Neocon Europe-bashing, especially its theocon chapter, always produced in me an opposite, possibly equally kneejerk, reaction.\u00a0 Europe\u2019s reluctance to start wars was an understandable and hardly blameworthy reaction to its 20th century bloodbaths, I thought, its secularism a welcome development, and its high level of middle-class safety net spending\u00a0 its own business (which does not seem to have hurt Germany in the current global recession).\u00a0<\/p>\n
But this preposterous Nobel Peace award, which represents nothing more than a self-indulgent kick-in-the-butt to George Bush,\u00a0 makes me think that\u00a0 the Europhobes were on to something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Neocon Europe-bashing, especially its theocon chapter, always produced in me an opposite, possibly equally kneejerk, reaction.\u00a0 Europe\u2019s reluctance to start wars was an understandable and hardly blameworthy reaction to its 20th century bloodbaths, I thought, its secularism a welcome development, … Continue reading