Posted on 04/17/2008 5:49:47 PM PDT by William Tell 2
"An American army officer, played by James Garner, tells his British paramour, played by Julie Andrews, "You American haters bore me to tears. ... I've dealt with Europeans all my life. I know all about us parvenus from the States who come over here and race around your old cathedral towns with our cameras and Coca-Cola bottles ... and act like we own the world. ... I've had Germans and Italians tell me how politically ingenuous we are. ... But we haven't managed a Hitler or a Mussolini yet. I've had Frenchmen call me a savage because I only took half an hour for lunch. ... The only reason the French take two hours for lunch is because the service in their restaurants is lousy. The most tedious lot are you British. We crass Americans didn't introduce war into your little island. This war ... to which we Americans are so insensitive, is the result of 2,000 years of European greed, barbarism, superstition, and stupidity."
Here is the link to the article: http://www.thebulletin.us/site/news.cfm?newsid=19493655&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=580169&rfi=6
I remember that line. Very good. Now, let the Europeans fend for themselves.
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