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Victor Davis Hanson: Snarky Europeans Scowl at Truth-Teller Vance - Meet the addicts who know their habit is killing them - but who can't resist another fix.
Front Page Magazine ^ | 19 Feb, 2025 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 02/19/2025 6:21:35 AM PST by MtnClimber

Europeans sat aghast after Vice-President J.D. Vance dared to suggest that their socialist democracies have become illiberal, intolerant, authoritarian—and on the wrong side of global populism.

Like some addict that knows his habit is killing him, and yet who cannot resist another fix, so the Euros war on fossil fuels and hollow out their middle classes.

They keep borders open to massive, illiberal illegal immigration. Yet they know the result bankrupts social services, spikes crime, and turns “diversity” into dangerous ethnic and religious chauvinism and contempt for generous host countries.

The recent Euro Ministers in Vance’s audience both publicly and to their leftwing monopolistic media complained bitterly about the American’s “interference” in their internal affairs.

How odd!—given this comes from Europe and the UK that saw ads for British Laborites to fly to America to interfere in our recent American elections, and lying British subject Christoper Steele’s pathetic dossier that sought to warp the 2016 election and subvert the ensuing Trump presidency.

In 2016 the Ukraine sought to interfere in the U.S. election and its ambassador wrote a pro-Hillary Clinton op-ed opposing Trump.

Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss routinely bankrolls leftist U.S. candidates and causes—as the E.U. targets U.S. tech companies to censor any content they find antithetical to their leftist agendas.

Similar to the hysterical, out-of-power and impotent Democrat counterparts here at home, the Euros’ strategy of regaining global influence and power is not to become introspective, self-critical and open to reform.

They prefer instead to scream, stonewall, and threaten—in hopes of damaging what they feel is the malign influence of the Trump colossus.

Yet the more outraged at critics, at home and abroad, the European ruling elite becomes, the more the European Union’s wealth, authority, and power decline on the world stage.

(Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: europe; eurotrash; jdvance; vdh; victordavishanson

1 posted on 02/19/2025 6:21:35 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

I am afraid Vance’s warnings are too late to save Europe. They will be part of the muslim caliphate soon.


2 posted on 02/19/2025 6:21:49 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: texas booster

VDH ping


3 posted on 02/19/2025 6:22:19 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

BTTT


4 posted on 02/19/2025 6:29:58 AM PST by nopardons
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To: MtnClimber

—— intolerant, authoritarian——

And arrogant to boot.

Canada suffers from the same disease in dealing with American companies


5 posted on 02/19/2025 6:30:53 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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To: MtnClimber

“They will be part of the muslim caliphate soon.”

Akin to the platitude “those who do not study history are destined to repeat it.”
The stupidity is appalling. Euros would sacrifice their entire culture to avoid being called racist. I don’t think a Crusade of Westerners will come to their rescue any time soon.


6 posted on 02/19/2025 6:32:28 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: MtnClimber

It appears England, France, Sweden, Denmark and Germany, to name a few, are lost to the caliphate and will never recover. Their beautiful cultures are lost forever because the liberal fools have control and the people accept their demise without question.


7 posted on 02/19/2025 6:32:53 AM PST by chopperk (airhig)
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To: MtnClimber

Only parts of the EU will actually have anything like a caliphate, the rest will have a number of “no-go” zones as exists in France and some EU countries already, which will become much like the ghetto preserves that once sprinkled broadly across Europe, and populated by the Jewish minority.

A new “final solution” shall eventually be decided upon, and the continent of Europe will be once more embroiled in “purification”.


8 posted on 02/19/2025 6:34:38 AM PST by alloysteel ( Beware the old soldier. There's a reason he's old.)
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Ping! Out to the Victor Davis Hanson list

The EU’s increasingly asymmetrical and protectionist tariffs result in a $235 billion annual trade surplus with the U.S.—inching up to China’s $295 billion.

An excellent article from Prof Hanson. A printed article not a video!

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9 posted on 02/19/2025 6:35:53 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: MtnClimber

They should be grateful that we oppose treating them the way they treat their political opponents — censorship, coups, dictatorial judges, imprisonment, etc.


10 posted on 02/19/2025 6:37:38 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Socon-Econ

I’ve seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie’s like a settin’ sun


11 posted on 02/19/2025 6:53:27 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: Socon-Econ; MtnClimber; metmom
Socon-Econ : ".. they treat their political opponents — censorship, coups, dictatorial judges, imprisonment, etc."

Understand that Islam is a religion of conquest which while a religion, it overcomes by gradual infiltration, and later by subversion of it's enemies.
It literally conquests by being shrouded in religion while, in fact it is a political and social overwhelming of it's opponents.
If you question the role of conquest, for example, consider why the Shia are constantly attacking the Sunni, and the Sunni attack the Shia,
both of which are Islamic in nature, as is happening in Syria now.

12 posted on 02/19/2025 7:11:44 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: MtnClimber
How odd!—given this comes from Europe and the UK that saw ads for British Laborites to fly to America to interfere in our recent American elections, and lying British subject Christoper Steele’s pathetic dossier that sought to warp the 2016 election and subvert the ensuing Trump presidency. In 2016 the Ukraine sought to interfere in the U.S. election and its ambassador wrote a pro-Hillary Clinton op-ed opposing Trump. Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss routinely bankrolls leftist U.S. candidates and causes—as the E.U. targets U.S. tech companies to censor any content they find antithetical to their leftist agendas.

Might be time to rethink being part of NATO...Switch instead to individual reciprocal peace treaties with countries worth protecting. Germany's arresting people for free speech? No, not worth an once of American blood or a dollar of our treasure.

13 posted on 02/19/2025 7:53:39 AM PST by GOPJ (Democrats are the party of angry black women, sexual weirdos and white liberal elites. It's a fail.)
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To: MtnClimber

Hitler didn’t happen in a vacuum, folks...

As the European population becomes more and more unhappy, I think we can leave the EU to them. We won’t interfere this time.


14 posted on 02/19/2025 9:25:58 AM PST by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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To: MtnClimber

Does this work for Weemsco tuna with that great dolphin flavor?


15 posted on 02/19/2025 3:21:13 PM PST by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
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To: I-ambush

Sorry. Wrong thread


16 posted on 02/19/2025 3:22:01 PM PST by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
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17 posted on 02/20/2025 4:52:58 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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