I tried watching it … nope , couldn’t.
I tried reading it … even worse.
Apart from him announcing ‘I resign’ , there isn’t a single thing that he says that I’d have any interest in.
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I don’t think we disagree on the sentiment of a unified entity being a good thing.
We are OT for this thread so I’ll leave it with the following - There is a disconnect in the US, as in the EU, as to what the aspirations are, what the reality is for an individual and the individual’s perception of the reality.
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That’s been written by AI, hasn’t it?
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It can’t be. It would read better, it would be properly formatted, and it wouldn’t be a single block of gibberish… This was written by something with no intelligence or shame whatsoever.
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Doth protest too much…
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Some things when read, cause you to rub your eyes with the knuckles on the back of your hand… as though what you have just seen, can’t possibly be there in black n white in front of ya… Expecting that when you look again, it was all just a horrible mirage of utter bullshit… scary thing is… no matter how many times you repeat this erasing exercise… the writings of a madman that have blackened the page - remain in place…!!!
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This is is obviously impossibly false that no matter what your view on immigration is you surely have to hear that and think he’s talking bollocks.
“100% of all new, net jobs” in the US went to “migrants” and “people that came into the country illegally”.
Anyway, Trump solved this problem by making sure there were no new net jobs anymore
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https://x.com/shashj/status/1998512126919319813
https://x.com/thomaswright08/status/1998499602220425474
Massie is at least consistent and coherent. He is an old-school isolationist. Of course, as someone who has repeatedly stood up to Trump, this bill must be confusing the hell out of the House GOP
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This is a reminder to Dems, libs, centrists…basically anyone opposed to MAGA - lets not go too over board with praising these republicans who oppose Trump. Even a momentarily good republican is still a republican with really bad ideas.
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So would that mean the next time the US gets a hard on over some bit of oil and decides to go to war with some random country, UK, Europe and the rest of NATO can tell them to go fuck themselves?
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You write beautifully, but I am not sure it is grounded enough in current Post 2016 reality; which is the reality that we live in and which has a clear long term trend that we cannot ignore. First is of course the US not only going isolationist but also gradually hostile, the second is the ressurection of a terrible security threat to the east as well as fractures within that are growing wider and wider (as we see, also helped by the US and Russia).
The EU as an institution relies on the Rules Based Order, which I think you ignore when you write. Because the Rules Based Order has never been weaker. Many would claim it is actually dead. It is certainly not getting stronger in a very long time. And this is a disaster for the unity of the EU as well as it’s power. Because without the Rule Based Order, Might Makes Right, and the EU is weak and actively under attack (by the US, by Russia and internally). This is happening becase without Might, sharks dare bite.This trend will continue in the near and medium term.
But I agree, the EU is a wonderful project. But it is in dire trouble, the entire continent is actually, not just the EU. Because EU states are mostly small, they have no integrated security and collectively fall victims to bullies. This is the era of Bullies. And it is getting steadily more dangerous by every single day. The EU acts much too slow to counter weight this, indeed member states acts much too slow. And if you are too slow, you pay.
Secondly, Putin and Trump are not “nervous” that people go to the Europe. Where do you have that idea from ? It is really a strange one and very unsubstantiated. I don’t understand how you think here really. Why would they be nervous ? One of them is feasting on Europe right now, the other one actively doesn’t want immigrants (other than Scandinavians and ethnic Germans). They have both many worries, from how the media talks about them to how their economy is struggling versus battlefield advances, but envy of Europe because of immigration is clearly absolutely not in the top of their mind. Trump despises this immigration (it has been posted much evidence of this in this thread, Americans thinks this leads to our civilization collapse), so does Putin. No envy (territorial and cultural envy, sure, but it’s not immigration). Putin wants territory and empire, not our immigration.
Lastly I don’t think the European idea is as strong as it was. We see much empirism that it is severely weakened and under attack, from within and without. Hungary, Poland, UK, France etc. We see nationalist movements getting stronger, not weaker, @Hope.in.your.heart ! Literally, the enemies of a United Europe unified in peace and prosperity are getting stronger by the day, while the proponents are getting weaker by the day. This is what the data shows.
I obviously agree with your hope, but I don’t agree with your upbeat tone here !
Yeah, wonderful idea. I am all in favour. It is beautiful!
But it is under threat, mate. And the point is that not enough is being done to stall those enemies. These enemies are not only internal, but very vividly external in the United States and the Russian Empire. Currently, The Unitedd States is not interested in invading and is an ally, but Russia is actively invading and interesting in expanding more as well as destroying the EU. It’s their stated foreign policy goal. And now, it’s also the stated foreign policy goal of the United States.
To oppose these strong forces, 2 of which are Great Powers (one of whom the EU totally relies on in the security realm as well as trade) , the EU has very little to muster at the moment. Why ? Because it is famously militarily weak and fractured and because internally, it cannot agree on security policies. So it will be bullied. That’s ok, but the problem now is that it will be more than bullied. The United States and Russia’s official Foreign Policies is the destruction of the European Union.
So you tell me how we (I say we even though I am Norwegian, but we Norwegians are very much European, despite not EU members) stand against this when we see the massive growth of nationalism within and how fractured the EU is ? How to stand against this when there is no longer a Rules Based Order and when there is no political will in Europe to use military force (i.e. no deterrence credibility) even if we manage to build strong enough forces in time ?
Becuse the problem is not just lack of weapons and satelites, it is also cultural in that we will rather take 15 slaps with increasing force, before we respond with one slap. Evidence ? Look at Russia’s Hybrid War. It has engaged in sabotage agains the EU on such massive scale that people tend to almost forget it is happening and the EU has not even responded once.
The trend is not favourable and the beautiful ideas of Europe, which relies on the Rules Based Order and not military might, is struggling now that there is no such Rules Based order and we are under heavy assault from the US, Russia and within (both US and RU now supports the nationalists, we struggled for years when it was only Ru doing that, but against both? Danger!)
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I think there will be most likely fractures. Some of Europe will tag along with the US, while large parts of it will not.
I think the likely future is one where Western unity fractures from the pressure from within and without.
At least this is the trend. Maybe the trend can be changed though. I hope so.
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A Zionist news head who works for a Zionist billionaire owner is now promoting a Zionist anchor to the most important role in CBS news to advance an agenda that if Israel did it then it was necessary and right.
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yawn
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Free speech absolutist suckers get suckered yet again.
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