The memorial celebrating the victory over Hitler unites everyone: Putin gets to play anti-fascist, Cameron and Obama get to relive their old feelings of power and France feels important again. And that's it?
The Obama who introduced himself to Europe in Berlin in July 2008 proclaiming that the only way forward is to 'tear down' walls and 'build new bridges' was unrecognizable this Tuesday as he encouraged the Western countries in NATO to increase their defense budgets.
Without the heroic and heavy losses from the Americans' intervention in World War II, a free, reunited Germany would not exist — and that’s not all. What would we be without the U.S.A.?