Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State

Believe it or not, there are Democrats whose most ardent hope is that Bush will come to his senses and end the war in Iraq before the next presidential election. One can almost hear the sweat pouring off their foreheads splashing on the floor of the U.S. Senate. That hope, somewhat unrealistic considering Bush’s adamantine refusal to withdraw the troops, is in its death throws after General David Petraeus’ report to congress. The Petraeus report did not go down well with the ardent anti-war crowd huddled in the bunkers over at MoveOn.org, who accused the general of “Betrayal (rhymes, sort of, with Petraeus) or the anti-war harridans over at DailyKos, Impeach Bush Central. Our own Sen. Chris Dodd is one of the principal leaders of the Movement To Get Bush To Put His Head In A Noose And Pull The Trap Door. It’s not working. The man is stubborn and has no yen for self destruction. The Democrat, anti-war take on Bush is that he bumbled into the presidency fraudulently (the environmentally...

The first selection is from Osama binLadin following the successful attack on the World Trade Center towers in New York. The second is a celebration of Anti-Americanism at home. The third is from a report on the European media . And the concluding video features Andrei Markovits , author of “Uncouth Nation,” who examines the roots of European anti-Americanism, tracing the most virulent strain to a general dislike on the part of European intellectuals of all things American.