Maybe we need to leave NATO?

 

I read about the German parliament wanting to ban Alternative for Deutschland, the second most popular party in Germany, British police attempting to arrest parents for criticizing schools, and both country's inability to stop Islamic terrorism.

JD Vance had given a speech about the growing restrictions on freedom of speech in Western Europe. The question he asked, was why do we defend places that don't seem to have our values?  The speech was met with silence from the Europeans, which spoke volumes.

The actions of Britain and Germany and others--Ireland comes to mind--are exactly the sort of things Europeans accuse Vladimir Putin of committing. 

Russia is not going to attack Europe.  East, west or anywhere else.  They can't knocl out Ukraine, so what makes you think they will roll west? The "rearming of Europe" is just a sham to funnel money to weapons companies.

During the Cold War, Western Europe was so free that communist parties ran in parliments.  The economy was booming and the Soviet Union did everything it could do to keep news and pictures from the West from coming in.  Dissent against a system that made people stand in line for toilet paper was punished.

Now in 2025, Western Europe's economies are moribund, dissent is met with police raids, and people are leaving.  Same story in the Soviet Republic of Canada. 

Authoritarian regimes cannot withstand sustained resistance.  This is not a call for violence, but if you simply accept such a state of affairs in your country, well, you get what you tolerate.

No reason to stay in NATO to defend authoritarian governments.  

Let the Europeans short it out for themselves.

Happy Greek Independence Day!

 

HAPPY GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!

Shouting about Russia-Ukraine sorta cease-fire tomorrow!

 

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY! 

Wear green tomorrow!

Get outta here!

 

The hosebag is gone!

Of course, Carney does not really make anyone feel better, but there is an election coming up!

Trudeau wreaked a cool country and turned into into a cheap, flimsy version of the Soviet Union.  No freedom of expression, penalties for speaking against the government, and never, never EVER forget what this guy did during the COVID insanity.

He should have been gone a long time ago.

There will be a new election soon and Canada has a chance to recover and become the great place it was before.  Carney will call an election soon and hopefully Canadians will right the ship.

Given the way Parliamentary elections work, you don't actually need a majority to win.  Trudeau should know that since he never broke 40% at the polls.  

He was very unpopular, a hypocrite wearing blackface and shouting about "racism" while idiotically standing to applaude a Ukrainian Nazi from an SS unit!  His own wife even left him.

Hopefully, he gets hauled into court for all he has done.  Do Canadians have the courage?  There was a time they did.

Try to not mess this up, Canada!  Here is your chance to decide of the kind of country you want to be!

 

What was supposed to be a three day blitzkrieg is not going into year number three.

Russia historically has a problem on offense, but are psychotic on defense. 

They tried to hit Ukraine from two directions at once and it did not work.  Ukraine has fought hard and the war continues.  A lot of people (not sure how many) have died and this war appears to be a re-run of the First World War.

Hopefully, it is coming to an end as Trump replaces the ineefective Biden and it talking directly to Putin.  The Europeans are upset at not getting the recognition they feel they deserve and it seems Zelensky, whose term expired in April or October of last year (depending on your interpretation of Ukrainian law) is actually a dictator.

Lately, Trump and Zelensky have traded barbs, which is not a smart think for the Ukrainian leader (note the lack of title). 

There might be a lot of vested interests in keep the war going, even if it is one Russian and one Ukrainian shooting in the air three times before going back to their lines.  A lot of aid to Ukraine cannot be accounted for and the whole thing is looking like a money laundering operation.

 British Prime Minister Starmer is talking about sending 30k British soldiers to Ukraine as peacekeepers, but since that is half of Brtiain's army that does not seem like it would work.  Plus, Russia will not agree to have peacekeepers from NATO countries in Ukraine. Furthermore, Starmer want US air power on standby. 

    Can't see Trump going for that.

It also tells you how weak Britain is.

If you do put peacekeepers in there, they have to come from someplace outside NATO.

Russia is not going to give up any land.

Of course, look for European proposals to be non-starters since there seem to be many people making money off this.

The US and Russian adults are taking care of this.  Tell the European children to wait in another room and watch the Lion King or something.

Viva Las Gaza?

 

What do we do with Gaza?

If it is "rebuilt" back to what it was before, then all that happens is that another war ends up on the horizon.  We end up with the usual Middle Eastern problem of another war after one has just ended.

I don't know if Trump's idea of a Middle Eastern Las Vegas could work, but at least it is a thought outside the box to break the aforementioned war cycle.

If the United Nations was a solid functioning organization, it could take over the area and build what needs to be built.  But it is not.  Should the US walk into Gaza and run it?  I think that would a bad idea.

Still, out of the box thinking is the way to go here.  

 Beirut used to be the Paris of the Middle East until the civil war broke out in 1975.  Maybe Gaza could follow that path minus the civil war.  If Beirut gets rolling and gains its pre-civil war form, we can have a bit of competition. 

Its worth thinking about!

Even if we don't pursue this particular option, at least it is something different!

Happy Martin Luther King Day!