Americans are from America; Europeans are from Europe :: Right Reason

During the last one-hundred years, Europe and the USA have stood shoulder to shoulder in a global battle for freedom. I will ask you to disregard for the sake of the argument which made the largest sacrifice. Instead, grant this. If any of the two, at any crucial time, had been forced to go it alone, it is likely that Europe now would be marching to the tunes of Wagner or Russian marches.

Such a development would have contributed substantially to the demise of the USA, as well as the rest of the world. An important observation follows: while it is true that Europe has the USA to thank for its freedom, it is equally true that the USA owes a good deal of gratitude to millions of freedom-loving Europeans, forming the first front against Nazism and communism. Today’s good life, in the richest and freest nation in the history of civilization, would not have been possible without the fighting men and women of Europe. (This should have been something to consider during the times when Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Shroeder and their ilk made a wreck of Europe’s reputation by playing domestic party politics with global security.)

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