Germany was really stupid when they began importing Muslim workers. Now they have a Muslim problem that is growing and like the British are too afraid to call a spade a spade when it comes to crime and who is responsible for it.
Hopefully we learn from their mistakes and take corrective action to end our importation of troubles from abroad.
The insane virtue-signaling of allowing the importation of masses of “refugees” into Europe can likened to a prisoner asking to put their own blindfold on before they get executed.
Willful blindness coupled with moral superiority and a large dollop of incomprehensible stupidity equals a deadly cocktail.
Some of that stupidity may have been motivated by a moral hangover due to Germany's activities in WWII -- even though by this time nearly all the perpetrators are gone ...
Hard decision for Germany. Following Hitler over the cliff, killed an entire generation of young men. The foundation of youth needed to build a nation, lost in an unwinnable war.
Kinda like the U.S./Nato providing the weapons to kill off Ukrainian youth.
I choked while listening to an Immigrant from India, third in command at a billion dollar corporation, complaining about racism as she successfully climbed to the top. Odd thinking coming from someone whose previous home country is a 4-tiered Caste Society where Social Mobility is verboten. Untouchable in India isn't Elliot Ness.
Fully agree with you about Trump's comment on Gaza providing the impetus for Hamas, but more importantly to light a fire under Biden's Handlers, to solve the problem.
And remember the compelling aura of Trump has the dullard Biden as the comparator.
I got two Surber columns this morning so it’s a good day. The laughing Germans described here reminded me of an early scene in Darkest Hour, in which condescending mucky mucks in Britain are laughing at Winston Churchill. I’m really trying not to wallow too much in schadenfreude, but I’m planning an all day champagne and celebratory snacks in front of the tv Monday.
We also are planning to be planted in front of the TV on Monday - I'm already breathless with anticipation especially after Hegseth's master performance yesterday - I loved his response to old lizzie warren - I'm not a General, Senator!
It’s important to note that all governments are intrinsically bad - it’s the nature of the beast - and always just a heartbeat away from authoritarianism. It is only wise leaders and men and women with foresight and common sense, and, most importantly, a true moral backbone who make all the difference, and determine the course of history. As they say, elections have consequences.
I have a bit of a more controversial take on Russia. During Trumps first administration Russia was closer to becoming a, shall we say, “normal” economic partner than ever before in history. Yes of course, Trump was right to say it is folly to put all your eggs in one basket to the Germans, but that is just good business (and governing) sense. Putin had expressed on more than one occasion, and to many presidents, that he was interested in expanding their markets into more and better trade partnerships with the West and a literal new landscape of peace lay literally on the horizon. But he also could see who those trusted partners were more likely to be, and who he could take advantage of. He saw through Obama like a window, for the weasel he was, and so took Crimea, and also got a military foothold in the Middle East for the first time in history. .
But when Trump came along it was an entirely different story. And this was largely due to the common sense businessman he recognized in Trump, but also a man who would knock you out of existence if you crossed him. I believe he genuinely thought there could be a different future for Russia with this man as the US President.
But the 2020 election steal threw not just a gigantic wrench into that possible brighter future for the world, but created the exact opposite. The Biden administration in concert with NATO, hurled us back into the Cold War days by taunting Russia and discarding decades of long understandings between us not to expand NATO, thus instigating the Ukraine war and creating mass havoc in the world. And for what?
European nations, Germany in particular, are now hulks of their former once dynamic and prosperous selves, and have managed to bring us to the brink of WWIII, if we’re not actually already in it.
This has all been part of some deranged world-altering scheme devised by mad men and women, right here in the USA, for purposes that defy all logic and reason.
It can be said with all the certainty of the sun rising in the East, that had Trump not been deprived of winning in 2020, not only would none of that ever have happened, the whole world would have been an entirely different place.
Love your comment and agree with you, Suzie. By the end of Trump's first term, there was indeed a rare opportunity for a new rapprochement, and the development of Russia into a more responsible and subdued world power. Both Putin and Trump were no fools, and both knew neither would tolerate being shafted by the other. Trump was under no illusions as to Putin's darker side. But they recognized a degree of pragmatism in each other, and there were definitely openings for Russia and the US to cooperate in certain ways.
But instead we sent Putin the corrupt and incompetent Biden administration to deal with. Early on, Kamala actually went there and (in the height of ignorance) stated that Ukraine was (already!) a member of NATO. There are layers and layers of bribery and blackmail/extortion going on in the relationship of the Biden administration and Ukraine, and there is much here that still needs to be brought into the sunlight. Remember, Ukraine has ranked right up there with Nigeria as among the most corrupt countries on Earth.
