Much of this has to do with a lack of historical literacy on the part of Americans regarding the lead up to the First World War and then the movements following the Second One.
‘Nationalism’ to the extreme led to the First war. And the theory behind ‘Globalism’ is to prevent a 3rd one. World War 3. But there were many problems and blind spots as both institutions like the U.N. and E.U. were forged.
‘Zionism’ is also complicated because of the collision between politics and religion. Its adherents come from different visions and intentions. Different faiths that motivate their thinking.
The globalists Walter Cronkite admired predate WWII.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Federalist_Movement
The first world federalist organization was founded in 1937 by two famous feminists, pacifists, and female suffragists: Rosika Schwimmer and Lola Maverick Lloyd. In 1938, the Federal Union was organized in the United Kingdom.[2] In the U.S., Federal Union (now: Association to Unite the Democracies) was established in 1939 calling for a federation of the Atlantic democracies. The Swiss Internationale Bewegung der Weltföderalisten-Schweiz was created in Geneva in 1940. During World War II, anti-fascist resistance movements shared clandestinely circulated copies of Altiero Spinelli’s plan for European federation and global federation. Spinelli later became one of the founding fathers of the European Union. In 1945, the Committee to Frame a World Constitution convened at the University of Chicago and drafted a Constitution for the World.[3] In 1947, five small world federalist organizations came together in Asheville, North Carolina and agreed to merge as the United World Federalists.
“‘Nationalism’ to the extreme led to the First war.”
Not really. WWI was not caused by nations simply looking out for their own interests and dealing honestly with other nations doing the same thing. It was a European witches brew of monarchs, colonial interests, and entangling alliances. The European for secret agreement, behind hidden treaty, behind open alliance had far more to do with it. We are always presented with the false definition of nationalism that defines it as some outwardly aggressive style. Globalism is always the antidote. We were very nationalist throughout the 1700- 1800s, and were not a menace. Britain was very globalist in that time frame and was a worldwide menace.
And now the Euros are wrapping us up in the same crap they always have.