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2006-09-22 Europe

Europe Pathetically Caves In to Islamist Threat

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Posted by ryuge 2006-09-22 08:03|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 No amount of appeasement or placating of 7th century barbarian rabble is going to prevent Europes reckoning. They seem content to watch over their own impending slaughter.

Fuck 'em.

Posted by JerseyMike 2006-09-22 08:59|| 2006-09-22 08:59|| Front Page Top

#2 The problem Mike is that Poland is in Europe. They have literally been in the fight. They have been there along side of us. They hear the Pope.

Unlike the French and British in 1939*, I wouldn't be happy letting them hang with the rest.

* For those who want to point out that geographically the British and France couldn't stop the Polish offensive, note well, the Germans striped the Western defenses to throw as much as possible against the Poles. The 'allies' elected to sit on their asses and really do nothing. It was called a 'phony war' for a reason. Had the allies made a serious effort at that point, the Germans, as in 1914, would have had to shift serious manpower out of the Polish campaign or forfeit land west of the Rhine. As it was, the Poles inflicted more casualties on the Germans than the French would do in 1940.**

** And as expected European comments about America's participation, let me point out the whining and moaning from Europe today complaining about being dragged into America's conflicts with little or no say. It applies in reverse to America being dragged into Europeans ones twice in the 20th Century.

Posted by Thereger Chosing1087 2006-09-22 09:15|| 2006-09-22 09:15|| Front Page Top

#3 You have a point TC. The Poles have always managed to be plucky and unfortunate at the same time. Perhaps my comment should have referenced Western Europe, because it was primarily aimed at France, Spain, Germany, the Low countries, etc.
But my sentiment remains the same, if they want to roll over, screw them - I won't.

Posted by JerseyMike 2006-09-22 09:47|| 2006-09-22 09:47|| Front Page Top

#4 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan press release for October 1, 1939: "The UN deplores the recent violence in Poland but hopes that the situation there will return to peace and that Germany and the USSR will treat the population with decency. We commend Britain and France for seeking peaceful alternatives to attack and wish that the quiet established over the Franco-German border will continue."

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-09-22 09:57|| 2006-09-22 09:57|| Front Page Top

#5 It is, indeed, a pathetic spectacle to watch. Hopefully, the US will observe the unfolding catastrophe in time to prevent the same here. Once Iran has a weapon and a dependable missile, I have no doubt they will order the EU to surrender all nukes. Then, they will demand complete submission to sharia over the entire continent. When you look back in a historical perspective these types of events are difficult to fathom. When you are living through them, they are even more mystifying.

Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-09-22 11:59|| 2006-09-22 11:59|| Front Page Top

#6 SOP35/Rat, I couldn't agree more. Sometimes I have to remind myself what planet I'm on. I've been thinking that the reason we are eager about the future is that we love life and crave the everyday enjoyment of being alive. Possibly, Europeans are no longer pleased with their lives and they are in decline simply because they have lost their will to face tomorrow. They have no more joy, no more pride, no more mountains to climb.

Posted by wxjames 2006-09-22 12:57|| 2006-09-22 12:57|| Front Page Top

#7 ...todays European governments (who, after all, were eager participants in the Crusades)...

Hmmm, apparently the time machine has been perfected. Why wasn't I informed?

Anyone see the movie Final Countdown? Do you remember the F-14s vs. Zeros scene? Wasn't that cool? What would happen if a modern European warship was transported to the time of the Crusades? Would they join up? And on whose side?

Posted by Angie Schultz 2006-09-22 18:39|| 2006-09-22 18:39|| Front Page Top

#8 Would they join up? And on whose side?

Neither, they'd head for Mexico and slaughter Aztecs.

Posted by 6 2006-09-22 18:44|| 2006-09-22 18:44|| Front Page Top

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