[daviddennis]

I wouldn't go that far. The Germans still make better cars than we do, and the Italians make cooler designer products (like Ferraris and Artimide lamps).

But I must say I was surprised by the fellow who thought this was an anti-American article. It was actually a pro-American article; I'd summarize it by saying that they resent us but realize they wouldn't do any better as world leader if they had to assume the burden.

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[wimpycat]

No, it's still an anti-American article if you really read it. Notice how all these pencilnecks get together to cry into their beer and decide that the Japanese and the Germans, but not themselves, have been designated as the natural choices to alleviate the evil, evil American domination?

These Eurolefties are awfully fond of deciding what everybody else should do, but God forbid they get their hands dirty. It's the British and the French who are actually in the best position to build up their military and ease our military burdens, former imperial powers with connections all over the world, who were a lot nicer to the natives than the Japanese and the Germans--they just lack the will to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve that goal. So what do they do? They pick the Germans and the Japanese--it's always somebody else who needs to do something about some problem--never them.