Things are a bit different Over There, however.
But you know what they say about prophets in their own country.
Churchill offered a pertinent observation - on 1933 Britain, but one senses that it could apply to today:
"This was one of those awful periods which recur in our history, when the noble British nation seems to fall from its high estate, loses all trace of sense of purpose, and appears to cower from the menace of foreign peril, frothing pious platitudes while foemen forge their arms." -- Winston Churchill, The Gathering Storm