Obama is an American

I hate to be the one to bash Obama, but you have to admit he is a bit American. Here is what he said a few days ago:

“I am absolutely committed to working with Congress and the auto companies to meet one goal: The United States of America will lead the world in building the next generation of clean cars.”

My question is: Why does America always have to lead the world at everything? After Obama was elected I heard an American woman say that now, after the horrible Bush years, “the world can go back to loving us again.” Hey, we have countries of our own to love, OK? Americans are full of this chauvinism, and sorry, but Obama has it too.

We Europeans are still in the honeymoon phase with him, and it’s time to snap out of it. Obama will do what’s best for America, and rightly so. We should not expect him to do what’s best for the planet unless the two coincide. If we truly want clean cars, for example, we should be prepared to fight anybody who only wants them if they’re American.