Actually, I think we are lucky Putin did not responded to the provocations by going nuclear. For awhile there, Biden was pushing Russia hard into cooperation with China, which would have been a disaster for us (was this part of China's plan all along--to use Biden to drive Russia closer to China?) Thankfully, Putin did not fall for it.
And everyone could see the complete BS of the Biden administration's claim that they were 'honorably defending Ukraine's borders'. The extreme hypocrisy was obvious to the whole world, while the Left allowed America's own borders to be totally trashed beyond belief.
I agree with most of your analysis. The best thing for Russia is Trump. He doesn't see them as the life long enemy, he sees them as a future trade partner. If the Russians become better aligned with the west, it spells bad news for China.
They kept Trump too busy with fake impeachments, etc for him to get wind of all the bioweapons labs in Ukraine, run by crack addled Dementia Joe's boy Hunter.
Suzie. Refreshing to read a thoughtful, keen view on Russia/USA/Europe.
A Peaceful World depends on calming down these ginned-up hot spots. Many of which will take decades, if not hundreds of years to finally heal the wounds.
Yet, it is within the Power of the United States, via reason, likely with Trump to navigate this leaky, rusty American ship from the rocky shores of the course set by the American D.C. Deep State.
Perversely, the Stolen Election where Biden was installed as the Senile (controllable) Navigator may well have given Trump a far better hand for these coming 4 years. What if Biden (his handlers) weren't just a bunch of mediocre F-ups?
That's a pretty good summary, Suzie, except (IMHO) that part about NATO. It was always intended to be a defensive organization, and I believe it always was except for the intervention in the Balkans, which could be argued to have been humanitarian, to counter genocide on European soil. But, (again IMHO), NATO served as a convenient excuse for Putin to justify his aggressive schemes.
I read a piece by Kurt Schlichter yesterday that was titled “Let’s Not Freak Out When Trump Does Not Get Every Thing He Wants Immediately”. I can’t connect it because it is behind a paywall. In the article he explains that we conservatives can’t expect everything to happen at once. Republicans have a razor thin majority in the house and not every one of them is on board with everything. The Senate is a little better off but it will not be a cake walk to get things through there either. There is still the RINO problem. Additionally some folks long for the spot light and the best way to get there is through opposition to a popular idea.
The point is simply this, it ain’t all going to happen on day one. President Trump will need to negotiate, bargain, and compromise to get things done. Some things may not get done the way conservatives would like them to be. He is going to have to prioritize. We are going to have to exercise some patience. Not everyone will. The media will pick at anything and everything he does. Hang in there. In four days we at least will have a President who won’t be giving away the store. MAGA
It used to be, "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick"... I am hoping it becomes, "Speak Loudly and Clearly; Show the Big Stick(s), and Use Them If Necessary". Don't bluff.
Actually bluffing is one of the best weapons in a nation's arsenal. It forces your enemies to be on guard for actions you may or may not take. There is no reason whatsoever to allow your enemies to know your plans unless you have determined it will force their compliance to your terms. Like General Patton said when he threatened severe action against his subordinates. It's not important if they know I'm bluffing. It's only important that I know.
Bluffing is meaningless if you have a history of doing so. Patton rarely bluffed. He saw threats as a tactical tool and never bluffed if he was not prepared to act.
I hope the 33/1000 hostage exchange is wrong and Bibi rejects the premise of (a few) wounded women and children (mostly living) for murderers who will kill more Israelis.
I’d not exchange anyone. I guess I’d just bomb the daylights out of them and pray for the people they killed. I have strong doubts that any Israelis or Americans live. Maybe even start having new sentencing hearings for prisoners and bring back the death penalty for terrorism.
It appears that most of the hostages have been killed already but no one is sure. Anyone still in captivity should be warmed by the fact that Israel does not ever leave its people behind.
And report on so the corruption American politicians are involved with in Ukraine. The hiding of their ill gotten gains. Seize it and return it to the treasury. And put these criminals in irons and ropes.
Somehow, despite the derision of the legacy media, the Democrats, and Euroweenies, Donald Trump nearly always is right in his pronouncements. Between Trump, Musk, and Ramaswamy there is more brainpower and foresight than Congress (both houses) and the legacy media combined. Currently, Trump is talking about Greenland, the Panama Canal, and Canada and, predictably, many are accusing him of crazy trash talk. My guess is that Trump will have the last laugh when the dust settles and he gets major concessions from all three.
