We have nothing against the American people, I am often told, it’s only their leaders and their policies we disapprove of. Oh, I understand. Thanks for clearing that up. Thus, recently, one of Europe’s foreign ministers denounced America’s president as the “chief culprit of this war” and went on to bemoan the “American people” for having been betrayed by such an irresponsible leader. Evoking America’s “historically unique and shameless ill treatment of truth and of right” as well as "a country where everything is built on the dollar", a European head of state added that the “so-called” president was “guilty of a series of the worst crimes against international law”and that "first, he incites war, then falsifies the causes, then odiously wraps himself in a cloak of Christian hypocrisy, and slowly but surely leads mankind to war, not without calling God to witness the honesty of his attack." But a question arises. Who were the courageous politicians making those stirring statements?

Jacques Chirac? Villepin? Zapatero? Schröder? Fischer?

No.

And which U.S. president were they speaking of? Dubya?

No.

Bush’s dad?

No.

Ronald Reagan?

No.

And where did I get those stirring words from? Le Monde? France 3? El País? The BBC? Stern? Der Spiegel?

Non, non, no, no, nein, nein.

Enough guesswork.

Here are your answers


Here is the American president who is at the head of a decayed country and who is the chief culprit of the war.

Here is the foreign minister quoted at the top.

Here is the journalist and the source of the above information.

Here is the head of state.

As you can see, it turns out that Europe has a long tradition of producing citizens, societies, and leaders who make no bones about giving lessons to the Yankees, which is hardly surprising, given the track record those Europeans sport in showing their humanism, their lucidity, their generosity, their love of mankind, their respect for international law, and their unwavering desire for peace.