Saturday, November 10, 2012

On Germany's Desire To See America "On Its Knees", And Its "Infantile Crush On Obama"

From ZeroHedge:
When you strip all the politically correct rhetoric, and the carefully sculpted facade is taken off for the night, this is what remains. Via Germany's most popular financial newspaper Spiegel:
"There is hardly an issue about which Germans as so united as they are by their desire to see America on its knees. It unites both the left and the right. Wherever they look, they see decay, a lack of culture and ignorance. "A perverse mixture of irresponsibility, greed, and religious zealotry".  
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With a bit of luck, the specter across the Atlantic might even take care of itself. It can't be ruled out.
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When they are not shooting each other or being fried by dangling power lines then the Americans might simply pop. Two out of every three US citizens are overweight, or even obese! Every child in Germany knows the numbers....MORE
That of course brings to mind:

“The Hun is either at your throat or at your feet”
-Winston Churchill

Speech before a Joint Session of Congress (May 19, 1943)
Re-quoted in TIME Magazine