tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7506249.post114428716493889033..comments2023-11-05T04:43:31.501-05:00Comments on Kenneth Anderson's Law of War and Just War Theory Blog: Steyn on Bawer and Berlinksi on EuropeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7506249.post-67888024827348284812007-05-16T08:00:00.000-05:002007-05-16T08:00:00.000-05:00excellent essay, esp in its ability to cut through...excellent essay, esp in its ability to cut through the "complacency of the Continent's own commentariat." i would have gone in a different direction, tho. rather than distinguish the future trajectories of the usa and europe (which sounds like invidious comparison), i'd point to the distinctive differences btw american criticism of europe and vice-versa.<BR/><BR/>for a european to take a book like bawer's as a sign of "anti-europeanism" is like shooting the messenger. there are plenty of people, myself included, who are aghast and afraid at what we see when we watch europe self-destruct, and want nothing more than for europeans to start taking care of themselves. <BR/><BR/>this is very different from the kind of anti-americanism that drives europeans (let's say <A HREF="http://www.theaugeanstables.com/essays-on-france/" REL="nofollow">the french</A>) to root for our failure (say in iraq), even tho that would be a tragedy for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com