The American Left - Life in a Vacuum

I wish I could see and hear a copy of the speech Professor Hanson is referring to in the following article. I will make every effort to view the speech. If this is correct, it is another example of how the left has no problem attacking their own country in public forums without care of attention to detail. In addition, they are constantly holding their own country to a standard higher than that of anyone else. It is both mystifying and childish.

February 5, 2007

The Ugly American
by Victor Davis Hanson, Tribune Media Services

Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic candidate for president, is at it again with another rude gaffe, this one providing an unintended glimpse of the way many contemporary cosmopolitan elites characterize their homeland when abroad.

In the past, Kerry has said that our soldiers were "terrorizing" Iraqi civilians in their homes. He has also warned that uneducated Americans "get stuck in Iraq" — a supposedly botched joke. Now, he assures an audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that the United States is a "sort of international pariah."

http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson020507.html