I'm sorry, but I find several of Mr. Peters contentions to be right out to lunch
(hmmm ... I guess I should use more academic prose, lest I be viewed as a Neanderthal ... naaaah).
Firstly, he opines:
EUROPEANS insist that the United States overreacted to 9/11. Condescendingly, they observe that they've been dealing with terrorism successfully for three decades, that it can be managed, that life goes on.
And, how does one "deal with terrorism successfully" ... for three decades?
(i.e. I kinda figure that dealing successfully would mean defeating them ... the sooner the better ... not for three decades)
No - the Europeans with whom I've discussed this have said "Now the US understands how we've been suffering from terrorism."
Secondly, I view Peters as calling the kettle black when he spouts off:
Europe has a crisis of values behind its failure of will. Their anxiety to tell everyone else what to do reflects their own uncertainty. Corrupt, selfish and cowardly, old Europe has fallen to moral lows not seen since 1945.
Certainly, the words "corrupt, seflish and cowardly" sum up MANY national governments
(sadly, it even applies to ours, especially under "Papa Doc Crouton" ...).
The French decision to ban headscarves from their schools was done in the spirit of a division between church and state:
"Liberté,
Egalité, Fraternité".