Europe: The amnesiac hit man

Old habits die hard. The Western European democracies have a history of tossing the weak off the speeding sled in hopes of appeasing the wolves. Czechoslovakia was tossed off the Anglo-French sled in 1938 to satisfy a ravening Hitler. When the Soviet satellites rose in rebellion in 1953, 1956 and 1968 against the Kremlin tyrants, the bordering Western European democracies did nothing.

It seems like that France may be getting paid back for crawling into bed with Saddam. (link)

Then the Mayor of Paris was stabbed: (Mayor of Paris Stabbed)

Those who sleep with the devil will be destroyed by the devil.

Well, today the French lost a Supertanker to a terrorist attack. Yesterday, the German police arrested a bunch of terrorists in various German Laender. The barbarians don't care if they kill Americans, Jews or slaughter Europeans. Cover your eyes and your ears, it ain't gonna protect you fools.

UPDATE ON STABBING:

Paris Mayor Stabbed - Post 62

The 39-year-old man, who has been hospitalized in the past for psychiatric treatment, told investigators that he was a devout Muslim and was acting out of opposition to politicians and gays.

The United States is now the victim that the European Union would like to toss off the sled.

This is a rather forced analogy. We aren't in the position of Czechoslovakia in 1938, unable to defend ourselves from Hitler. Nor has it been shown that we are Saddam's victim. When a situation similar to 1938 happened in 1991, Europe was essentially on board. Wildly throwing around victim analogies doesn't win arguments.

That's the point he makes. It's easy to toss a weak victim to the wolves to appease them. But tryinbg to toss the U.S. to the wolves is a serious mistake.

To extend the analogy, it's like tossing your only armed guard off the back of the sleigh. The wolves will prefer to keep following the weaker victims still on the sleigh.

When a situation similar to 1938 happened in 1991, Europe was essentially on board.

Actually, the situation today is an action replay of 1991. I remember the run up to Desert Storm very well. I was in the UK at the time. Basically, outside of the United States, only Margaret Thatcher was for taking on Saddam. Every argument you hear today against taking on Iraq was broadcast 24x7 by the euro elites -- we've got to solve the Palistinian problem first, the Arab street will be inflamed, Russia won't like it, it will start World War III, the Americans are acting like cowboys, it's all about oil, it's all about politics, we created Hussein, we'll take 50,000 casualties in a march on Baghdad, the "elite Republican Guard" will give us a good hiding, we must try sanctions first, what about the Iraqi civilians who'll be killed?, etc., etc. And, after the fighting got underway, every slight setback for Desert Storm received enormous, apocalyptic play from the elite media, who meanwhile fell over themselves to give a platform and a voice to the Iraqi tyrant.

So, I just yawn whenever I hear this stuff all over again. One of the benefits of getting older is you begin to understand how limited and predictable people really are, and learn to discount their words accordingly.

This is a rather forced analogy.

No, it is not.

We aren't in the position of Czechoslovakia in 1938, unable to defend ourselves from Hitler

Actually, the Czech's had the fourth largest army in Europe. They were very capable of defending themselves, but were told by the "diplomats" to stand down.

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