AU REVOIR, MARIANNE...AUF WIEDERSEHEN, LILI MARLEEN The End of America's European Romance

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | May 15, 2003 | Ralph Peters

[tictoc]

Holy crap, please tell me this was published in a major German publication.

It was, in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung last month. That morning, I had local (Frankfurt) radio on... the classical music channel... and they do a press review every morning.

It got the briefest of mentions from the host and her interlocutor... who called it a "hate pamphlet"... did not make a dent in their self-righteous thinking... might as well try to explain color to a blind man. Nevertheless, it was good of Frankfurter Allgemeine (nationwide distribution, politically fuzzy profile but more or less conservative) to publish it. The number of Germans who are resentful of the United States is large, and the proportion of Germans who don't give a damn for Israel even greater, so any fresh reinforcement from people like Peters is welcome ...

Peters was right to hammer home the point re hypocrisy and moral posturing in Germany... German support for Israel is rapidly dwindling to the level of barely even lip service... It makes me sick.

[Carolinamom]

Keep this BUMPED!

[McGavin999]

OUCH! That had to hurt.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks for the ping, MEG. Good one. (^:

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[knews_hound]

Bump to cut and paste for e-mails.

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[usurper]

I would have never found thins without FreeRepbulic.

Thanks Redleg

[abcraghead]

Cool read!

[americanbychoice1]

Beautiful piece. I was in "D" at the time and did not see it. Glad it showed up. Europe is indeed an economic basket case and hopes for a lasting recovery are futile.

[abcraghead]

Ping!

[Travis McGee]

France seems to us an aging whore,

desperate to attract even the most diseased customers.

Strong words!

[americanbychoice1]

Watching and reading the German media makes me wonder if Goebbels is still alive or is one of his apprentices working from his script?

[Travis McGee]

WOW! Pass it on!

[Travis McGee]

Srebrenica is the European model. Baghdad is ours.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

France seems to us an aging whore desperate to attract even the most diseased customers.

Wow. What a line.

[nutmeg]

ping!

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[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

I wonder if there are any French message boards this could be posted to?

[Travis McGee]

The Gallic cock crowed so loudly it fell off the fence and broke its neck.

So many great zingers, it's hard to know where to begin!

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Absolutely! Awesome writing.

[nutmeg]

Don't miss this one!

[nutmeg]

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