America’s Future is Red, Europe’s is Green - Paul Belien
The American mid-term elections are being widely discussed in Europe. The European media regard the results as proof that “Old Europe” was right all along, while America was wrong. In the center-right Parisian paper Le Figaro, Nicole Bacharan, a French political scientist and historian, wrote that the elections showed that “America is neither ‘red’ nor ‘blue.’ The majority votes centrist.” She also notes that, following the elections, the French have softened their view on the US because “The values and sensibilities of the Democrats seem to be closer [to those of the French]. And one can detect, in the new political constellation, a return to a less interventionist America.”
History is still to decide whether the Wahhabite, the moderate Sunni or the Shi’a will rule in Iraq, but one thing is already certain. While America’s future will still most likely be “red,” Europe’s will be “green” – the colour of Islam.
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