"Note that these same countries expect the United States to act as World Police".
Nobody (except some Americans) want this.
"I deplore mass surveillance. I really do. But I think wiretapping with a warrant is a necessary tool for fighting crime, and terror, and bad state actors."
I hate X but Y is necessary (because I said so) so let's do X anyway.
"There's a part of me that desperately hopes all major internet services just shut off Europe entirely. Welcome back to the Stone Age."
Nobody (except some Americans) want this.
"I deplore mass surveillance. I really do. But I think wiretapping with a warrant is a necessary tool for fighting crime, and terror, and bad state actors."
I hate X but Y is necessary (because I said so) so let's do X anyway.
"There's a part of me that desperately hopes all major internet services just shut off Europe entirely. Welcome back to the Stone Age."
If by stone age, you mean 2006, great.