does this) pronounced, ‘We have said before and we are still maintaining there would have been a better way than making war. We hope the Americans will win quickly to avoid further civilian deaths.? of course, he has not informed anyone what his ‘better way? over the last twelve years was.
It is also interesting to observe the very popular, but to my observation, very clownish, Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer. This is the man who stood on the barricades during the student riots in the 1970s and supported the activities of the terrorist RAF (Red Army Faction). Ulrike Meinike, one of their leaders, said the murder of the Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympics was ‘just and beneficial.?
At that time the German government and public were not quite as liberal as now. It is important to see anti-war demonstrations turned quickly to anti-Israeli, anti-Zionist, and anti-Semitic . . .
Of course, the Socialist Schroeder government has ruined not only the German international diplomatic position, but also the economy of the Federal Republic. The public has been brainwashed in favor of ‘Peace,? not realizing this attitude favors an appalling fascist dictatorship; but they do recognize the terrible mismanagement of the economy. This is so typical of socialist governments. Since, Mr. Schroeder has lost the bi-elections in Germany, his days as Chancellor are numbered. He will not serve out his term. The Bush administration will do well to ignore this government, until a change takes place.
Continuing 100 miles south, I found myself in Austria.
Although a member of the European Union, this tiny country wants to preserve the myth of its neutrality. This, in effect, makes the media wiggle back and forth and still misinform the public.
To my great exasperation a high government official made the ridiculous statement in the press that if an American military aircraft should violate the neutral airspace of Austria, they would scramble their pursuit jets to bring it down.
Continuing another 100 miles south, I was in Italy. Here, opinions were divided. A large portion is staunchly pro-American, but again, the intellectual left (university professors of all stripes, various self-appointed Gurus in TV and in the press, and above all a large number of communists and trade unions) are fervently in favor of peace. Disgustingly, they are politicizing the children, ages 12 – 18, and encouraging them to skip school to go into the streets, boulevards and city squares to protest the American war in favor of ‘Peace.? The children, of course, have no idea about the background of current events, but are very happy to skip classes.
Now that the much-maligned Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and the military adhered to battle plans and we have almost concluded the first phase of the Iraq war, there should be a lot of egg on a lot of faces.
I deplore disinformation and malicious propaganda of France, Belgium, Germany and others. The United Nations has proved itself to be an ineffectual debating society adversely influenced by anti-American nations, (Libya heads the Human Rights Commission and Saddam’s Iraq controls the Disarmament Commission! ) Under no circumstances should we permit those nations or the U. N. to partake in or direct the governing reconstruction of Iraq. The U.S.A. has embarked on a history changing transformation of the atrocious politics of the Middle East. May we be successful!
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So, what do you really think, Henry?
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