F-9/11: The Roadshow Edition

In his syndicated Newhouse column, James Lileks wonders why “American politicians of the Democratic flavor take such solemn pleasure in trashing their country before foreign audiences?”

Clinton was in full weather-vane mode in Qatar last month, denouncing the infamous Danish cartoons. “So now what are we going to do?” he asked. “Replace the anti-Semitic prejudice with anti-Islamic prejudice?”

Well, if history is a guide, the Europeans can probably multitask and handle both.

Heh, indeed. Read the whole thing.