Here's the thing, Daniel: Europe's "Head" Is Screwed-on Wrong;

Submitted by mariana (United States), Apr 17, 2008 at 17:00

- And They Don't Want To Change, Because They Prefer Looking Backwards To Their Glory Days. Change Would Require Directing Their Venom At Real Enemies, Instead of Americans and Israelis.

Old Europe sat back on its haunches [playing both ends against the middle], refusing to acknowledge "dangers" and "hazards" during the entire "Cold War" [OstPolitik I]. They always "knew" best; they were the "pragmatists" who "understood" the way the world works and how to craft their [in truth, humiliating] defeats into victories - the natural outcomes of their "superior abilities".

In fact, looking back on the 50 years of Cold War, Europe [and America's Left] have decided that there never really was much of a threat; it was all a big "Hustle", created by American desire to control the world; and USSR fell of its own weight, with all America's efforts having made no difference. [We could certainly use the money and lives "wasted" during past 60+ years].

Somehow, they expect to pull a rabbit out of a hat- believing there's a "deal" to be made in a diplomatic smoke-filled room, where everyone lies to everyone else as a matter of form, and they - being the better liars - will prevail. That these lunatics will not "negotiate in good faith"; and that Iran will not "negotiate" at all, except to burn-up time in furtherance of their illicit nuclear endeavours, are facts they refuse to entertain - even after they "experienced" 5 years of fruitless, feckless "negotiations" with Iran. This failure is also America's fault because.....

If these assertions are not true, will someone please explain European insistence on morally and financially supporting and/or tolerating Hamas in Gaza, Hizbullah in S.Lebanon, and "Fatah/PLO/PLA in Judea and Samaria, and lusting over Jerusalem? All of these organizations have killed Americans and not one has agreed "to live side by side with Israel in Peace" in Arabic to their people.

Why Have French Peacekeeping Forces in S.Lebanon allowed Hizbullah to be rearmed by Iran-through-Syria, and trained and led by the Quds Forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard? Israel will doubtless have to face these weapons in the inevitable war against Islamist terrorists - under French military protection. Israel is our ally and we will protect them. But WHY do we first have to UNDO more French/European treachery? Again.

Why do we need to worry about "Eurabia" and our poor, indigenous European Allies- who consider themselves neither poor, nor allies of ours when their support is needed? Why must we worry when they keep electing governments which will delude them with "everything will be fine, but it's all America's fault... or Israel's". [Okay Sarcozy and Berlusconi are hopeful signs, but Merkel's gone over to the Greens and OstPolitik II].

Old European "allies" have become an expensive luxury we can no longer afford to support; and when we "need them" we hear all the reasons why they, morally and ethically, are compelled to not assist us. Perhaps they will finally do us a service as they conduct "business as usual with Islamists" among them. Watching "indigenous Europeans" in dhimmitude, just might wake-up relativist Americans who "just want to get along".

Why shouldn't we enforce -with our withdrawal- Agreements and Treaties signed and breached by Old Europe [like funding and equipping their own Military to fulfill their NATO commitments]?

mariana

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