Like a conquering field marshal Obama mesmerized the Germans. The undertone of the crowd was not to cheer America but to make an anti-American statement. It is a statement of condescension. 67 percent of Germans want Barrack Obama to become the next US president, a recent opinion poll said.
Obama gave them what they wanted to hear:
"If we're honest... we know that sometimes, on both sides of the Atlantic, we have drifted apart and forgotten our shared destiny."
What destiny do we share with the Germans?
You can hear the voice of Michelle Obama in this sentiment:
"In Europe, the view that America is part of what has gone wrong in our world, rather than a force to help make it right, has become all too common."
"In America, there are voices that deride and deny the importance of Europe's role in our security and our future...
"But the burdens of global citizenship continue to bind us together." he added.
"As we speak, cars in Boston and factories in Beijing are melting the ice caps in the Arctic, shrinking coastlines in the Atlantic, and bringing drought to farms from Kansas to Kenya."
The Germans always believed in the great man concept that can ride in on a horse and has more often than not led them to hell rather than through Valgrind to Valhalla. They seem not to have changed:
"Obama stands for a new era in politics," some bystander said. "He is someone who can change the world."
I wonder how many American voters will resent the German's choice for the US President?
