Rocketeer: Marie Claude’s problem is not a failure of language skills. It’s a willful failure of comprehension. The Germans “haven’t been under your umbrella since 1967.” So we gave them twenty-two years of freedom under that umbrella to develop their own military and nuclear power. Does he forget that there were two Germanies until the 90s? And how was it going for them in the East?
If we had chosen the “right” war in the Mideast first, we would have had more followers. How many more? Two? Three? And why do we have to be the leader for them to follow? Because they won’t do a damn thing on their own unless we force them off their accommodating butts. When they see tyranny and mass murder, they wait for us to act, then wait to see how it’s going to come out before committing their minimal troops. That way they don’t have to be responsible for a failure, but can claim credit for a success. Sad that the Germans are becoming more like the French every day.
And yes, the Europeans and their friends do indeed know how to “drive religion wars.” My Lutheran ancestors in Prussia and my Catholic ancestors in Bavaria could certainly attest to that. We call it the Thirty Years War. If they want to bring up our Civil War, turnabout is fair play. No need to bring up the five hundred years of deadly land-grabs and totalitarian states in Europe that followed the religious wars.
And finally let’s be sure to count our freedom of speech as a bad thing according to Marie Claude. Much better to remain silent, avoid “hate speech,” let the government do our thinking for us and protect us from Islamic jihadism. When The Netherlands become the first Islamic nation in Europe since 1492, we’ll see how well that worked out, too.
