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Is Europe Helpless?
WSJ ^ | 25 July 2016 | BRET STEPHENS

Posted on 07/26/2016 12:38:17 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

... Today, it mixes French political weakness with German moral solipsism. This is a formula for rapid civilizational decline, however many economic or military resources the EU may have at its disposal...

...More important, Europeans will have to learn that powerlessness can be as corrupting as power—and much more dangerous. The storm of terror that is descending on Europe will not end in some new politics of inclusion, community outreach, more foreign aid or one of Mrs. Merkel’s diplomatic Rube Goldbergs. It will end in rivers of blood. Theirs or yours?

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: france; muzzies
Europeans will no doubt look to Israel for tactical tips in the battle against terrorism—crowd management techniques and so on—but what they really need to learn from the Jewish state is the moral lesson. Namely, that identity can be a great preserver of liberty, and that free societies cannot survive through progressive accommodations to barbarians.
1 posted on 07/26/2016 12:38:17 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Exactly right!


2 posted on 07/26/2016 12:42:11 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Don’t think so. They hate the Jews, unless you haven’t been paying attention for the last 100 years. My theory is that the most liberal sheep will be slaughtered first. They HATE the prospect of Donald Trump becoming President...much more than they’re afraid of being slaughtered by Muslims.


3 posted on 07/26/2016 12:43:02 PM PDT by gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Hopeless.


4 posted on 07/26/2016 12:43:17 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Until they get some leaderships that has balls....BIG balls, they are helpless and will soon become Sharia compliant.


5 posted on 07/26/2016 12:48:59 PM PDT by Kevin in California
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Whoa, whoa, whoa, goyim. Careful with that “identity” business. Only Israel gets to have an identity.


6 posted on 07/26/2016 12:50:11 PM PDT by Toliph
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To: gr8eman

“Don’t think so. They hate the Jews, unless you haven’t been paying attention for the last 100 years. My theory is that the most liberal sheep will be slaughtered first. They HATE the prospect of Donald Trump becoming President...much more than they’re afraid of being slaughtered by Muslims.”

I think they were hoping the alligator would eat them last but are quickly finding out they are being eaten first.

OH THE HUGE MANATEE!


7 posted on 07/26/2016 12:52:50 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Cruz: The best political speech in a generation and we will only remember what he didn't say.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

They basically have the capability to win, but lack the intent.

Capability takes a long time to develop.

Intent can change overnight.


8 posted on 07/26/2016 12:56:26 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: DUMBGRUNT

[[Europeans will no doubt look to Israel for tactical tips in the battle against terrorism—crowd management techniques and so on—but what they really need to learn from the Jewish state is the moral lesson. Namely, that identity can be a great preserver of liberty, and that free societies cannot survive through progressive accommodations to barbarians.]]

The Europeans are in the mess they are in with the muslims as a direct result of their hatred of seeing the Jewish people in the land God promised them. For siding with Israels savage enemies who are trying to take the Jewish homeland piece by piece the Europeans are going to deal with their own savages that try to take their homeland piece by piece.


9 posted on 07/26/2016 1:13:11 PM PDT by Lera ( 1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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To: Lera

The “SAVAGES” will continue to “try” because they are not going to succeed against Israel.
However, they road Europe has CHOSEN to travel means that the “savages” will, not too long from now, be able to cease “trying” because they (God forbid) will have succeeded.


10 posted on 07/26/2016 1:25:46 PM PDT by CaptainAmiigaf (New York Times: "We print the news as it fits our views.")
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To: Lera

EXACTLY!


11 posted on 07/26/2016 1:37:45 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: faithhopecharity

Unfortunately, I think the US is also helpless. Anyone who acts against the alien ideology will be punished.


12 posted on 07/26/2016 1:50:13 PM PDT by karnage
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To: karnage

Right now I have to agree with you. USA has been sold out to the Islamonazi invasion - and serious infiltration of our federal government including executive , security, and defense functions. And of course much of Congress


13 posted on 07/26/2016 1:59:08 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: Kevin in California

Thousands of years of cyclical European history gives rise to the prediction that they will slaughter their leaders and then the invaders.

This is an ever repeating merry-go-round that Europe has been stuck on for millenia. Before the Mohammedans there were other barbarians.


14 posted on 07/26/2016 2:05:55 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: karnage

[[Unfortunately, I think the US is also helpless. Anyone who acts against the alien ideology will be punished.]]

The Orlando nightclub attack and the shooting of all the police officers is the beginning here. At least for now we are armed and can shoot back . Don’t ever give up your guns.

I hear a lot of European cops don’t even have bullets in their weapons.


15 posted on 07/26/2016 2:07:44 PM PDT by Lera ( 1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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To: Lera

In addition, French and the German firms are in every Muslim hell hole building cement plants, refineries, bunker complexes, etc.

Full stop. Note here, nobody hires the French to do anything productive -period!

Germany is probably worse than France, notably Siemen’s furnishes telecommunications systems used by middle eastern states to hunt down, murder, torture, rape the citizenry. But I degrees, they are a leader in solar and wind, so says their commercials here.

France and Germany are sell their influence on the world stage, “protection” if you will in moffia parlance, in exchange for foreign contracts for their engineering and construction firms.

No doubt, they thought that importing a Muslim migrant population would strengthen these relationships. They couldn’t be more wrong.


16 posted on 07/26/2016 2:08:29 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: karnage

The North American Union is being finalized before our eyes with zero public input. National sovereignty is a barbarous relic and communists are realizing their old dream of a world state.


17 posted on 07/26/2016 2:36:17 PM PDT by Dirt for sale (QS)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

It took Europe about 600 years to dig out of that same mistake some years back.


18 posted on 07/26/2016 3:15:57 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: BeauBo

Intent and will are two different words.

Their power, or lack thereof, operate in different realms.


19 posted on 07/26/2016 3:48:04 PM PDT by Mr. M.J.B.
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