How to avoid making friends abroad.

Ladies and gentleman - let me introduce Tom Lantos (D-CA), esteemed chairman of the mighty House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Congressman of 25 years, Democrat. A seasoned politician and statesman.

The event is unspectacular - the dedication ceremony for a victims of communism memorial in Washington DC. Today. Main speaker of the event, which is mostly a "Hail Reagan" festival, is is the Leader of the Free World, himself. While a little dull he remains well with the expected framework of political speech.

But that was going to change. Now enter Tom Lantos.

Wikipedia notes an interesting anniversery today.

225 years ago, a unit of 160 men of the Pennsylviana Militia under the command of a certain Lieutenant Colonel David Williamson rounded up a group of Lenape (Delaware) Indians harvesting their own fields and accused them, of all things, of treason. After imprisoning the (christian) Indians in their own church the good militamen held a council and voted what to do. In democratic fashion they voted to kill them all. After the decision, they went to get a good night's sleep.