As for the Germans, they haven't made a smart policy decision for decades. In addition to sole sourcing their natural gas supplies to Russia, they dumped nuclear power, imported millions of Muslim "guest workers", and elected Frau Merkel time and again. Dummkopfs.
Imagine Germany being so stupid as to rely on one unstable country for all its natural gas. Common sense in the EU seems to be at an all time low. Then Biden says no to LNG exporting. The one principle that you can always count on from liberals is to pick the dumbest, least effective long term option.
The Herman's have done some really stupid things in the last 15 years, but one of the most dangerous was partnering with Xiden administration to essentially defend the billions that Exxon Mobil and Shell(UK) - and George Soros - 'invested' in LNG and oil leases in Ukraine, among our other defense related idiocy.
Bonus day! AfD has been fighting for freedom from the suicidal Merkel (Stasi-girl Ossie) and 'Sustainable' green energy policies that are killing off their industry (aka jobs). Chemie are almost gone, Stahl was sold off, packed up and mailed to China, natgas is $8/mcf vs $2 in US, Benzene is $10/gal, they scrammed their nukes, (but they have fired back up a few coal plants). Good chance, in a few years you'll see the vast Germany countryside, devoid of german descendants, with Large Windmill blades mindlessly spinning over the growing wild forests....
If people want to keep giving aid to Ukraine, what we should do is have Israel send all the captured weapons taken from hamas, Hezbollah and the caches left in Syria that they are going to destroy.
Germany was really stupid when they began importing Muslim workers. Now they have a Muslim problem that is growing and like the British are too afraid to call a spade a spade when it comes to crime and who is responsible for it.
Hopefully we learn from their mistakes and take corrective action to end our importation of troubles from abroad.
The insane virtue-signaling of allowing the importation of masses of “refugees” into Europe can likened to a prisoner asking to put their own blindfold on before they get executed.
Willful blindness coupled with moral superiority and a large dollop of incomprehensible stupidity equals a deadly cocktail.
Some of that stupidity may have been motivated by a moral hangover due to Germany's activities in WWII -- even though by this time nearly all the perpetrators are gone ...
Hard decision for Germany. Following Hitler over the cliff, killed an entire generation of young men. The foundation of youth needed to build a nation, lost in an unwinnable war.
Kinda like the U.S./Nato providing the weapons to kill off Ukrainian youth.
Yeah, they immigrated (by invitation) to the US.
I choked while listening to an Immigrant from India, third in command at a billion dollar corporation, complaining about racism as she successfully climbed to the top. Odd thinking coming from someone whose previous home country is a 4-tiered Caste Society where Social Mobility is verboten. Untouchable in India isn't Elliot Ness.
Trump carries a big stick. One Trump quote beats an invasion.
Just to remind all... the absolute greatest song-recording of the 1960s is "Don't Worry Baby" by the Beach Boys.
Fully agree with you about Trump's comment on Gaza providing the impetus for Hamas, but more importantly to light a fire under Biden's Handlers, to solve the problem.
And remember the compelling aura of Trump has the dullard Biden as the comparator.
but he has small hands...oh nooooo..so much better than lacking a BRAIN! and a SPINE!
I got two Surber columns this morning so it’s a good day. The laughing Germans described here reminded me of an early scene in Darkest Hour, in which condescending mucky mucks in Britain are laughing at Winston Churchill. I’m really trying not to wallow too much in schadenfreude, but I’m planning an all day champagne and celebratory snacks in front of the tv Monday.
We also are planning to be planted in front of the TV on Monday - I'm already breathless with anticipation especially after Hegseth's master performance yesterday - I loved his response to old lizzie warren - I'm not a General, Senator!
He should of added "and you are not a native American." Yet politely he refrained.
Ha!
Get some champagne! Or your favorite beverage!
All the excesses, akin to the grubby Roman Senate, were on display. Yet Hegseth, swatted them away like so many pillow feathers.
nothing quite like a double dip of Surber for the day - I love it!
It’s important to note that all governments are intrinsically bad - it’s the nature of the beast - and always just a heartbeat away from authoritarianism. It is only wise leaders and men and women with foresight and common sense, and, most importantly, a true moral backbone who make all the difference, and determine the course of history. As they say, elections have consequences.
I have a bit of a more controversial take on Russia. During Trumps first administration Russia was closer to becoming a, shall we say, “normal” economic partner than ever before in history. Yes of course, Trump was right to say it is folly to put all your eggs in one basket to the Germans, but that is just good business (and governing) sense. Putin had expressed on more than one occasion, and to many presidents, that he was interested in expanding their markets into more and better trade partnerships with the West and a literal new landscape of peace lay literally on the horizon. But he also could see who those trusted partners were more likely to be, and who he could take advantage of. He saw through Obama like a window, for the weasel he was, and so took Crimea, and also got a military foothold in the Middle East for the first time in history. .
