February 09, 2006
America "Leads" Europe
As a former presidential candidate who wanted America to make amends with Europe, John Kerry should be proud that we have regained our status as leader of Europe. At least, that's what some protesters in Afghanistan think:
Police killed four people Wednesday as Afghans enraged over drawings of the Prophet Muhammad marched on a U.S. military base in a volatile southern province, directing their anger not against Europe but America.
The U.S. base was targeted because the United States "is the leader of Europe and the leading infidel in the world," said Sher Mohammed, a 40-year-old farmer who suffered a gunshot wound while taking part in the demonstration in the city of Qalat.
"They are all the enemy of Islam. They are occupiers in our country and must be driven out," Mohammed said.
Poor Sher Mohammed must be yearning for the days of the Taliban, where men were king and women were cowed.
Still, I know I'm pretty excited, knowing we're the "leading infidel" in the world as we know it. What a great T-shirt or bumper sticker slogan. "America: Infidel Leader of the World"
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