Posted on 04/03/2026 11:29:01 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan
Europe could have used the "Lion's Roar" campaign to reset its domestic policy regarding radicalization; instead, they chose to prioritize internal "harmony" with an increasingly hostile demographic.
President Donald Trump, in his characteristically blunt fashion, offered European leaders a strategic out: a chance to align with a hardline U.S.-Israeli axis to secure Middle Eastern hegemony and, crucially, to use that external momentum to address the rapid Islamization occurring within their own borders.
But Europe didn’t just miss the boat, they actively pushed it away.
Faced with a choice between long-term civilizational security and short-term domestic quiet, the leadership of France and the UK chose the latter. They opted to appease their growing local Muslim populations rather than taking the "lifeboat" Trump offered. Their logic was built on a faulty premise: the belief that the Americans would always be there to play the role of the global policeman, regardless of how much Europe drifted.
They were wrong.
The consequences are now manifesting in the Strait of Hormuz. By refusing to board Trump’s strategic vessel, Europe has essentially signed its own abandonment papers. The President’s message is now crystal clear: "If the Iranians harass your tankers, call your local constituents, not the Pentagon."
The strategic disaster for Europe is three-fold:
They lost the Americans: Trump has no interest in protecting allies who refuse to help themselves.
They lost the Israelis: By distancing themselves from Jerusalem during this conflict, they’ve burned a bridge with the region’s most effective intelligence and military power.
They lost the "External Lever": They missed the historical window to use a regional conflict as a catalyst to halt the Islamization of their own societies.
In a few years, when the Islamic world decides to exert real pressure on the European economy via the Straits, France and England will be forced to act alone. They will have to deploy their own navies, which have been hollowed out by decades of social spending, while simultaneously managing a much larger and more radicalized domestic Muslim population.
Trump’s foreign policy has always been rooted in a single, brutal truth: He values partners who work, not burdens that complain. Europe decided to become a burden. They bet on the idea that American protection was an entitlement. Now, as the U.S. pivots toward a "Nukes and Missiles" focus and leaves the Straits to the wolves, Europe is realizing that the lifeboat has sailed. When they finally do regret missing this fateful opportunity, there may be no one left on the other end of the line to take their call.
Europe could have used the campaign to reset its domestic policy regarding radicalization; instead, they chose to prioritize internal "harmony" with an increasingly hostile demographic.
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“You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war.”
Yes, HORRIBLE. Their civilizations are doomed. Sad. They’ve given the world many wonderful things.
Typical. 🏳🏳🏳🏳🏳
I suspect that the people didn’t make this choice. It’s much more likely that an abundance of payoff money came out of the Middle East to politicians in the UK, France, and the USA for that matter.
The people were sold out. It is our future.
“...France and England chose Peace In Our Time, and there is nary a Churchill about to save them....”
And when the shite hits the fan, don’t look to us to bail their sorry arses out...again.
We’ve spent more than enough blood and treasure saving their sorry arses already. No more. They’ve made their islamic bed, let em lay in it....
First, Europe should shut off the muslim spigot by forbidding any further muslim immigration. Then they should start (muslim) deportations.
The same needs to be done by the U.S.
I've always been in something of a bind in my attitude towards Europe. Their contemporary politicians, attitudes, and culture (at least among the elites, not necessarily the population, especially in rural areas) is utterly despicable. Yet standing behind it is the greatest heritage of science, literature, philosophy, the visual arts, music, and architecture that the world has ever seen. Try squaring that circle.
On the other hand, France and Europe aren't the only suicidal nations. The US isn't far behind, only instead of a future of Sharia Law, we (especially the southwest) are destined to be transformed into a giant Mesoamerican barrio.
They chose poorly.
The French military is now 10-20% Muslim. Instead of withdrawing from NATO, the US should insist on kicking out France
It’s the Halfwit Politicians fault
It’s as clear as the nose on your face that Europe deliberately chose the Islamists over America. It is the well-honed liberal disease — abject arrogance. Europe knows better. Europe is smarter and more sophisticated than the Yanks and that buffoon, Trump.
I give it, maybe 5 years. Europe is already gone; I mean buried, but it will take another 5 years or so for the real continent-wide terror to begin to unfold. My only grave fear is if a Democrat administration ever gets in before then that they will immediately capitulate, in addition to opening our own borders again. As before, Democrats will open up our borders and swear up and down on national TV that our borders are secure. May heaven help us.
In the meantime, start reducing our military footprint in Europe. As Trump said, “Get you own oil.”
And that is exactly what should start happening, to which the author alluded to. How and why in the world would you share support and Intel with Islamists who, as they have made abundantly clear, owe their supreme allegiance to the fatwah.
Think of the hell these Western World countries signed on for, which they are now embarking on. God have Mercy on their souls. I wonder what the Good Lord thinks of his people willing joining forces with the Devil’s disciples?
I am glad we visited Europe a few times quite a few years ago when they were still Europe. Now they are islam-lite societies who have thrown out their history and heritage.
They don’t appreciate what they have done to themselves through their many weak, insipid “leaders”. Soon they will experience incredible levels of violence and uncertainty. It sucks to be them.
Ho hum.
Removing the portrait of Churchill from the fiver was symbolic. To be replaced by whom? Khomenei, the martyr?
Great analogy, the spirit of Chamberlain is alive and well…
The US will have to cut the umbilical cord militarily with Western Europe.
We cannot share intel or military resources with nations that have enemy combatants in their ranks, i.e., Islamics.
Western European governments are no longer trustworthy, not that they were particularly on our side before.
Remember Klaus Fuchs giving the Soviets the atomic secrets from Los Alamos in 1945, a British scientist that was trusted and given a security clearance to work on the Manhattan Project.
And that was before the self-inflicted Islamic invasion of the UK …., when Britain was still a Christian, English speaking nation.
Those days are long gone, it’s time to say goodbye, good luck and good riddance.
“Faced with a choice between long-term civilizational security and short-term domestic quiet, the leadership of France and the UK chose the latter.”
How do you say “LOSER!” in arabic?
“fAshil” is probably the most direct way saying that.
My mom would say “miskin” when talking snotty about someone, but in polite company.
“khsIs” if you are talking about a low-life.
This is Lebanese/Levant Arabic, mind you.
Ireland voted overwhelmingly for the suicidal anti Irish white hating Christian hating ‘tuesday’ Connolly. She has openly called for the elimination of the Irish and replacing them with imported turds. Germans openly supported importing rapefuge trash by the millions.
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