After spending over half a century years in Europe, the headquarters of the U.S. 7th Army headquarters is reorganizing as a deployable unit (meaning it can be ordered to another part of the world to supervise major military operations.)....During the Cold War, there were over 300,000 U.S. troops in Western Europe, now it's about 40,000, and headed for 33,000 in five years. And if there's a crises somewhere else on the planet, there won't even be an army headquarters there to command what's left of American forces. _StrategyPageJust as Tsar Vladimir of Russia is testing his neo-imperialist ambitions, too! It should prove fascinating to watch how the EU manages this new threat on its eastern borders.
Some EU members believe that more consideration should be given to Russia's special circumstances as a former superpower still adjusting to the loss of a contiguous empire, arguing that the West should exercise caution in its activities in Russia's neighborhood, including offering premature prospects for joining an alliance that does not include Russia. _tagesspiegelYes, Russia certainly suffers from special circumstances. Very much like the bratty three year old child whose only behavioural strategy is a temper tantrum. "Such a very special child, you simply must try harder to understand him!"
What the Russians do not extort, the burgeoning host of Euro-Muslims will happily expropriate.
Lacking any credible form of self-defense, Europe is reduced to appeasement as its foremost strategy toward a newly belligerent Russia. There is a term to describe such behaviour: surrender monkey. A state of mind where surrender and appeasement are the policy of first, intermediate, and last resort.
Europe has been allowed to take a 50-something year vacation from history, thanks to its despised trans-Atlantic multiple rescuer and enabler. Now, Europe: demographically shrinking, culturally crumbling, indefensible shirker. Who will come to your aid should the signs turn ominous beyond all denial?
Previously published at Al Fin
4 comments:
Finally--
Now our lazy 'allies???' will have to defend themselves w/their tax dollars!
Thank you for the heads up...
Up until at least the '70s, if you were at a US military base in Germany and turned on the tv early in the morning, you got the sound of an air raid siren, visual of pilots scrambling, and an announcement: "When that siren goes off, they're coming across the line to kill you. We're ready. Are you?"
NotanymoreIguess...
It may be too late for the mass of infantilised Europeans to grow up and acquire the skills and competencies they will need to defend themselves on two fronts: Islam and a threatening, energy blackmailing Russia.
Being coddled by a superpower for so long may not have been the best thing for maturational development. Europeans haven't had to spend the money or the manpower for their own defence, and may be unable to learn now.
I use the term "psychological neoteny" to describe the large numbers of lifelong incompetents being spawned across the developed world--including in North America. When one is pampered and protected from the necessary struggles of life, one grows permanently helpless, and demands to be taken care of.
This has happened to a large segment of the North American population, but sadly to even larger numbers of Europeans.
Oh, deary me. How refreshing is to be patronized by a bunch of inferiority complex ridden colonials.
Whereas the help of the United States was crucial for the recovery of the post WWII economy in Europe, and it was a most appreciated ally during the Cold War (admitedly, many people still refuse to admit that, but that is subject for an entirely different discussion), and most Europeans (despite what some neonazi elements within the US may say) still consider you a friend and ally, I dare remind you that we are not vassals, and as such, we have the right to decide our own policies, in the same way that you have the right to decide yours (oh, sorry, I forgot, you don't, the corporations do it for you)
Your concept of democracy is reminiscent of a beauty pageant. You don't elect the most efficient bloke for the job, you elect the one with the best profile (generally the left one) or the best PR people.
We may not have the sasme defence budget as the US, but man by man, any of our units is equal if not better than its US army, USAF USN or Marine equivalent. If you doubt this, try and find among your acquaintances any veteran of the '98 NATO exercises in Southern Spain. Ask them about the competition between your Green Berets and the Spanish Legion.
With that, I bid you goodbye, and I offer you a piece of gratitous advice:
Keep going that way, and you won't need radical muslims to wipe you out, you'll achieve just with your hatred.
Cheerio.
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