When you give a society self-actualization on someone else’s tab long enough, they forget it was a gift. They start believing it was organically theirs.
Very much related.
When you give a society self-actualization on someone else’s tab long enough, they forget it was a gift. They start believing it was organically theirs.
Very much related.
“They built an entire identity around the idea that they evolved past the Americans protecting them.” To me, this is key. No evolution was needed or should be implied. They devolved.
A child who feels safe doesn’t respect that safety or where it comes from, they assume not only that it is there, but also that it will always be there.
When one feels safe then they don’t need to grow up. And it’s normally a rape equivalent that will force them to grow up (if anything can). Particularly after they invite known rapists into the house in the name of “equity”.
… “Europe isn’t a civilization at all, it’s a dependency with better wine.”
A wine, by the way, also rescued by America;
… 19th century Hermann Jaeger and Thomas Munson.
lm fuming over the precursor chemicals coming from Chirer. jeezuz jeezuz jeezuz. its as if scotland decided to ship north sea oil to nazi germany in 1943 based on some trade agreement from 1937.
what the HELL are these nmaddog LIEberals doing NOW?????
taking sides with the one who have SPIED ON US for decades against the ones
who havent invaded for 190 years??
‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend’ becomes ‘the enemy of my friend is my friend???? FFFFFtw ????
Er, is this in some way related to the linked articles?
could be. heres a clue:
https://x.com/markrmcqueen/status/2040749714585403852
see if you can find it.
the exact image in question:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HFGySshXMAAxEak?format=jpg&name=4096×4096
further sarcasm withheld
Why do you think my country and Israel have been targeting their infrastructure and launchers? They can make all the missiles they want — although rather hard if you don’t have the factories to make them — but if you don’t have launchers, well, that’s a problem.
Of course hitting the infrastructure is getting us cries of ‘war crimes!’ from the usual suspects…like Canada.
And what is a mall except an enclosed piazza? No, it may not have the same aesthetic, but the countries and eras are different. There the same damn thing though, and serve exactly the same purpose (and I say this as a person with Italian heritage — same thing, trust me).
L – Is Canada a reliable and able partner in Fortress North America, e.i. NORAD/NATO or is it, in effect, a Forward Operating Base for China? Curious minds will be asking that question in some depth soon. If they have not already. A post nation-state of chaos on the U.S. northern border and southern border of Alaska; one said by it’s Prime Minister to be entering into a “strategic relationship with China”…
If Canada isn’t capable of cleaning it’s own house of security threats to America. Don’t expect any easy trade negotiations. If the U.S. has to clean house here and provide security, it won’t be on their dime!
You are neither a reliable nor competent (nor pleasant) partner to us, and you have not been so for quite a while now (if ever really). Yes, there will be a price to pay for that. What that price will be is anyone’s guess at this time.
I am an anomaly amongst my friends in that I think Canada deserves all of the contempt which President Trump has for the population and governments. We have been a “less than special” neighbour in that we have NOT paid 2% of our GDP to the military and we have “cozied up” with America’s adversaries, most notably China for at least the last 20 years. It is not going to end well for us. I have learned to keep my lips “zipped’ in order to maintain long standing relationships with friends and family.
A great read, for sure…and bang on.
The comments from some of the whining Europeans are priceless.
Yeah, the Western Eurotrashians are turds living with social programs they can’t afford while telling everyone their shit don’t stink, but Banadians are delusional.
What culture does Canada have that isn’t a poor imitation of America’s?
Even when they say how they’re different by saying “We’re not Americans” is horseshit. Sports, music, movies, books, TV…the facts say otherwise.
And we all know where Canadian national security comes from.
Traitors like Trudeaus can help build fifth columns, but the Americans probably have a snake head decapitation plan in place because they know filthy commies are in here balls deep.
When they do use it, and they will, most Canadians won’t know whether to fart or eat a sandwich.
“And once a culture decides another is beneath them, they stop listening.”
Heh. In Canada it works the other way round, too. Our self-annointed betters have decided that imported and dijinuss cultures are above our own, and have stopped listening to us.
