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2006-11-09 Europe

Europeans welcome Bush defeat, question impact

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Posted by Fred 2006-11-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Iff the Left suceeds in suborning America to ANTI-AMER AMER SOCIALISM + OWG, America can't help Europe iff it can't help itself. CLINTON-SPEAK > FASCISM = NEW COMMUNISM/DE-REGUL-COMPETITIVE COMMUNISM, and USA-WEST = Russia-China/EAST/ASIA.
AMER-WESTERNISM = ORIENTALISM/ASIANISM/
EURASIANISM, AND NOT IN THE GOOD, MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL, PRO-PEACE UTOPIANIST WAY.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-11-09 01:02|| 2006-11-09 01:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Since the Democrats are the party that wishes to transform America into a society not meaningfully different from a western European socialist state, this one ought to get the surprise meter graphic.

Posted by no mo uro 2006-11-09 06:34|| 2006-11-09 06:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Withdraw the troops and trade concessions from Europe. Bring the jobs and production machinery back home where the goods are consumed. No sense in leaving it there for the muzzies to take over lock, stock and barrel.

Posted by ed 2006-11-09 09:03|| 2006-11-09 09:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Excerpt:

Analysts also warned that the Democrats were more protectionist when it came to trade and would kill off lingering hopes of a global trade accord by stripping Bush of his fast-track negotiating power, which lets him authorise deals. With that goes any chance of the US helping to revive the Doha round of world trade talks, although they may be dead anyway, commentator Bronwen Maddox wrote in British daily The Times. Those carried the hope that the US might wean itself off farm subsidies, and force Europe to do the same, she added.

Duh.

I've read variations of that theme in a lot of European English-language journals today. And western European countries are concerned that there will be a heightened call for more European military force contributions in the WoT.

Many things have become clearer after the elections, one of them is that it is slowly dawning on (some) of the Western non-Atlanticists that the American security umbrella is not eternal and that a day in the rain without it might be very uncomfortable.

Posted by mrp 2006-11-09 10:25|| 2006-11-09 10:25|| Front Page Top

#5 I've been wondering what would happen if the US really turned isolationist. What if our navy didn't worry so much about keeping the sea-lanes open except for US Flagged ships.

You'd find a rush as folks dumped Panama and Liberia to register for US protection. If the US can tax the goods on US flagged ships we'd probably do pretty well rather than simply providing our Navy for the worlds use in keeping the sea-lanes open.

I don't think the world has truly through through their dreams of endign Pax Americana.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-11-09 11:28|| 2006-11-09 11:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Hmm, the return of privateers. I wonder if I can fit a 76mm gun on the cabin cruiser?

Posted by ed 2006-11-09 11:35|| 2006-11-09 11:35|| Front Page Top

#7 The democraps are corrupt. Any deal can be reached with the proper amount of street money.
The European impact will be that dhimmitude for all Europeans will be reached sooner rather than later.

Posted by wxjames 2006-11-09 11:50|| 2006-11-09 11:50|| Front Page Top

Since the Democrats are the party that wishes to transform America into a society not meaningfully different from a western European socialist state, this one ought to get the surprise meter graphic.

Aaah no mo euro... Europe. Such a lovely society... And now thanks to the incompetence of the outgoing leadership, our Legislative branch is filled with Neville Chamberlains.

Posted by BigEd 2006-11-09 13:35|| 2006-11-09 13:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Of course the 'peons welcome defeat; they're so used to it that it makes them feel kinship to us.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-11-09 19:05|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-11-09 19:05|| Front Page Top

#10 I don't have time to read the article, but I assume that they are questioning where the Iranian nukes will impact. Right?

Posted by anon 2006-11-09 22:13|| 2006-11-09 22:13|| Front Page Top

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