Time To Take Out The Euro-Trash
I find it appalling that so many in Europe dislike us. We freed that continent from the brutal regime of Adolf Hitler, and then later freed it from the iron grip of Communism. Now, it seems that some in Western Europe are as ungrateful as the Vichy French. The report below comes from US News and World Report. (Hat-tip: Captain’s Quarters)
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/004799.php
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/050623/23euroleft.htm
Who's funding the insurgents in Iraq? The list of suspects is long: ex-Baathists, foreign jihadists, and angry Sunnis, to name a few. Now add to that roster hard-core Euroleftists.
Turns out that far-left groups in western Europe are carrying on a campaign dubbed Ten Euros for the Resistance, offering aid and comfort to the car bombers, kidnappers, and snipers trying to destabilize the fledgling Iraq government. In the words of one Italian website, Iraq Libero (Free Iraq), the funds are meant for those fighting the occupanti imperialisti. The groups are an odd collection, made up largely of Marxists and Maoists, sprinkled with an array of Arab emigres and aging, old-school fascists, according to Lorenzo Vidino, an analyst on European terrorism based at The Investigative Project in Washington, D.C. "It's the old anticapitalist, anti-U.S., anti-Israel crowd," says Vidino, who has been to their gatherings, where he saw activists from Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Italy. "The glue that binds them together is anti-Americanism." The groups are working on an October conference to further support "the Iraqi Resistance." A key goal is to expand backing for the insurgents from the fringe left to the broader antiwar and antiglobalization movements.
One conference sponsor, Campo Antiimperialista (the Anti-Imperialist Camp), credits the 10-euro campaign for buying 2 tons of medicine for Al Anbar province, a hotbed of resistance, to be distributed "completely independent from both the occupiers as well as their local puppets."
But some funds may be buying more deadly stuff; one leader boasted to Vidino that the campaign will send "everything it takes" for the resistance to win, including weaponry. Neither Iraq Libero nor Campo Antiimperialista responded to questions from U.S. News about where their funds end up. The groups' impact, though, may ultimately be limited. "They have a pretty big following, but we're not talking about big money," says Vidino. At one conference, he notes, many militants looked so ragged he doubted they even had 10 euros in their pockets.
This goes beyond anti-Americanism. This is purely anti-freedom drudged up froma continent that despises such ideals. The EU, as it tries to grow, is as socialist as ever, and many within the EU share similar sentiments towards America. For years, anti-Semitism has been on the rise in Europe, as more Europeans dislike the fact that we still back and support Israel.
Now, they are backing our enemies in a country we are doing our best to stabilize. This seriously irritates me. And I am apt to agree with others that say it is time to call in ALL our war debts to these nations. Let us move to make sure these people cannot send one Euro to the animals in Iraq, let alone ten Euros.
Another move that should be made is no one, other than citizens of Iraq, or coalition members should be allowed into Iraq. If these people are going to back our enemy, then they are an enemy themselves, and I will shed no tears over their deaths. It is purely pathetic that these people stand on the side against freedom for a people that lived under a brutal, terrorist-like dictatorship for most of their lives, and fund those that wish to return the nation back to that state.
That would be like people telling the Jews during World War II that they understand their plight, but they still send money to the Nazis to continue their barbaric, genocidal reign. And Europe has said that. They have admitted that what Hussein did to his people was atrocious, yet they are giving money to the people that wish to return the former status-quo of the country back into power.
In short, as we have known for a very long time, Europe is not our friend. Very few nations in Europe (Great Britain, and the former Soviet bloc nations) look to us as a friend. The rest absolutely hate us—personally and diplomatically. It is time to cut ties to these nations until they wake up and realize that if this nation fails—if it ever falls—the world will literally go to Hell in a hand basket.
