Excellent, but bleak foreign policy analysis by Paul Mirengoff...

… over at Power Line. Reading the Julian Knapp oped on which Paul bases his post, it’s hard to imagine how the Germans would act towards us if they didn’t have to sell us Mercedes and Audis. Being the world’s only superpower isn’t always fun. Of course living in Hollywood… where half of life is motivated by envy… I’m used to this to some extent. But you never really get used to it.

UPDATE: According to Reuters, Germany appears headed for a coalition government.