An old friend used to say, “It’s not paranoid if they are truly out to get you.” This was entertaining and reminds me of our current president busily apologizing to Europe for American arrogance. Why does this remind me of the previous quote? If ours is the most powerful nation on the planet it isn’t arrogant to say so. If our economy fuels and drives the world economy then it is not arrogant to say. What about Americans is arrogant? Was the sacrifice of thousands of America’s brightest and best to liberate three continents from tyranny arrogant? Was rebuilding a continent ravaged by two world wars arrogant? What about rebuilding our enemies who caused the wars and engineered the death of so many of our own?

Though we must admit to national sins in our history, we have done far more good. I guess the arrogance that Obama apologizes for is the arrogance to speak the truth; the arrogance to tell Europe you are with us or against us; the arrogance to tell Europe that we will protect our people and our interest at any cost. If this is arrogance then we could use more. Europe could use a bit of their own arrogance.