uh. hmm. Yes, it seems to my admittedly foggy memory that one of the reasons that we got the second ammendment over here was the erm "enlightened" rule of the "undeniably" free Great Britian. Also, the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.
As to garlands. They'll come. The Iraqis are still trying to figure out whether we're going to bail on them like we did last time. I'm sure they'd like nothing better than to send out their heartfelt thanks to the "World Community" for pressuring the US to leave them twisting in the wind last time around!
Incidently, this bit of phrase doesn't apply to the British, who have managed to become our one true ally after getting their toshes kicked by us twice.
But y'all oughta get your guns back.