PeterUK is right about the poisonous culture that is pervading the elite of the world. It is a mix of multiculturalism, transnationalism and the Marxist oppressor/oppressed model of analysis.

There is no reasoning with it. As is too often the case with left wing ideas, it started in academia and first captured the organs of opinion making – schools, media, civic organizations.

I fear that Europe will irreversibly tie itself into the EU Constitution, the result of which will be authoritariansim, economic stagnation, and ultimately great strife and unrest – all at the same time that the Muslim population is exploding.

I would hope that at least Britain could somehow stay out of this spider web, but it appears not.

With the general principle that malefactors should pay for their misbehavior, we should be alert for opportunities to punish them. For example, if there is regime change in Iran, all assets of European countries should be forfeit. This is similar to the principle of odious debt, and if Europe is going to trade with the most dangerous nation in the middle east, and that nation falls, well… gee, that’s tough, Pierre.

We should also analyze the impact of general economic warfare against Europe. How much do we need their trade, when we have Asia to trade with? How much do they need our trade?

We should also get the heck out of the Balkans. Let the Europeans deal with it. If they don’t have the forces, well, that’s tough, Fritz.

This is not, btw, related to the latest UN vote, but to European behavior in general. They don’t like us? Then let them find out what happens when we just shut them out and stop contributing. Let them thing about that big old Russian bear, declawed at the moment, but still hungry, and who knows how well armed in the future.

Okay, so maybe we don’t do all of this now. But we had better have contingency plans for it, and perhaps Sandy Berger can help get them to the interested parties.