Hasta la vista, baby

En el IHT de hoy aparece un excelente artículo de Roger Cohen acerca de nuestro presidente, el Sr. Rodríguez, la historia de sus relaciones con los Estados Unidos y el futuro de éstas. Aquí va una perla para abrir el apetito:

McCain, to judge by his refusal to say he would meet Zapatero, is still in muscle-flexing mode. That's the last thing we need.

My second reason for relating this is that Zapatero is the kind of guy who reminds me of the need for smart American leadership. In fact, he reminds me of why, raised in Europe, I chose to become an American.

Despite Spain's dictatorial past under Franco, Zapatero seemed to me mealy-mouthed about totalitarianism and tyranny. Moral relativism oozed from his lawyerly repartee. He illustrates why Orwell felt compelled to say: It's not enough to be antifascist; you must also be in principle antitotalitarian. The European left has often had a hard time with this notion.

La traducción del artículo la podéis encontrar aquí.