Sullivan is a bit uncharitable when it comes to Europe. America has the power and self confidence to be of a more generous spirit, animated by a moral vision, than does Europe. Moreover, America has gone farther than most in exorcising the poison of anti-semitism, because so many of us have Jews as friends with whom we work, live near, and like, and know well. Europe does not have that experience alas these days in large part due to Hitler. It is not so much that Europe these days is evil, as that America is simply an exceptional place.
Sullivan oddly focuses on terrorism when it comes to Iraq, rather than nukes (granted I scaned the article and may have missed it). It is the latter on which the case rest to take Saddam out. And on that Tony Blair is quite splendid. That is what he focuses on (I just heard him this last Sunday on C-SPAN), and he and Britain will be with us not matter how much heat in generates for Blair internally. The guy has guts. I am a big fan of Blair, and would have voted for him in the last election, and probably the next, if I were eligible, and of course I'm not. He is a very impressive guy.
Here is Europe's problem in a nutshell. They can no longer afford to maintain a serious military presence because of their social policies. That's it in a nutshell. They don't have the cash to do what is right and proper. Everything else is mist.
Britain is excepted with the caveat that they are headed down the same road. We have provided their security for over a half century and they got 2 months on holiday. Unemployment in Germany is reaching new heights. If you have any friends over there you might want to douse them with cold water, it's time to wake up.
It is the latter on which the case rest to take Saddam out. And on that Tony Blair is quite splendid. That is what he focuses on (I just heard him this last Sunday on C-SPAN), and he and Britain will be with us not matter how much heat in generates for Blair internally. The guy has guts. I am a big fan of Blair, and would have voted for him in the last election, and probably the next, if I were eligible, and of course I'm not. He is a very impressive guy.I would vote for Tony Blair, even though he's a statist. He is impressive in that he always help the Americans, and recongize the threat that Islam has on the West.
Probably the most significant thing is that he's not an Euroweenie.