Yes, I believe that the clean version is: 'Opinions are like backsides: Everybody's got one.' Unlike backsides, opinions only count if they are based on something factual. Otherwise, I can run around arguing that green is red all day long, which is just silly.
Anyway, after almost five years of having my country called all kinds of horrendous names by the citizens of Europe, I am in complete favor of taking a back seat on this one and letting the vaunted Europeans clean up their own mess. As an American, I will be happy to armchair-quarterback the proceedings as well.
However, this will not happen. People will cry 'where is America?' and 'help us, America!'. We will respond, as usual. And, as usual, when the crisis is over, they will tell us to get lost and go back to calling us genocidal imperialists. Nothing ever changes.
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