The Telegraph has a short piece on how America is a vital force for good in the world, and yet is disliked by most European nations. Its concluding thought:
Regardless of who wins [the Presidential race], there will be a need to project a more positive light of the United States in Europe, but without ditching America’s vital global role.
But what if, as seems likely, we are disliked precisely because of our vital global role? Then it’s one or the other. (And we have one candidate for each option.)
Glenn Reynolds adds:
Europeans have been anti-American pretty consistently since America began, except for brief intervals where they needed us enough to (mostly) pretend otherwise.
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