Not such a bad place after all
Posted by PTepoorten, November 6, 2008 
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There’s a good column in the Australian today, regarding Obama’s election in America and what it means, from Greg Sheridan:
So as we salute Obama, let’s salute America as well.
The left liberal caricature of America was always nonsense. The militarism of American society is vastly overstated, just as its profound willingness to make sacrifice for other people’s freedom is under-appreciated.
Of course, the odds that the Noam Chomskys and Ward Churchills of the world will ever recognize any of this is zero.
When your focus is on, and much of your education has revolved around being disgusted and embarrassed to be an American it can difficult to foster any sort of an appreciation for history or for the intertwined principles of freedom & responsibility.