A strong message of optimism and hope form David Brooks. As for Europe (old Europe, as Secretary Rumsfeld calls it), here's one realistic perspective:
"But if there is one soft-power gift America does possess, it is this tendency to imagine new worlds. As Malzahn (Der Spiegel) goes on to note, "In a country of immigrants like the United States, one actually pushes for change. ... We Europeans always want to have the world from yesterday, whereas the Americans strive for the world of tomorrow."
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