Posted on 02/05/2018 1:19:13 PM PST by GoldenState_Rose
It’s interesting, the mix of responses here. By way of the Marshall Plan, the United States ultimately safe-kept and guarded everything in Europe west of the Berlin Wall from the onslaught of Soviet communism. An epic feat not to be taken lightly.
Now, that’s not to say there weren’t doorways for Soviet influences to creep in and have their way. The European Union was created after all, as a sort of “Soviet Union lite” and its socialist, secularist value system created a moral vacuum leaving Europe open to much of the civilizational attacks we’ve been witnessing of late.
My relatives were direct beneficiaries of the Marshall Plan, and I’ve since lived in the former Soviet Union (Russia.) And it’s clear to this day that the “Marshall” side of the Berlin Wall was the “victory side” and better side to be on. I caution people against over-hyping and over-estimating the nonsense that Europe is all but destroyed and gone.
World War II, the Cold War, were not fought in vain. BUT talking and acting as if they were, is precisely the kind of lie which leaves Western Civilization vulnerable to attack.
The weapon against this very destruction is to recover what Europe lost: her faith, are pride, and it’s clear we Americans need to take ownership of the historical narrative too instead of being so self-deprecating.
We were on the right side of history.
The 20th Century left Europe broken, but not destroyed. And part of picking up the pieces means understanding what these wars were about and what we were fighting for in the first place. Otherwise, we leave it to revisionists to hijack the narrative in pursuit of their sinister agendas to undermine our place in the world.
“Make America Great Again” means “Proud Again” too.
the Marshall plan did a lot of good, yes.
but EU is EUNazification all over again, imho.
the 4th Reich is conveniently headquartered in Brussels (temporarily, anyway)
Marshall Plan, ok.
EU needs to be dismantled and the various nations and peoples freed of its growing tyranny, tho.
“EU needs to be dismantled and the various nations and peoples freed of its growing tyranny, tho.”
Agreed.
The E.U. is not “Europe.”
“Europe” is only as strong as its *individual* parts.
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