While the President visited the Belgium Kingdom and seemed to have a good time, the reality of the situation is that his hosts were putting on a mask. According to this piece in The Weekly Standard, the various urinals throughout the government offices of Vice Prime Minister Johan Vande Lanotte feature stickers with the face of George W. Bush and the American Flag in them. Just imagine what this symbolizes to the various Americans who fought to ensure the freedom of the Kingdom of Belgium during WWII. I think the writer of this piece, Paul Belien, provides a good synopsis of the problem in the following passage:
Indeed, they think that the world will be saved if America becomes more like Europe, whereas I think that Europe will be saved only if it becomes more like America. But that is an opinion which no one in Europe is allowed to have. Those who do, get peed upon.Check out Paul Belien's book A Thorne in Brussels, seems to be a good book.
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