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Don’t let the euro liars shift the blame. If Europe goes down it’s no-one’s fault but theirs
Nicolas Sarkozy again invoked the threat of war in Europe if the euro fails. He's a dangerous clown.
It’s always a sign of deep problems ahead when the people in the mainstream start sounding like they have completely lost touch with reality. That, of course, has long been true of the architects and builders of the modern European Union, but now they’re playing an altogether more sinister game of shifting the blame for their pet project’s obvious flaws.
Try this from Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday raising the prospect of war in Europe should the euro collapse:
“The euro is the heart of Europe. If the euro is destroyed, it's the whole of Europe that goes up in smoke. If Europe goes up in smoke it's the peace of our continent that will be one day or another be called into question," he said.
Germany’s Angela Merkel said something similarly cretinous a couple of months back, and using the memory of the darker chapters of European history to whip dissenters into line has form going back several years such as when former Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende in 2005 raised the prospect of a second Holocaust should voters say no to the European Constitution in a referendum.
(The Dutch did in fact say no and there wasn’t another Holocaust, but their democratic rights were erased as the Commission and its accomplices simply renamed the Constitution as the Lisbon Treaty and proceeded regardless.)
So, let’s get to the core issue. The fact that Europe’s leaders are talking this way tells us two things:
First, they know that the risk of a collapse of the euro is very real, otherwise they would not be resorting to such alarmist rhetoric.
Second, they are fanatics who refuse to compromise and take a step or two back if that would mean accepting that their dream of an autocratic European empire will never become reality.
It is that second point that is worth pondering since the first is obvious. Think about what they are saying.
Why, for example, should the euro be the only thing standing between peace and war? Was the continent really at risk of a conflagration if Europe’s leaders hadn’t come along to save the day with the single currency? Is that really where we were in the 1990s?
The notion’s clearly barmy. But like Stalin’s armies in World War II, the leaders of the European project have a policy of no surrender and no retreat. They will defeat their foes – in this case Europe’s sovereign nation states and the defenders of democracy – whatever the cost.
And this is really the point to take away: the comments from Sarkozy, Merkel et al aren’t meant simply as a warning; they’re also meant as a threat.
When they warn of a return to intra-European bloodshed they’re also saying that that is what they will push Europe towards rather than relinquish some control, pare down the beloved “project” or even accept basic economic realities.
They’re dangerous and dishonest people, and we need to be tireless in exposing them.
The next time someone invokes the risk of war in Europe if their demands for a superstate aren’t met, just say this to them: Don’t you even dare…
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The real problem is that they have no response to this sort of article and know how weak are their arguments. They're intellectual cowards..
These people are no more than dictators. Angela Merkel is a complete megalomaniac and Nicolas Sarkozy seems to follow her lead. Started as a way for Europe to rebuild itself after WWII, and I'm sorry to say, but it's becoming the sort of state that Hitler wanted in Europe. The Allies fought against fascism and dictatorship in Europe, and as an effort to avoid that, we've gone straight back to it. Simple solution, dismantle the EU and the Eurozone. It's an experiment that was doomed to fail from its very conception. The sooner it's dealt with, the better.
WerdnaRetral - I've started a list already; after a while I realised I'd save a lot of time by writing 'everyone who works at the BBC'.
When you know Barroso was the head of the Portuguese Maoist Party, and Baroness Ashton the treasurer for commie-pinko front group CND, to name only two (the list goes on in europe) Gramscian Marxist infiltrators, nothing surprises me with these people.
When you know Barroso was the head of the Portuguese Maoist Party, and Baroness Ashton the treasurer for commie-pinko front group CND, to name only two (the list goes on in europe) Gramscian Marxist infiltrators, nothing surprises me with these people.
The leaders of the EU project need to go whole hog and recreate the Office Of The Caesar. They can appoint a Triumvirate to rule the EU, and once absolute power is established in the Caesar's office, the long knives will come out and 2 of the 3 will be killed, leaving only 1 absolute Dictator. Merkel, Sarkozy and Monti would make a fine Triumvirate. I would love to see the EU carry out the German FM Schauble's threat and send EU troops into Greece to collect taxes and execute tax evaders. And while they are at it, they should restore Gladitorial Games to raise revenue for the new Empire.
It makes no sense to say that a single currency will prevent another Holocaust, if anyone is actually daft enough to say that.
From 1940 to 1944 much of Europe used the Reichsmark as something close to a single currency - other currencies like the franc till existed but exchange rates were heavily controlled. Yet this currency regime did not prevent the Holocaust - in fact it was completely irrelevant.
Evil deeds are caused by evil people and have no bearing on free-floating exchange rates.
Heathite duplicitous traitor Cameron & his foreign agent Clegg do not believe in democracy or self determination for the British people.
I long to see Clegg tried for treason - he makes no pretence now of putting Britian first - he is a paid agent of a foreign power & I for one want him removed from office.
Coalition out.
Vote UKIP.
Here in the US we are also seeing democracy fade. Obama is ignoring both the Constitution and bypassing Congress to impose his will on the American people. It appears that the West is heading towards Dictatorship. I am reminded on Orwell's Animal Farm - we are now ruled by the Pigs
These people are tyrants in the making.............the good news is that 99% of tyrants are by their nature incompetent and doomed to failure.
Van Rompuy, Barroso, Schultz, Ashton..........you name 'em, king spinners all, but ultimately useless.
The EU has been created on the basis of fraud, gerrymandering, bribery and falsehoods; there is no way it can survive...........it's like a counterfeit DVD.
Its days are numbered.