The Bunny ;)
I find it appalling that so many in Europe dislike us. We freed that continent from the brutal regime of Adolf Hitler, and then later freed it from the iron grip of Communism. Now, it seems that some in Western Europe are as ungrateful as the Vichy French. The report below comes from US News and World Report. (Hat-tip: Captain’s Quarters)
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/004799.php
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/050623/23euroleft.htm
Who's funding the insurgents in Iraq? The list of suspects is long: ex-Baathists, foreign jihadists, and angry Sunnis, to name a few. Now add to that roster hard-core Euroleftists.
Turns out that far-left groups in western Europe are carrying on a campaign dubbed Ten Euros for the Resistance, offering aid and comfort to the car bombers, kidnappers, and snipers trying to destabilize the fledgling Iraq government. In the words of one Italian website, Iraq Libero (Free Iraq), the funds are meant for those fighting the occupanti imperialisti. The groups are an odd collection, made up largely of Marxists and Maoists, sprinkled with an array of Arab emigres and aging, old-school fascists, according to Lorenzo Vidino, an analyst on European terrorism based at The Investigative Project in Washington, D.C. "It's the old anticapitalist, anti-U.S., anti-Israel crowd," says Vidino, who has been to their gatherings, where he saw activists from Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Italy. "The glue that binds them together is anti-Americanism." The groups are working on an October conference to further support "the Iraqi Resistance." A key goal is to expand backing for the insurgents from the fringe left to the broader antiwar and antiglobalization movements.
One conference sponsor, Campo Antiimperialista (the Anti-Imperialist Camp), credits the 10-euro campaign for buying 2 tons of medicine for Al Anbar province, a hotbed of resistance, to be distributed "completely independent from both the occupiers as well as their local puppets."
But some funds may be buying more deadly stuff; one leader boasted to Vidino that the campaign will send "everything it takes" for the resistance to win, including weaponry. Neither Iraq Libero nor Campo Antiimperialista responded to questions from U.S. News about where their funds end up. The groups' impact, though, may ultimately be limited. "They have a pretty big following, but we're not talking about big money," says Vidino. At one conference, he notes, many militants looked so ragged he doubted they even had 10 euros in their pockets.
This goes beyond anti-Americanism. This is purely anti-freedom drudged up froma continent that despises such ideals. The EU, as it tries to grow, is as socialist as ever, and many within the EU share similar sentiments towards America. For years, anti-Semitism has been on the rise in Europe, as more Europeans dislike the fact that we still back and support Israel.
Now, they are backing our enemies in a country we are doing our best to stabilize. This seriously irritates me. And I am apt to agree with others that say it is time to call in ALL our war debts to these nations. Let us move to make sure these people cannot send one Euro to the animals in Iraq, let alone ten Euros.
Another move that should be made is no one, other than citizens of Iraq, or coalition members should be allowed into Iraq. If these people are going to back our enemy, then they are an enemy themselves, and I will shed no tears over their deaths. It is purely pathetic that these people stand on the side against freedom for a people that lived under a brutal, terrorist-like dictatorship for most of their lives, and fund those that wish to return the nation back to that state.
That would be like people telling the Jews during World War II that they understand their plight, but they still send money to the Nazis to continue their barbaric, genocidal reign. And Europe has said that. They have admitted that what Hussein did to his people was atrocious, yet they are giving money to the people that wish to return the former status-quo of the country back into power.
In short, as we have known for a very long time, Europe is not our friend. Very few nations in Europe (Great Britain, and the former Soviet bloc nations) look to us as a friend. The rest absolutely hate us—personally and diplomatically. It is time to cut ties to these nations until they wake up and realize that if this nation fails—if it ever falls—the world will literally go to Hell in a hand basket.
The Bunny ;)
posted by Syd And Vaughn | 11:40 AM
1 Comments:
An interesting blog. Frankly, I could care less what Europe thinks of us for I feel the same way about it. I think their dislike of us is based on jealous. We are everything they are not. They have centuries of history. We are the new kids on the block that saved their asses from Hitler. There are those in this country as there are in Europe that wants us to fail in Iraq. I think there are two primary fraction at play, 1) Islam, and, 2) communism. The two are compatible and enemies of freedom. Rawriter
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