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Article: Big why of anti-Americanism.(COMMENTARY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 10, 2004
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Byline: Arnold Beichman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The biggest yet unspoken reason for the permanent anti-Americanism of West European governments and their elites is this:
Since 1776, the once 13 Colonies have traveled the road of democracy, a form of government we owe to the Greeks, to John Locke, to Montesquieu. And we have never deviated from that course, even in the worst days of the Civil War and President Lincoln's suspension of democratic liberties.
We were not only the first new nation, we were also the first new democratic nation, which allowed in 1800 for a peaceful transfer of power from President John Adams to President-elect Thomas ...