The idea that countries like Germany, Britain, France, Sweden etc. are bad places baffles me.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

And the dread warnings that the US must not allow itself to become like them.

It's idiocy. Pure, unadulterated idiocy.

Jon Stewart and Wyatt Cenac skewered it much, much more spectacularly than I could. I now defer to their superior snark:

Part 1: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-april-21-2009/the-stockholm-syndrome-pt--1

Part 2: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-april-22-2009/the-stockholm-syndrome-pt--2