Although the writer references Europe, he could be speaking of Canada as well. It’s hilarious, the Europeans look at us as poorer Americans, the Americans look at us as too chicken to be snobbish to their face Europeans.
The very bottom of the western barrel. This woke, coward, selfish, childish shitstain on the North American continent deserves to end, please someone, anyone, do the job.
In time, perhaps, in time.
“the Europeans look at us as poorer Americans”
I’ve often opined that Canaduh is America’s poor cousins.
Yet Canaduh has everything that America has and should be much better off.
We are poor because Canaduh’s government has systematically and traditionally hobbled our economy and looted it too.
BRAVO PETER AND BUDDY
I hope President Trump is saving the worst for last.
Canada has been screwing America for over a century.
We are no better than Europe flippantly assuming the US was going to keep giving money to the EMPIRE.
The British Empire has Canada. They never allowed development or prosperity for us. No Refineries, no Pipe to the world market, then they poisoned our Country with absolute FILTHY CULTURES that hate us.
Even Somalis hate Somalis. And why would even 1 be here? Unless they are Christian or Catholic we were better off without ANY Muslims, or Turd World Leeches.
Canada is done. Hopefully America decapitates our Corrupt/Anti American Commie FILTHY LIBERALS
WE HAVE OIL!
WE HAVE SYRUP! (DON’T BOMB OUR MAPLE TREES EH)
Thank you, and one of the great parts about Canada is no need to bomb anything. Can’t bomb a military that doesn’t exist, a population of sheep need only a few imported sheepdogs to be pacified, Canada can be taken with none of the fuss an actual country would put up.
The ChiComs have known this atleast since Turdo 1.0
Maple syrup trees only grow in Ontario and Québec. I say burn them.
Yup, what other country in the world has a symbol on it’s flag, that wouldn’t be found or doesn’t exist in all parts of said country.
That’s the inside joke of the Laurentians,,, Canada doesn’t really represent the western provinces.
Other than “inventory”(our resources), we’re meaningless to them.
LOL
did y’all hear about the counterfeit maple ‘syrup’?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/maple-syrup-scam-quebec-canada
seems theyre still making up for that huge heist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist
funniest line out of a hollywood celeb, Rachel McAdams “you can always tell a Canadian they’re the ones drink maple syrup straight out of the bottle”
nom nom lol
The writer is full of shit. Europe hasn’t been getting a “free ride” from America for 80 years. The European armies were huge until the Berlin wall came down. In 1975 the Belgian army was 0.9 percent of the Belgian population, and the American armed forces was 0.5 percent of the population. Every European country was similar. One could argue that they have not been pulling their weight since the Berlin wall came down, one could also argue that the threat went away and it was no longer necessary.
Present realities seem to indicate otherwise.
Did you read what I wrote?
And she even comprehended it. You however seem to have lost the thread.
$160 billion in today’s dollars.
https://www.aeanet.org/how-much-was-the-marshall-plan/
Well no, actually. My brother was stationed in 3 and 4 wing in Germany during the Cold War…..the entire economy within 100 miles of the bases depended enormously on the economic benefits of those bases. If the threat has gone away, then why is NATO necessary any longer?
Has the threat gone away? Perhaps it hasn’t? It’s just taken different forms.
SEATO
The member states of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) included Australia, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. SEATO was formed in 1954 – it was dissolved in 1977 after member states withdrew, lost interest.
SEATO has been dead for nearly 50 years. No one seems to miss it. NATO’s (1949-present) time to dissolve is long overdue, the US has lost interest.
Good point. If NATO no longer serves American interests then America should bow out. They can offer to leave on friendly terms and let the other parties decide what kind of relationship to have with the Americans in the future.
Why go to all that trouble? We’ll just scale back our NATO commitments to the bare minimum. I mean, everyone else did it, so why can’t we? Not like there hasn’t been a precedent. Goose/gander and all that.
Yes, in fact, my opinion is that we should indeed do exactly that! Take it down to less than 1%…like so many other countries did…for decades…
If that serves US interests, then that is a good option for them. It would allow the US a seat at the table and do some of the hard work of getting their debt under control. The US could also be like France and simply have observer status. That is another option open to them.
