The European Media Reacts to Death of Osama Bin La

will Europeans attempt to marginalize America as a Rogue Nation now ........

The European Media Reacts to Death of Osama Bin Laden

European journalists have focused on whether the killing was permissible under international law; some are now calling for an international commission to investigate the American action.


Leading newspapers and magazines in Europe have provided saturation coverage of the death of Osama bin Laden. Although initial media reaction in Europe was overwhelmingly supportive of the American commando operation, media outlets in many countries quickly regained their composure and anti-Americanism has now returned as their default position.

European media, almost without exception, have focused particular attention on the news that bin Laden was not armed when he was killed by American operatives. Many Europeans have criticized what they describe as America’s “wild-west” concept of justice. Dozens of European newspapers have published lengthy philosophical essays by sundry intellectuals that examine the morality of bin Laden’s killing. Many argue that bin Laden should have been tried in a court of law.

In a reflection of the acute sense of moral superiority that is so common in contemporary Europe, secular analysts who are normally highly disdainful of Judeo-Christian moral codes have gone so far as to accuse the United States of violating the Fifth Commandment, without a hint of irony.

In Germany, the media reaction has been especially noteworthy for its near unanimous criticism of the American raid. Many German analysts say the American action was illegal under international law and some Germans have called for an international commission (similar to the Goldstone Commission in Israel) to investigate the U.S. foray into Pakistan. Unanswered remains the question of whether European activists will accuse U.S. President Barack Obama of war crimes and seek a warrant for his arrest as they did for George W. Bush, who recently was forced to cancel a trip to Switzerland.

[chernmax]

Obama should wave his Nobel Appeasement Prize at them!

[SamSpade]

No surprise. As Fred Thompson's character on TV once said, when have these guys ever done anything but hold our hat when we went in?

[Mongo53]

At least they are consistent.

I don't know which is more distastful, those that unfairly criticize ever and all things we did in the war on terror, and continue to unfairly criticize.

-OR-

those that unfairly criticize ever and all things we did in the war on terror, suddenly celibrating the fact we got OBL.

Yea, we did, no thanks to you, go ahead and go back to dancing in the streets, its NOT like you've got college classes tomorrow.

[BOP]

Originally Posted by EmptyTimCup

will Europeans attempt to marginalize America as a Rogue Nation now ........

Here, allow me....or should I say, my friend, to respond to the leftists in Europe: