Americanization Of Europe - by John Reiniers
Maybe I had it all wrong. A British blogger's post to one of my columns complaining about the Europeanization of the U.S. thought I was the one who had it all wrong. He thought it was Europe that had become too much like the U.S. To the extent that Europe had embraced our vacuous hip-hop culture, our violent and racy Hollywood films and TV – our progressively degrading culture generally – he has a point. He is no different from the "family-values" voter over here. But there is another side to this.
Politically, the average European is joined at the hip with the average left leaning Democrat. They are both Democratic socialists, post-Christian secularists and doves, who will never play hardball with warlords or totalitarian states, preferring to negotiate repeatedly, always leaving the matter unresolved, as each crisis arises. Sort of a "peace in our time – Neville Chamberlain attitude – as civilization falls apart. Barack Obama's choreographed campaign trip to Europe underscores this symbiotic relationship. Germany's Der Spiegel International said it best in its headline: "No. 44 has spoken." It went on, "Anyone who saw Barack Obama at Berlin's Siegessaule ... could recognize that this is the man who will become the 44th president of the United States. He is more than ambitious – he wants to become president of the world."
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