Europe's dilemma

Submitted by J.Shearer (United Kingdom), Jan 14, 2003 at 17:45

It is strange that continental Europe seems to vacillate between the extremes of either pacifism or fascism.

Europe is now facing a threat to freedom and democracy and this time possibly, with a willing fifth column in its midst. Yet because of the pacifist mode that Europe is in now, it does virtually nothing except to criticise the US. But it is precisely this pacifism, whether in dealing with the threat to freedom or even the breakdown of law and order, that will see the re-emergence of fascist parties. If the threat is serious enough, they will succeed, with all the consequences that fascism entails. And once the horrors have been perpetrated, such as forced expulsions etc., Europeans will recoil from the violence and revert back to pacifism. And the cycle will continue.

The possibilty of re-emergence of fascist parties is by no means minimal, as recent events have shown. It is thus, far better if Europe joined the US in a war, which after all is of the defence of Western civilisation.

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