USA with this government is the leader of the western world
believing and fighting for hese values of freedom and dignity...
Many people in Europe have lost any faith , belief,and moral
values.Some people,like this spanish judge and some french lawyers,would love to prosecute USA ,and his president,instead of S.Hussein....
You are great! Ulysse
ok, a bit of regular european perspective:
1) USA meddles into things it shouldn't (like bush telling EU that it should start the talks with Turkey; that's internal politics)
2) Europe has faith, beliefs and morals, but they are different from those that the USA has; you believe in capitalism for every price, some of us prefer to mix. I can tell you that the average european dislikes murders/crime and corruption just as much as the average american.
3) If USA thinks it is the leader of the "western world", it should still realize that it can't do things alone (let's face it... the coalition of the willing was a joke when we exclude UK - as soon as the government changes, UK will rejoin EU standards). USA shouldn't always count on other countries sending its soldiers to patrol the areas they ruined.
A bit of diplomacy might help.
4) American troops are stretched to its limits, they can't afford to open up another front. Trust me, if usa tries anything in either syria or iran... certain countries will move its soldiers out of iraq/afghanistan/bosnia/kosovo/... If for nothing else, then to beat your ego (and if you look at some of the posts in this thread, you'll see what I'm talking about).
Faith, belief, moral are all relatives; Europe is mostly secularised society, USA is very religious society (albeit diverse)... Europe went through 2 very ugly wars that were fought on its territory, we know what WAR is. For americans war is something they watch on the TV, they've never FELT the reality of war. Europe will do a lot of things to avoid another major conflict, that's why EU is there; not so much for the economy, but to prevent another carnage (something most european nations excell at).
After USA actually fights a real war, on its own grounds, you'll see what war really is, what it's like to be hiding in a bomb shelter because bombers are flying above your city. I'm not really a religious person, but I still pray that the newer generations of Slovenians don't have to go through that fear ever again (like I did when I was 7 in our 10 day war - http://www.uvi.si/10years/path/war/ if anyone cares).