It all started with Guy Verhofstadt, perhaps the most outspoken and prominent supporter of an “ever closer union” – and the European Parliament’s negotiator for Brexit. He quite diplomatically proclaimed in an interview with a French newspaper that the UK’s decision to leave the European Union had saved the EU. “Fortunately, we have Brexit. It illustrates the populist wave, but it has also provoked a resurrection of attachment to the EU,” he said.Jean-Claude Juncker’s annual State of the European Union speech on Wednesday took up the same theme. While the President of the European Commission struck a more conciliatory tone on Brexit, he nonetheless made clear that more EU integration is the only way forward, and that there is no way looking back.
Bizarrely, the EU elites look back at two world wars in Europe and instead of blaming past elites for the wars, blames the people of Europe for pushing the poor enlightened but helpless rulers to mass slaughter of the people of Europe. Obviously the people must be suppressed for their own good, the elites think.
And if Europeans can't see "wild" information (tip to Instapundit) apart from the "tame" stories the EU
Have no doubt, it is not in America's interest to have what the EU leaders want to build--an imperial EU that rules European provinces.
An American-led NATO is necessary for American national security and to preserve European freedom and liberty in the face of external and internal threats. Period.
Strengthening NATO should be the goal of America and Europeans who value their liberty and democracy, with blocking EU defense ambitions a necessary corollary.
Because God help the Europeans if the EU apparatchiki add tanks and guns to their ever-expanding cheese and information regulations as a tool to keep Europeans in line.
Screw the
NOTE: I added the link to my quote that I forgot to include. Sorry about that, chief.
