Gulliver Rises

Agony in Paris, Toronto, Ramallah, Berlin, and a lot of other places full of people who don’t actually live in America (thus explaining their lack of urgency about protecting it). Agony that we have failed to fulfill their fondest wishes by destroying ourselves. Then they have the gall to pretend they are our allies and friends. Friends who are always there when they need you.

France hasn’t been America’s friend since . . . the last time it needed us. Can’t we all just stop pretending?

Irony quote of the year:

Many Iraqis interviewed in Baghdad Wednesday expressed support for Bush. ‘Regardless of what many say about him, he was firm and more decisive,’ said Elham Abdul Wahhab, 55, a chemical engineer and mother of three. ‘Look, the Democrats did not do anything for us. I wish Bush will win so he can follow up on the reconstruction of Iraq, to finish what he began.