the West is worth saving because it really is the best hope we have. Would you rather be a libertarian in China? A Christian in Sudan? A Zoroastran in Iran? A lesbian in Saudi Arabia?

LOL LOL! I wonder what he believes the west is.
When the US promotes pre-emptive war and it ends up not being justified....All those other cultures have a great potential for change and it will come because nothing is freezed.

If he could get along with the others, he'd have no reason to be pessimistic. Pessimism comes with shutting his eyes towards the other and therefore not wanting to understand and consequently fearing the other.
The best from the west is its openess.