But when Trump came along it was an entirely different story. And this was largely due to the common sense businessman he recognized in Trump, but also a man who would knock you out of existence if you crossed him. I believe he genuinely thought there could be a different future for Russia with this man as the US President.
But the 2020 election steal threw not just a gigantic wrench into that possible brighter future for the world, but created the exact opposite. The Biden administration in concert with NATO, hurled us back into the Cold War days by taunting Russia and discarding decades of long understandings between us not to expand NATO, thus instigating the Ukraine war and creating mass havoc in the world. And for what?
European nations, Germany in particular, are now hulks of their former once dynamic and prosperous selves, and have managed to bring us to the brink of WWIII, if we’re not actually already in it.
This has all been part of some deranged world-altering scheme devised by mad men and women, right here in the USA, for purposes that defy all logic and reason.
It can be said with all the certainty of the sun rising in the East, that had Trump not been deprived of winning in 2020, not only would none of that ever have happened, the whole world would have been an entirely different place.
Love your comment and agree with you, Suzie. By the end of Trump's first term, there was indeed a rare opportunity for a new rapprochement, and the development of Russia into a more responsible and subdued world power. Both Putin and Trump were no fools, and both knew neither would tolerate being shafted by the other. Trump was under no illusions as to Putin's darker side. But they recognized a degree of pragmatism in each other, and there were definitely openings for Russia and the US to cooperate in certain ways.
But instead we sent Putin the corrupt and incompetent Biden administration to deal with. Early on, Kamala actually went there and (in the height of ignorance) stated that Ukraine was (already!) a member of NATO. There are layers and layers of bribery and blackmail/extortion going on in the relationship of the Biden administration and Ukraine, and there is much here that still needs to be brought into the sunlight. Remember, Ukraine has ranked right up there with Nigeria as among the most corrupt countries on Earth.
Actually, I think we are lucky Putin did not responded to the provocations by going nuclear. For awhile there, Biden was pushing Russia hard into cooperation with China, which would have been a disaster for us (was this part of China's plan all along--to use Biden to drive Russia closer to China?) Thankfully, Putin did not fall for it.
And everyone could see the complete BS of the Biden administration's claim that they were 'honorably defending Ukraine's borders'. The extreme hypocrisy was obvious to the whole world, while the Left allowed America's own borders to be totally trashed beyond belief.
I agree with most of your analysis. The best thing for Russia is Trump. He doesn't see them as the life long enemy, he sees them as a future trade partner. If the Russians become better aligned with the west, it spells bad news for China.
They kept Trump too busy with fake impeachments, etc for him to get wind of all the bioweapons labs in Ukraine, run by crack addled Dementia Joe's boy Hunter.
Suzie. Refreshing to read a thoughtful, keen view on Russia/USA/Europe.
A Peaceful World depends on calming down these ginned-up hot spots. Many of which will take decades, if not hundreds of years to finally heal the wounds.
Yet, it is within the Power of the United States, via reason, likely with Trump to navigate this leaky, rusty American ship from the rocky shores of the course set by the American D.C. Deep State.
Perversely, the Stolen Election where Biden was installed as the Senile (controllable) Navigator may well have given Trump a far better hand for these coming 4 years. What if Biden (his handlers) weren't just a bunch of mediocre F-ups?
Zackly! Bravo!
That's a pretty good summary, Suzie, except (IMHO) that part about NATO. It was always intended to be a defensive organization, and I believe it always was except for the intervention in the Balkans, which could be argued to have been humanitarian, to counter genocide on European soil. But, (again IMHO), NATO served as a convenient excuse for Putin to justify his aggressive schemes.
I read a piece by Kurt Schlichter yesterday that was titled “Let’s Not Freak Out When Trump Does Not Get Every Thing He Wants Immediately”. I can’t connect it because it is behind a paywall. In the article he explains that we conservatives can’t expect everything to happen at once. Republicans have a razor thin majority in the house and not every one of them is on board with everything. The Senate is a little better off but it will not be a cake walk to get things through there either. There is still the RINO problem. Additionally some folks long for the spot light and the best way to get there is through opposition to a popular idea.
