Now I'm going to give that British you-know-what writer a piece of my mind! ..."Pax Americana," indeed! He and his kind may keep their projections about "empire" to themselves! I'm tired of their back-biting against us in other nations.
The Europeans haven't been able to adjust to the fact that even their former colonies in Asia like Singapore and Malaysia matter more to the world's economy today than they do.
The European ingratitude is surprising given the US help during WW1 and WW2. Socialism has destroyed the Europeans; they seek to deflect the blame for their own faults towards the Americans.