Posted on 11/05/2008 3:12:54 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
CNN) -- Europe's expectations of a Barack Obama presidency are vibrant, vast and probably incapable of fulfillment by any president, let alone one who will come to office in the middle of a worldwide economic crisis and with huge, unfinished business in Iraq and Afghanistan.
There is no doubting the buzz and the optimism that the election victory of an African-American candidate has brought.
Most in Europe are instinctively America's friends and, after the unilateralism of the Bush years, they want to have something to love about America again.
Obama's arrival, they hope and believe, will give them that opportunity.
President-elect Obama's brilliant rhetoric, which has electrified crowds at home and reached many not previously interested in politics, has appealed to European instincts.
Europeans tend mostly to identify with the leftish end of the American political spectrum. Europeans want change in America and in the world and they see Obama as a purveyor of change.
As the former British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind put it during the campaign: "It's a touch of the John F. Kennedys and the Camelot-type excitement. That doesn't necessarily mean it's healthy. It doesn't necessarily mean it's justified -- but it's a product of Obama's personality."
Europeans will hope especially for President-elect Obama to repair some of the dents in America's image which have reflected on them too. They want and expect to see Guantanamo Bay closed down for good. They want an end to the use of so-called "extraordinary rendition" -- the soft name for what has, in effect, been kidnapping and torture by the CIA -- that has besmirched the name of democracy.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Thank you, my thoughts exactly. Let the Russians have Europe already, it isn’t worth saving any more.
Hey Europe, you can have him! For free!
Most of the Europeans I know, know better.
Screw Europe.
Its almost Thanksgiving. Every time this year I thank God for Adolf Hitler, who started WWII and caused my ancestor's home in Bromberg, Germany to get bombed by the allies. If that hadn't happened my Grandparent's would never have become refugees, would never have emigrated to the US, and I'd still be a goddamned European.
"Girl, you're sucking on my elbow!"
To: Europe
From: Obama
Learn Russian.
You're a collection of sissy-Mary's, hiding in your sister's dresses.
Die.
This time, when the Russian's are raping your women, don't expect my son to die for your pathetic cowardice. He's not coming to save your cowardly asses for a third time in less than a hundred years; this time you're on your own.
Cowardly Bastiches....
EUROPE wants our money and wants Emperor Barry to raise our taxes for some of our money so we will play world government games and ICC games with them over in Brussels. That’s all they want. The EU wants its own slice of the pie and bailout money
Warning to Europe: make sure Obama wears a condom...
That’s too cute
The MSM is in full CYA mode for BHO. This is making me ill. When President Bush was facing the fallout after 9-11, I do not recall ONE SINGLE person from the MSM making any excuses about the fact the our country had just been attacked, etc. He took all kinds of criticism for not doing this and not doing that, and not one person would give him a pass considering what had transpired on 9-11. I remember the bleating from them about the economy being worse than had been since Clintoon took office, yada yada yada. NO ONE brought up that, of course it was, our country had been attacked by militant crazies - DUH!!!
Their bias is beyond brazen and is cartoonish in its obviousness.
With friends like Europe who needs enemies?*sarcasm*
Not to worry, the Euros will be looking down their noses at him in no time.
I’m afraid that they will be defending themselves sooner than they think they will. With the proposed 25% cuts to defense that should o in the rest of our troops stationed in Europe and then some. Sorry Europe you will be on your own now, don’t call us we’ll call you! ;)
CNN) -- Europe's expectations of a Barack Obama presidency are vibrant, vast and probably incapable of fulfillment by any president, let alone one who will come to office in the middle of a worldwide economic crisis and with huge, unfinished business in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Re CNN speaking for Europe. Actually, BBC is also saying pretty much the same thing.
Riiight.
As Jean-Francois Revel wrote -- anti-Americanism is the string that binds Europe together.
Oh, the Socialist Europeans...they don’t even like themselves and their leaders...they have to look elsewhere for love.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.