The point is simply this, it ain’t all going to happen on day one. President Trump will need to negotiate, bargain, and compromise to get things done. Some things may not get done the way conservatives would like them to be. He is going to have to prioritize. We are going to have to exercise some patience. Not everyone will. The media will pick at anything and everything he does. Hang in there. In four days we at least will have a President who won’t be giving away the store. MAGA
Excellent comment and essential for all to take to heart! ♥️
It’s going to be a VERY bumpy ride.
Buckle up.
Concur, Sir. We must be realists. DC is a UniParty money laundering operation.
It used to be, "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick"... I am hoping it becomes, "Speak Loudly and Clearly; Show the Big Stick(s), and Use Them If Necessary". Don't bluff.
Actually bluffing is one of the best weapons in a nation's arsenal. It forces your enemies to be on guard for actions you may or may not take. There is no reason whatsoever to allow your enemies to know your plans unless you have determined it will force their compliance to your terms. Like General Patton said when he threatened severe action against his subordinates. It's not important if they know I'm bluffing. It's only important that I know.
It's the art of the deal! So many people just don't get that.
Bluffing is meaningless if you have a history of doing so. Patton rarely bluffed. He saw threats as a tactical tool and never bluffed if he was not prepared to act.
I like the medieval, "show him the instruments."
Good one. I have not heard that in years. Nice memory; now you have me racking my brain as to where that came from. Shakespeare?
I hope the 33/1000 hostage exchange is wrong and Bibi rejects the premise of (a few) wounded women and children (mostly living) for murderers who will kill more Israelis.
1 for 1 is how the hostage exchange should be.
I’d not exchange anyone. I guess I’d just bomb the daylights out of them and pray for the people they killed. I have strong doubts that any Israelis or Americans live. Maybe even start having new sentencing hearings for prisoners and bring back the death penalty for terrorism.
It appears that most of the hostages have been killed already but no one is sure. Anyone still in captivity should be warmed by the fact that Israel does not ever leave its people behind.
And report on so the corruption American politicians are involved with in Ukraine. The hiding of their ill gotten gains. Seize it and return it to the treasury. And put these criminals in irons and ropes.
Somehow, despite the derision of the legacy media, the Democrats, and Euroweenies, Donald Trump nearly always is right in his pronouncements. Between Trump, Musk, and Ramaswamy there is more brainpower and foresight than Congress (both houses) and the legacy media combined. Currently, Trump is talking about Greenland, the Panama Canal, and Canada and, predictably, many are accusing him of crazy trash talk. My guess is that Trump will have the last laugh when the dust settles and he gets major concessions from all three.
As for the Germans, they haven't made a smart policy decision for decades. In addition to sole sourcing their natural gas supplies to Russia, they dumped nuclear power, imported millions of Muslim "guest workers", and elected Frau Merkel time and again. Dummkopfs.
Jawohl. Zweifellos.
Amen, Jim.
Imagine Germany being so stupid as to rely on one unstable country for all its natural gas. Common sense in the EU seems to be at an all time low. Then Biden says no to LNG exporting. The one principle that you can always count on from liberals is to pick the dumbest, least effective long term option.
And blowing up the Nordstream pipeline! Who’s genius idea was that, Biden?
Obama /Nuland.
They took away one of Putin chips.
Regarding sanctions, I won't do business with schmucks. Why should our country conduct businees with a schmuck dictator ?
Thanks for the Connie Francis memories! I really miss the good old days when songs actually has tunes and we could understand the words!
The Herman's have done some really stupid things in the last 15 years, but one of the most dangerous was partnering with Xiden administration to essentially defend the billions that Exxon Mobil and Shell(UK) - and George Soros - 'invested' in LNG and oil leases in Ukraine, among our other defense related idiocy.
Russia is greatly benefitting from our sanctions.
It’s more corruption.
Trump to Germany,
"You had your way
Now you must pay
I'm glad that you're sorry now"
The schadenfreude is delicious.....
Bonus day! AfD has been fighting for freedom from the suicidal Merkel (Stasi-girl Ossie) and 'Sustainable' green energy policies that are killing off their industry (aka jobs). Chemie are almost gone, Stahl was sold off, packed up and mailed to China, natgas is $8/mcf vs $2 in US, Benzene is $10/gal, they scrammed their nukes, (but they have fired back up a few coal plants). Good chance, in a few years you'll see the vast Germany countryside, devoid of german descendants, with Large Windmill blades mindlessly spinning over the growing wild forests....
Edit: “not spinning”
If people want to keep giving aid to Ukraine, what we should do is have Israel send all the captured weapons taken from hamas, Hezbollah and the caches left in Syria that they are going to destroy.