Re. the barackstar in Europe

Victor Davis Hanson analyzes Obama's Berlin speech. Here's one great paragraph from the blog post:

"When Obama shouts,

Will we reject torture and stand for the rule of law? Will we welcome immigrants from different lands, and shun discrimination against those who don't look like us or worship like we do, and keep the promise of equality and opportunity for all of our people?

it is the world, not the U.S., that needs to listen most. In this regard I would have preferred Sen. Obama of mixed ancestry to have begun with “In the recent tradition of African-American Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice,” rather than the less factual, “I don't look like the Americans who've previously spoken in this great city.”"

Of course, Powell and Rice don't count because they're not Democrats.

And it is interesting to consider Obama's juxtaposing of "reject[ing] torture" and "rule of law" when I'm not sure there is a cut and dried legal definition of "torture." Nonetheless, it is fun to see Liberals getting all morally absolutist on something.