In Germany, one of John Kerry’s trusted allies in his plan to pull back in

Iraq, recent polls have shown that most Germans have happily swallowed

Gerhard Schroeder’s anti-American line. Not long ago, a poll revealed that

a significant majority of Germans think Americans are “bloodthirsty.” To

us, anti-Americanism seems so unlikely in a place like Germany, especially

after our successful efforts to reunify the country. But a new poll

shows than 25 percent of west Germans want the wall back, while a third of

east Germans say they’re no better off now than they were under communism.

At least now we know why they don’t like us.