Zgornji naslov je smiselno vzet iz spodnjega odličnega komentarja Patricie Marins (sicer odlične vojaške analitičarke).

In če se bo nadaljevalo v tej smeri, se bomo čez dve leti, ko v EU desne “suverenistične stranke” na oblasti zamenjajo ameriške politične cucke, pogovarjali o razpadu EU oziroma kako minimizirati negativne učinke razpada EU. Boste videli.

To je zadnja stvar, ki bi si jo jaz želel. Prvič, prostotrgovinsko območje je bila najboljša stvar, ki se je Evropi lahko zgodila po dizastru druge svetovne vojne. Spodbudilo je medsebojno gospodarsko sodelovanje in trgovino in Evropi zagotovilo visoko blaginjo, ker je ob prosti trgovini ohranilo suverenost razvojnih politik posameznih držav. Drugič, Skupni trg iz leta 1995 in skupne evropske politike, ki so iz tega sledile, so bila velika napaka, kajti skupne politike so ohromile razvojne možnosti posameznih držav in s tem rast in razvoj članic EU. Po uvedbi skupnega trga (1995) je EU začela trendno še hitreje zaostajati za ZDA. Tretjič, evro je bil katastrofa, prisilni jopič, ki je ekonomsko pokopal EU in z odvzemom monetarne in fiskalne suverenosti onemogočil vsakršne razvoje politike držav (če danes tega še ne razumete, boste čez nekaj let). In četrtič, vodstvo Evropske komisije z Ursulo vdL na čelu pa je z absolutno in popolno politično podreditvijo EU Ameriki ubilo projekt EU. Evropo je vrglo v gospodarski prepad in v roke ekstremnim populistom.

To pravim, ker imam rad Evropo in ker si želim, da bi evropske države v miru gospodarsko sodelovale in se bistveno hitreje razvijale in da bi Evropa ostala tretji gospodarski steber sveta.

Toda paradoksalno, tisti, ki imajo Evropo res radi, očitno morajo njeno upravljanje vzeti iz rok sedanje kaste ameriških političnih cuckov, da bi Evropo spet naredili veliko.

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I have been reflecting on whether President Trump is serious about Greenland, Panama, and Canada.

However, there are two things I can take from this:

1. With this discourse, Trump validates much of Putin’s rhetoric and I would even say that, in terms of words, he is going beyond Putin, clearly showing alignment with the Russians. He even blamed Biden and NATO for the Russian invasion.

No European leader has spoken out to contradict him. Trump has taken upon himself the criticisms for Putin’s territorial ambitions and, as I mentioned in another article, these are the first steps to rebuilding the relationship with Putin, while simultaneously buying time against the Chinese. He seems to know exactly what he is doing.

2. Another point is that no European leader has defended their Danish brethren, showing a canine subservience throughout the continent, which resembles a pack with heads bowed.

Criticize or not, Trump has a project based on his perspective, but he has a project. And what is Europe’s project? The continent needs deep reflection, which goes beyond the military field.

Today, who is capable of leading Europe?

It is a very difficult moment for Europe, in terms of energy, industry, sovereignty, military, and politics. There is a crisis in nearly every field and I feel populism is flourishing. Europe still has a way of life to teach the world, and I hope they can emerge from this crisis.

Vir: Patricia Marins via X

In še ta spodnji komentar, ki je podoben mojemu komentarju v kolumni v Dnevniku decembra 2023:

I have been long time writing about this. Europe lacks true leadership and is subservient to USA to the point that if it comes to choosing between the financial well-being on their country and Europe or the geopolitical interests of USA, they will eventually always choose the latter.

Europe has made itself way too dependent on USA on so many levels:

1. Defense (USA being de facto Leader of NAOT, Many US military bases & presence in Europe and now Trump wants Europe to buy even more US weapons and spend 5% of GDP on “defense”)
2. Energy (and now Trump wants Europe to buy more energy from USA)
3. Technology (all the major operating systems, platforms and app stores used in Europe are mainly owned by Americans, same now seems to be happening with AI)
4. Culture (all the major new cultural ideas are exported from USA)
5. Media (Europeans consume extreme amount of American entertainment from Netflix to big Hollywood studios, games)
6. Language (American English is the language of science and new technology in Europe as well)

I am NOT advocating Europe to sever ties with USA, but this amount of dependence is not healthy for EUrope and it has stripped Europe of its sovereignty. Europe needs good relations with USA, but also more autonomy and the current EU elite must be replaced 100% as none of them care for Europe even an inch.

Europe is behaving more or less like it is a colony of USA. Same could be said about Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, Canada and Australia. So the entire collective West is just one big empire where all the “vassals” or “colonies” subservient to the powers in Washington DC and there is indeed a weird competition within Europe going on: Who can lick the American boots the best?

Vir: Petri Kuittinen via X