Sunday, August 10, 2003

"Time to trust America"

John Lloyd has a column in Scotland on Sunday with that headline. Rather than cursing America for its global role, he seems to almost find it strange that American taxpayers are willing to spend so much on defense in order to police the world.

Stirring stuff for those of us living in Britain or Ireland who are forever feeling under siege from anti-Americanism in the media. However, I can't imagine his arguments winning over any of those who see nothing but negatives from American dominance.

For those from the US who don't understand the '001' reference at the end of the column, those are the first three digits that must be dialled in order to call the US from Europe.