Dear World...

I wonder about you sometimes.

England. You are the progenitor. Your influence touched all the world. Once upon a time you were a proud, brave people. The English language is the most common second-language spoken, and the second most common mother tongue. English Common Law has done many wonderful things. What has gone wrong? Have you been convinced that your empire was evil? Do you forget that some of the world's longest lasting and most stalwart Democracies are the children of England? Have you forgotten New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States? Please, come to your senses. Once upon a time honor, fortitude and determination marked your people.
The British "stiff upper lip" is, or was, a great thing. It has been replaced by multiculturalism to the point of submission. We don't want you to fight and die for a cause you don't believe in. We just want you to remain English. Remember your most famous song. "Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves / Britons never, never, never shall be slaves."

Germany. This author's blood has Prussian and Saxon in it. The "Iron Men" of Germany were a wonder to behold. Few nations, few peoples in history could endure the things that Germany has and remained so resolutely who they were. You are Germans! But I think you are afraid. You are afraid that if you stand up for Germany that you will go back down a long, dark path. The guilt and shame of Nazi Germany seem to hang over your heads. If you are young, if you were too young to be involved in Nazi Germany, no shame hangs over your heads.

This author is proud to be of German blood. But frankly it seems that you Germans are less proud of your undiluted German blood than I am of my diluted kind. We don't want you to fight and die for a cause you don't believe in. We just want you to remain German. Don't be afraid to say "Deutschland Uber Alles." Remember your defiance of the Roman Empire, your defiance of the Catholic Church. Remember who Germans were and come back.

France. Though it annoys the hell out of most of the world, there's something to be said for French pride. Ya, it comes off as arrogant. Ya, you seem to spurn other nations. But what is wrong with that? Of all the European nations, it seems that you are the most intent on remaining who you are. You are the most hell bent to keep your language, nation and culture. I remember the whole "courrier electronique" bit. Do you forget that you gave rise to Charles Martel and Charlemagne?

Though England, Germany and, especially, America may laugh at your history, there is nothing to laugh at. At Verdun you endured what few nations could. You held Germany at the Marne. The Nazis never really conquered you. And Napoleon, contrary to popular belief, was in fact born in French lands. The Code Civil endures to this day. We don't want you to fight and die for something you don't believe in, we just want you to remain French.

Japan. I admire your history and culture, your industriousness and organization as much as I do that of Germany. No nation in history has gone from technological backwardness to being so amazingly advanced, industrialized and productive in so short a span. The Western nations all helped create the Industrial Revolution. You showed up late to the party. And despite the fire-bombings of your cities, and two atomic bombings, you have come back from the ashes.

For now, this fight doesn't involve you. For now. Frankly, I hope it never does. But if it does come to your shores -- and, if history is correct, it will -- then I hope you recall the days of bushido, the honor of warriors and the preservation of the Japanese nation. We don't want you to fight and die for something you don't believe in, we just want you to remain Japanese.

There are many other nations that deserve a dressing-down. But for now, I leave it at that.