We’re the ones who won the war

And Trump is whining about European celebrations last week. Isn’t the end of a years-long conflict worth celebrating?

For Europeans, this is a war that saw your country invaded, homes bombed, cities destroyed and civilians massacred. Of course, America has never experienced that kind of devastation, so Americans can’t be expected to understand.

But Europeans know what it’s like. That kind of conflict leaves memories and lasting scars that cross generations. My home was invaded. My grandparents suffered through five years of enemy occupation. My parents were thankfully evacuated to safety. I was born several years after the end of the war, but reminders – physical and psychological – were everywhere while I was growing up.

Take 9/11, multiply it ten thousand times and you start to get the idea.

Trump’s vanity can’t move beyond claiming wins for himself, whether justified or not. So fuck your petty point-scoring, you pathetic draft-dodger. Nobody’s keeping score. It’s the end itself that is being celebrated.