Those Jaundiced Americans. (Devil In The Details).(American and European views on war with Iraq surprisingly similar)

IF THERE'S ONE ABIDING article of faith within the American punditocracy, it's that the Atlantic Ocean is growing steadily wider. In the face of Islamic terrorism and Iraqi threats, Europeans have opted for appeasement, in the best Neville Chamberlain manner, while America stands as an island of Churchillian defiance, willing to fight the forces of darkness all by itself if necessary.

It's a stark and flattering contrast. The moral clarity and resolve are all on this side of the pond, the moral relativism and calculation all on the other. Americans are still a God-fearing ...