"And don't talk to us about history. We've had much more of it than you."
Our history STARTED with yours - remember? That makes "your" history, "our" history too. Besides I bet I know about "your" history than you do.
And yes, I can understand the grief of a bereaved relative, but that grief is better served by attacking the cause of the dead relative. I'm sick and tired of people, especially Europeans who should know better, knocking the U.S. and our President.
The U.S. can always pull out of the Middle East, withdraw behind the oceans, pull up our borders, kick out all the Muslims here, and watch the Islamic nuts blow Europe to pieces and sweep over it even further than they did in the 700's and later under the Ottomans. Sometimes I wonder why we even bother.
And there are over 1,000 dead Americans in Iraq, so I guess we know about grief too. But I don't think anyone here would even dream of blaming Tony Blair for it.
Your nation, and it's one that I'm very fond of in spite of all these anti-Brit posts, is a myriad of different cultures set upon a land that was populated for thousands of years. It's history didn't start with ours. But let's not get into that now.
I understand that you're upset about your President taking so many verbal beatings at the moment, I feel a similar rage when I see my country and her troops being trashed by you.
If you want to base your idea of foreign policy and your impression of our nation on the grief-stricken sobs of a newly bereaved squaddie, then so be it. I can't stop you.
Just don't expect it to go past us without comment.
Now, I'm off on holiday for a bit, y'all take care.