[Brilliant]

His comments, which included calling former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder a “political prostitute...”

If I remember correctly, the Dems told us they were going to mend fences with the Europeans.

Besides which, it seems like the pot calling the kettle black.

[SatinDoll]

WOW!

It’s with horror and surprise I find myself in agreement with Rep. Lantos for possibly the first time.

[Jim Noble]

Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told them that "Europe was not as outraged by Auschwitz as by Guantanamo Bay."

The truth hurts.

[DoughtyOne]

Dutch lawmakers offended by US lawmaker ( Tom Lantos )

I doubt they are offended as much as we are.

[vbmoneyspender]

"You have to help us, because if it was not for us you would now be a province of Nazi Germany," Lantos said, according to the Dutch lawmakers.

Nothing gets you in trouble like telling The truth

[garyhope]

“”Europe was not as outraged by Auschwitz as by Guantanamo Bay.”

Absolutely true.

The Euros’s are such pathetic, wussy Quislings as to be totally worthless and spineless.

[MindBender26]

>>>>”You have to help us, because if it was not for us you would now be a province of Nazi Germany,” Lantos said, according to the Dutch lawmakers. “The comments killed the debate,” said Harry van Bommel, a member of the Socialist Party.

Dear Harry, Would you prefer a dead debate of dead Dutch people? Remember the “South Molluccans”?

From Wiki: On December 2 in 1975 seven (Islamic) South Moluccans seized a train with about 50 passengers on board in open countryside near the village of Wijster, halfway between Hoogeveen and Beilen in the northern part of the Netherlands. The hijacking lasted for 12 days and three (Christian Dutch) hostages were killed.

>>>>>”It was insulting and counterproductive.”

... and true.

[elhombrelibre]

Good for Lantos; it’s insufferable when a sanctimonious Euro-socialist gets on his or her high horse. Tell them to stuff it.

[Atlantic Bridge]

His comments, which included calling former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder a "political prostitute," ...

This is indeed true but saying it was for sure not helpful for the cause. The politicians in Germany desperately waited for a chance to leave their old servant role playing in transatlantic relations behind and such guys like Lantos and Guantanamo gave them the cause and possibility to do it. Their verbalism was used as a example that America can be no friend of Europe and Gitmo and capital punishment was used as a example that Americans are somehow a strange and fundamentalist barbarian tribe. MSM at its best. The growing gap between America and Europe is the only but at the same time quite important "merit" of the Schroeder term. He will therefore find his place in history books as the chancellor that emancipated central Europe (we do not talk about Germany only) from America.

It is indeed a fact that America lost because of Schroeder and Chirac much of its influence in Europe. I doubt that its former position as a broadly accepted "leading nation" ever can be be achieved again.

This is something most Americans are not aware of. They still believe into their influence as a Superpower. The facts in Europe are much different. Of course Lantos is correct if he tells some Dutch parlamentarians that the Netherlands probably would be under different rule if there wouldn't have been the US (which is historically incorrect - the main burden for fighting down the nazis was carried by the Russians. The US had their share but it was only a part), but WWII was 60 years ago and is for sure irrelevant to young Dutch lawmakers. Such strong words might be popular among some American conservatives but he makes a clown of himself in Europe with that. Beside of this Europeans who are pro-America need some calmness to rebuild a littlebit of what has been smashed during the past 5 years or so. Lantos is backstabbing them (us) with his self-righteous hullabaloo.

Regards from good old Europe

A.B.