The ads write themselves.

Find a number for the civilians killed in their Dresden homes, then compare that, in Hitler’s favour, to the Blitz.

Maybe if they could figure out a way to insult Americans without defending brutal, militarist, colonial dictators in the process, they could be forgiven. After all, insulting Americans is like breathing, right? They do it in your sleep. They can’t help being anti-American. They don’t know anyone who’s not.

But it wouldn’t occur to them that they’re whitewashing the record of some brutal dictators, too.