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What Will Europe Really Do?
Real Clear Politics ^ | February 14, 2006 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 02/13/2006 9:50:03 PM PST by Daralundy

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To: Daralundy; Lando Lincoln; neverdem; quidnunc; .cnI redruM; yonif; SJackson; dennisw; monkeyshine; ..


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61 posted on 02/14/2006 7:50:34 AM PST by Tolik
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To: Lando Lincoln

Thank you.

Victor Davis Hanson BTTT


62 posted on 02/14/2006 7:59:19 AM PST by Tolik
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To: Hypervigilant

Wanna' bet?


63 posted on 02/14/2006 8:03:01 AM PST by metesky ("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
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To: Hypervigilant
They'll attack islamo-fascism with unparalled zeal, just to show the world that they are NOT eunuchs

But, in military fact, they are. Period.
Military chief sees delay in NATO reaction force


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This article shows that they can not even assemble 8,000 troops (out of 25,000 planned for a RDF) for a planned exercise from all of Europe

All of the EU combined could not project force anywhere, under almost any scenario.
And if they could, Iran would kick their collective ass.

The only thing that they CAN do is let us take care of the mess that they created by not attacking us in public for attacking the Islamos ourselves.


64 posted on 02/14/2006 8:31:38 AM PST by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: vimto; church16
my guess is we're going to be there for you militarily (if it ever gets to that), but its going to be a long, lonely time before we get our asses in gear. Just like the 1938-1942 time frame. I hope you know how to keep your powder dry.

Good assessment. A long time indeed.

But men such as these will always step up, if for nothing else, to at least pick up the pieces.
And it may very well end up like that.

R.I.P.


65 posted on 02/14/2006 8:52:41 AM PST by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: Daralundy
" So now Europe is being thrust right into the middle of the so-called war against Islamic fascism. Once threatened, it will either react with a newly acquired Churchillian maturity ... "


Oh ... Victor? That's ten demerits for wandering from reality. ;)





66 posted on 02/14/2006 8:58:01 AM PST by G.Mason (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: G.Mason

Touche.


67 posted on 02/14/2006 9:36:29 AM PST by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: Tolik; Daralundy
Europe has been acting like a sullen teenager, a child demanding to be respected as an adult.

It will always run to Daddy for lawyers, guns and money when it gets into a jam, though.

Daddy's patience is wearing thin.

68 posted on 02/14/2006 9:41:45 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
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To: bill1952

Thank you I appreciate the reply and the photograph .

kind regards


69 posted on 02/14/2006 10:14:11 AM PST by vimto (Life isn't a dry run)
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To: ZeitgeistSurfer

I am glad to see so many people here becoming emboldened to speak and write truth. We must rid ourselves of this multicultural fascism.


70 posted on 02/14/2006 10:18:07 AM PST by Luke21
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To: sageb1

"They will do whatever Solana wants them to do."

Now there's a scary character. Came from nowhere (teacher) to the top in no time. A Faustian bargain somewhere along the line I'd say.


71 posted on 02/14/2006 10:28:56 AM PST by dljordan
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To: RepublitarianRoger
If the most liberal and tolerant states in Europe such as Holland and Denmark have the most problems with Islamic radicals,

What does it say about people who think you can appease them by being politically correct ?

72 posted on 02/14/2006 10:40:40 AM PST by oldbrowser (We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow......R.R)
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To: Daralundy

An Islamic Europe might be worse than a fascist Europe.

We'll have to depend on the heirs to King John Sobieski III yet again.


73 posted on 02/14/2006 10:47:32 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Hypervigilant

<< They'll attack islamo-fascism with unparalled zeal, just to show the world that they are NOT eunuchs. >>

What with?

Snide, sneeringly-superior, supercilious, scornful and sanctimonious verbal assaults, maybe?

No Europeon Neo-Soviet state has even a tenth of a viable military. Not even once-great Britain, which, while having real Paras, Royal Marines and SAS, at least pretends to have one.

And every one has abrogated its very national sovereignty to the false gods of earth-worship, multiculturalism, politicl correctness and of so-called and much-vaunted collectivist "health-care" -- and puts more energy into anti-Americanism than into defense.


74 posted on 02/14/2006 10:51:04 AM PST by Brian Allen (How arrogant are we to believe our career political-power-lusting lumpen somehow superior to theirs?)
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To: bill1952
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75 posted on 02/14/2006 11:00:42 AM PST by G.Mason (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: Asereje

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1401971/posts The Islamitization of French Schools--a leaked report


76 posted on 02/14/2006 11:01:52 AM PST by monkeywrench (Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark)
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To: Daralundy
Just remember that the father land (s) have a long history of dealing with internal dissent in some most unpleasant ways.
77 posted on 02/14/2006 11:04:32 AM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: de Buillion
"Dream on, Crusader! However, we (the US) can't allow a mooslim takeover of France- They have nukes!"


Or Britan, or Germany, or Pakistan ... oops! I think the Packrats have them already.





78 posted on 02/14/2006 11:07:45 AM PST by G.Mason (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: vimto

I pray that Europe will reawaken before it falls into a new dark age.


79 posted on 02/14/2006 11:13:48 AM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: redgolum

Europe is a continent whose societies are based on rationality which is why Marxism is so appealing in contrast to the US which is based on morality. When the rational decision becomes to expel or inter the Muslims they will do it with no second thoughts as they've done throughout their history. The violence will probably be much worse than we would ever tolerate here but will in their minds be justified. While they don't have strong war fighting capabilities, European countries have very strong police and internal security apparatuses that could easily be used to round up population groups.


80 posted on 02/14/2006 11:21:55 AM PST by JMS
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