Oh God: Now Obama to Apologize to Germans for Dresden

Not a joke.

I'm starting to suspect Obama doesn't like Jews.

[H]e will be aware of the sensibilities of his German hosts before the D-Day commemoration and by traveling to Dresden — a city destroyed by ferocious Allied bombing in February 1945 — Mr Obama will also acknowledge how Germany suffered during the Second World War.

There's no doubt the Germans have increasingly cast themselves as victims in WWII (and "victim" is a but a stone's throw from "hero"). This sort of idea plays with the German public. They want their suffering acknowledged too.

But should this be done?

It should be noted that Reagan blundered into something like this, and it caused a firestorm of criticism. (Um... no Dresden joke intended with "firestorm.")

posted by Ace at 03:28 PM

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