This story is one that would bear repeating. As I've said before here, when people call the Yanks stupid people might smile for different reasons - either because they believe it, or because they don't but want our enemies to think so. In this case it was quite clearly the Europeans who were the ignorant ones.
(Via Instapundit.)
I wonder who today remembers the Baruch Plan. The essence of it was an American proposal in 1946 to place all nuclear technology and weaponry under the control of the UN. It was entirely American in its idealism, its identification of the decisive point, its attempt to make the ideal a working reality. It failed, of course, but there's no real reason to doubt its sincerity. Next time some Chomskian zombie tries to tell you the USA was responsible for the Cold War, bring the facts of the Baruch Plan before their consciousness. Chances are they will never have heard of it. Then smile.