In 1975 Germany had twice as many soldiers per capita as the US did, and they were all committed to the task of defending western Europe since that was why NATO existed. How many soldiers does this goof think they needed before they were “pulling their weight”?
Pulling your weight also means paying your way, putting money into the defense pool.
In case you hadn’t noticed the Europeans have been spending a lot of money on their various militaries since Trump stated the US would no longer be the world’s policeman. The only thing is that they are spending on European companies instead of American ones in order to build up their own defence industry in case the American ones are no longer available to them.
I am aware of increased European member spending. In fact it’s really only Canada that is not meeting the new goals in spending. I am also aware that US NATO funding has been in decline since 2014 (Obama/Kerry). What better proof that the US has lost interest.
Europe should defend itself. European defense/strategic interests (Ukraine/Bosnia) are not US interests.
You are right that, once again, Canada is being a laggard on defence spending. The problem is that Canada hollowed out its defence industry so, unlike the US or the EU, any money spent leaves the country thus making us poorer at a faster pace. I Canada could repatriate its military production, it outsourced it to the US decades ago, spending the money would be easier as it would go to support local jobs instead of jobs in other countries.
Do you think American’s were paying for the Belgian army?
Well, we certainly have been ‘paying’ for their lack of ability (and others’).
“putting money into the defense pool” What defense pool? The US loves landing on European air bases as much as Putin loves landing on Trump’s backside.
An old Wehrmacht veteran said the new West German army wouldn’t last two seconds. Quantity is dick all when quality is lacking.
As has already been pointed out by the replies to your comment, soldiers per capita isn’t the be all end all of a capable military…unless you subscribe to the communist practice of just sending endless waves of men into the meat grinder. Oddly enough, this seems to have been the strategy!
The European militaries post WWII, were understandably in shambles. They were never really built up properly, nor were they maintained or enhanced/improved (THAT is the real key here) because my country provided a protective umbrella — first, out of necessity; second, out of bad habit and bad practice. We do share our bit of blame for allowing this, but attempts to remedy that have been ignored at best, mocked and resisted at worst.
As a personal anecdote: when training with European forces back in the 80s (when our own forces were recovering from the Carter malaise) the going quip was that “at least they’ll only be facing the Soviets and not for long, at least until we can come and bail them out” (which believe me, wasn’t a very fun thought for us). By Afghanistan it hadn’t gotten any better (nor had our troops’ opinion of said forces), in fact, it was much worse on all levels (there are some select units, but overall: very poor) — this was not the fault of the individual service members (they are capable of being just as brave and competent as any IF they were treated as such), but of the institutions. No, this isn’t to slam those service members — rather, it is a disgusting truth that the institutions allowed such rot that their soldiers/sailors/airmen/marines are vulnerable to being killed in far higher numbers than what they should and to only the affect of dying in high numbers, not victory, not even survival.
Russia is providing a daily object lesson in the failure of quantity versus quality.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/top-secret-reports-reveal-true-extent-of-russian-fatalities-in-ukraine/ar-AA1XVy3P
Yeah, indeed they are. The institutional rot in their military is well known, and look how their soldiers pay the price! They are ‘saved’ because they have greater numbers (and are using mercenaries, that isn’t being commented upon as much as it should — there is a reason for using those mercenaries).
There have been those in our own military that would have (were, I should say ‘were’ and ‘are’) doing their level-headed best to do the same controlled destruction of our own. Hopefully we are now on track to make some amends.
NATO defended nobody BUT Europe.
I don’t know who that guy is listening to but he should stop, because whoever he is listening to is an idiot. The “fat American with a ball cap” comes from the same mindset as the “snobby European quaffing pinot.” Admittedly, I have not been to Europe since the autumn, but the average Europeans that I met then still felt neutral to warm towards America, not hostile. It’s only in the ivory towers and gilded cages where opinions won’t harm your wealth or position do I hear scornful remarks about Americans, but those are the same groups of people that would have opined on the inferiority of Africans or Asians 150 years ago. I other words, it’s fashionable in those circles to make those kinds of remarks but they do not reflect the general opinion that has been held for decades.
