Old Europe: Right Behind Us All The Way

Author: barcodeking

Date: April 10, 2003

by barcodeking
4-10-03
Somewhere In Old Europe
Bonjour, American friends! It is we, your faithful friends and loyal allies, France and Germany!
Ve congratulate you on your deposing of Saddam Hussein's regime.
We were right behind you all ze way. If you had not rushed in so precipitously, you would have seen us following right behind you.
Ja, ve are OLD Europeans, zo ve don't move zo quickly any more. You'll find out vhen you get old in a few hundred years.
Anyway, we know zat you are a busy hyperpower, always rushing here and zere, zo we zought it might be better if you let ze United Nations run Iraq.
Ve are sure dot der U.N. vould fairly award contracts for oil und schtuff like dot, in a COMPLETELY unbiased vay...