Clinton (rescuing the Balkans)? As always, thanks for the post. It would be well-received by many Americans, especially in the area of the country where I live, the San Francisco Bay Area. Cheers, Firstly, I certainly think you can vote for Mitt Romney without displaying partisan prejudice or short-sighted self-interest. However, my own view (which may well be wrong) is that a vote for Romney is probably not in the wider world's best interests (though I doubt either result would be unmitigatedly good for all of us). I'm interested in the Pew Research Center survey, because from my very limited perspective, UK attitudes to the US have improved hugely since Obama replaced Bush. For right or wrong the popular UK view of Bush was as a bit of a heart-on-sleeve gung-ho buffoon, whereas Obama is generally seen here as wise and thoughtful, if at times a little ponderous. Unfortunately Romney hasn't garnered much better press over here than Bush did, and though we welcome his promise not to return to a war-mongering foreign policy many of us are far from convinced (and we still find attitudes to Israel bizarre). Few of us have great hope in the Republicans' commitment to the environment either. And issues like these do potentially affect the planet pretty seriously. I take your point about not trusting in princes or mortal man. Ultimately, yes, my hope for salvation is in God -- both for myself and for the world. But... God didn't stop the Holocaust or