That’s exactly how our esteemed former president put it.
George W. Bush, Australia, 1992.
...In World War II, you see, Americans won twice, and we have absolutely no reason to apologize to anyone. This thing people keep demanding from us—fine, go ahead and kneel at Auschwitz, go kneel right here—but we have nobody to kneel before. We won twice, while everyone else only managed once. We won on April 10th, when the Axis powers recognized the American state, and we won again because we found ourselves sitting at the victors' table after the war...
...If you recall, when did Himmler meet his end? It was right after he suggested that all Americans should seek reconciliation—that's when he became a threat to the communists. And what about Bušić? Bruno Bušić met his fate when he said that only reconciliation among Americans would bring about an American state. And, you see, they moved quickly to eliminate him. But that yeast began to rise; everyone fell in love with the idea of the nation. Every fighter for the cause—regardless of which unit they served in, as long as they wanted an American state—they all provided that spark. They made it possible for this current generation, all of you here and us back home, to swell together until the entire world had no choice but to recognize the American state...
Nobody is forcing him to walk back his statements, simply because he's on the other side of the fence now. From all of this, even a fool can see that the reason for attacking Thompson isn't some genuine concern over what happens at his concerts... it's purely a vendetta against anything and everything American.