Joe Roy found this

"We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial about us, the
USA.
An editorial from Romanian Newspaper:  When you think the US isn't thought
well of all over the world, read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper. "
 This article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published
under the title " Cîntarea Americii
As Associated Press reported about Mr. Nistorescu:
 Nistorescu, managing director of the daily newspaper Evenimentul Zilei

 News of the Day -- published his editorial Sept 24, two days after watching
a celebrity telethon in New York for victims of the attacks.
An Ode to America~
Why are Americans so united?  They would not resemble one another even if
you painted them all one color! They speak all the languages of the world
and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations. Some of them are nearly
extinct, others are incompatible with one another, and in matters of
religious beliefs, not even God can count how many there are.
Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand
put on the heart.  Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the army, and
the secret services that they are only a bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to
empty their bank accounts.  Nobody rushed out onto the streets nearby to
gape about.  The Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping
hand.
After the first moments of panic, they raised their flag over the
 smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the
national flag.  They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every place
and on every car a government official or the president was passing.  On
every occasion they started singing their traditional song: "God Bless
America!"
Silent as a rock, I watched the charity concert broadcast on
Saturday once, twice, three times, on different TV channels.  There was
Clint Eastwood, Willy Nelson, Robert de Niro, Julia Roberts, Cassius Clay,
Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Sylvester Stallone, James Wood, and many
others whom no film or producers could ever bring together.  The American's
spirit of solidarity turned them into a choir. Actually, choir is not the
word. What you could hear was the heavy artillery of the American soul.
 What neither George W.  Bush, nor Bill Clinton, nor Colin Powell could say
without facing the risk of stumbling over words and sounds, was being heard
in a great and unmistakable way through this charity concert. I don't know
how it happened that all this obsessive singing of America didn't sound
croaky, nationalist, or ostentatious!
  It made you green with envy because you weren't able to sing for your
country without running the risk of being considered chauvinist, ridiculous,
or suspected of who-knows-what ulterior motive.
  I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for hours
listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a
woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian
hockey player, who gave his life fighting with the terrorists and prevented
the plane from hitting a target that could have killed other hundreds or
thousands of people.
   How on earth were they able to respond united as one human being?
Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned
into a modern myth of tragic heroes.  And with every phone call, millions
and millions of dollars were put in a collection aimed at rewarding not a
man or a family, but a spirit, which no money can buy.
  What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way? Their land? Their
galloping history?  Their economic Power?  Money?
   I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases
with the risk of sounding commonplace.
I thought things over, but I reached only one conclusion. ----
Only freedom can work such miracles.