the paper praised him for being “wholly clear about the need to rebuild America’s reputation in the world and about the importance of treating allies seriously.”
Translation of the Guardian’s remarks: “We are wiser than you. Listen to us. Be like us. You are insensitive cowboys and culturally inferior to Your Betters in Europe if you don’t. You need our esteem. Remember: talk, express concern, but take no action other than to issue a statement.”
Sorry, but the Guardian’s argument (and Mr. Kirchick’s) depends on the assumption that the Europeans are , a priori, right and were are wrong. Sorry, but on climate change, coercive interrogation, and Gitmo, many of us believe Europe is fooling itself, and to worry about whether they love us is to concentrate on the least importantthing in a very dangerous world. While I don’t expect McCain to come around on the latter two, I still have hope when it comes to the farce of anthropogenic global warming, European opinion be damned.
