The need of the left to consult with "our allies" on matters of our own security seems to be steeped in some sort of assumption that Europe is intellectually and/or morally superior.

But is it?

A new poll surveyed residents of nine European countries--Austria, Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Spain--about their attitudes toward Jews. Among the findings:


  • 35% said Jews "should stop playing the victim because of the Holocaust and persecution of 50 years ago."
  • 16.1% said it "would be better if the state of Israel did not exist and the Palestinians got their land back."
  • 40% think Jews have a "particular relationship with money."


And the poll shows that Europeans aren't exactly the experts on world affairs that the liberals want us to think:

    The people polled were asked four questions about the Middle East conflict. Nearly one-third proved clueless. Only 6.2 per cent gave correct answers.


In other words, our friends on the left want us to "seek permission" from a group that, at best, represents a constituency with no moral or intellectual superiority to our own and, at worst, is a bunch of ignorant racists.

Thanks, but no thanks.