Through the American Looking Glass

OK, so it's all the things we kind of knew, but it still knocks the wind out of you to see it listed quite so bluntly.

I'm especially impressed by the last few bullets. Having dealt peremptorily with France, it goes on to remind us the dastardly Frogs are not alone:

Russia is irrelevant. No one in the Bush administration cares that Russia, a key American ally in the defeat of fascism, and its President, Vladimir Putin, oppose the war against Iraq.

Germany is irrelevant. No one in the Bush administration cares that Germany, a country reconstructed by America and its allies after World War II, and its chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, do not support the war against Iraq, despite assurances of "liberation" and "reconstruction."

China is irrelevant. No one in the Bush administration cares that China, a permanent member of the UN Security Council and the most populated country in the world, opposes America's war against Iraq.

India is irrelevant. No one in the Bush administration cares that India, the second-most populated country in the world, is against America's military action.

Mexico is irrelevant. No one in the Bush administration cares that the leader of our neighbor to the south, President Vicente Fox, stated that Mexico is "against the war."

Canada is irrelevant. No one in the Bush administration cares that the leader of our neighbor to the north, Prime Minister Jean Chretien, called the war "unjustified".

Turkey is irrelevant. No one in the Bush administration cares that Turkey, our European ally with the largest Muslim population, and its president, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, voiced opposition to the war while its parliament rejected billions for the right to use it for raids against Iraq.

The Vatican is irrelevant. No one in the Bush administration, not even Roman Catholics, cares that Pope John Paul II stated that America's war lacked "all legality and all international legitimacy."

The UN is irrelevant. No one in the Bush administration cares that Secretary General Kofi Annan, The UN Security Council, and the United Nations are against the war.