Mind you, Trump’s abrasive style does give the malcontents a lot of ammunition. Not that I blame Trump for his current style, Trump played the role of global statesman in his first term very well and was not treated with the respect he deserved. A new approach is definitely warranted.
As for John’s other comments:
“Americans say wars are sometimes necessary: crude.” Then the French must find themselves crude.
“Oil is the backbone of prosperity: unsophisticated.” Then the nordic countries must find themselves unsophisticated.
“Kids build companies in garages that reshape the planet: crass.” Then the Ukrainians must find themselves crass.
“Wall Street finances the global economy: vulgar.” Then Britain must find itself vulgar.
I could go on but you get the idea. John comes across as an egoist who’l outraged that everyone doesn’t think him the smartest and best person in the room. He needs to go for a walk chill out a little, he’s starting to become what he purports to hate. The insufferable elitists will always be there, ignore them, it’s the worst thing you can do to them.
As a single example of your confusion, the Nordic countries do everything in their power to hide their dependence on revenue from North Sea Oil. Because they are so sophisticated.
I think you missed some news articles. Norway is currently cutting new deals with the EU for supplying oil to them. They aren’t hiding their oil wealth, they’re proud of it.
The Nordic countries have also been very prudent in using oil revenues to build their sovereign wealth funds. Much of their vaunted social programs is built on the payouts from those funds, and their people know it.
Hilarious.
The elitists run the EU and a large majority of the individual countries. The same issues happen in my country, but to a lesser extent, and they aren’t as well accepted as they are in the rest of NATO. Therefore, we have to at the very least acknowledge what those elitists say.
Konrad has a very distinct skill set and a distinct pov, but he isn’t wrong.
I find he took a rather extremist viewpoint. He did a selective recall of the Bretton Woods agreement, ignoring that the US got what it wanted. He also completely ignored the EU’s technology sector, which the US is dependent on.
I agree with the point that the current generation in the EU is not taught how they came by their current hard won peace and prosperity. I think emphasizing the trans-atlantic interdependencies would be good for both sides.
Ehem, taps mic:
“We do not have the platforms, the satellites, the reach or the mass. Our rescue plan, if the airman were British, would be to call the U.S.” — The Telegraph
Just like Britain called us during that Falklands dustup?
And the UK is one of the more able NATO members, at least over time and until recently.
Great synopsis by John Konrad;
… “to a culture trained in aesthetics but stripped of strategic awareness Americans looks uncivilized… so the arrogance takes root… Americans say wars are sometimes necessary: how crude… Oil is the backbone of prosperity: so unsophisticated… Kids build companies in garages that reshape the planet: crass society… Wall Street finances the global economy: vulgar people.”
But intentionally refusing to teach European children to recognize the immense US military & civilian costs
of benevolent (and yes humble) action in literally saving the 2000 year old Western Civilization (twice)
shows a heightened level of adolescent jealousy, likley caused by communist infiltration of all Europe post WWII.
There would have been many who knew the facts but were/are inundated
by ignorant family, friends, neighbors on the Left who accepted the old saw about “the American boor and braggart”
which was USSR propaganda along with “military intelligence is an oxymoron” and the like.
Thank you Kate … I’m really Learing a lot about The North American Treaty Organization. You deserve at least as much free money as the CBC receives.
What Americans fail to notice or mention is that they were happy with Europe’s relationship with NATO until Trump came in. Post 1991, it was a racket where Europe could spent little in defence just as long as they gave political and moral support to every crackpot scheme the US dragged NATO in. Or “coalitions of the willing”. Remember Yougoslavia? That mess in the Balkans? Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia? NATO has become the armed wing of the Globalists some time ago. Afghanistan was a model of grift, money laundering through NGOs and snoots in the through with little military action from many of the NATO countries involved with no real action taken to win the war. The US didn’t foot the NATO bill because they were nice guys, they did it to advance their agenda. Trump wants out of this scam and he’s right.
Darling, we’ve been complaining about NATO since Eisenhower. Even Obama complained about NATO. The only one who hasn’t complained about NATO is the auto-pen.
I will grant that it suited the agendas of certain ‘interests’ within the U.S., but it also served non-U.S. ‘interests’.
But yes, my President is correct for wanting out of it and, God willing, it will be so!