What kind of nation are we to be?

Also from The Brussels Journal:

Paul Belien spent Halloween in Hollywood watching the media's reporting on the upcoming elections and offeres this analysis:

Americans can already see what their country’s future will be if they vote for Pelosi and her band. They only need to watch Europe. That is what America will be like 20 years from now if the Liberals succeed in turning the U.S. into a European-style welfare state. The latter is the cause of all Europe’s problems. It has led to secularization, because people who are catered for from the cradle to the grave no longer need God. It has led to the immigration debacle, because Europe has attracted welfare immigrants who only come for the benefits and not to contribute to the host country’s wealth creation. It has led to the loss of the citizens’ ability to care for themselves, because they expect everything from the state.

However, the current American elections are relevant for Europe, too. If they lead to the American withdrawal from Iraq, Europe will face a widespread intifada. The withdrawal will be perceived as a defeat of the West and the Muslim “youths” in Europe’s cities will become even more arrogant. They utterly despise the Europeans, whom they perceive (not entirely without reason) to be men dressed up as ballerinas, and they hate America because it fights back. In a world ruled by men who only understand the language of power it is better to be hated than despised. If America withdraws the Islamist fanatics will despise America for it. They will take this as a sign that the West has been defeated and that the world is theirs.

In this scenario Europe has more to lose than America. That makes it all the more surprising that Europe’s politicians refuse to support America. They seem to be hoping that the Muslims, although they despise the Europeans, will leave them alone so they can carry on paying the taxes that the immigrants live off. I fear it will not turn out this way. Moreover, the funds are running dry because the welfare state hampers wealth creation.

All true. Every last bit of it. If the party of the Left wins control of the House and/or the Senate day after tomorrow they will use every last bit of power that they have to get US forces out of Iraq. This will have the result which Mr. Belien predicts. When the Islamofascists no longer percieve the US as a threat they will explode.

Europe will bear the brunt of the explosion, at least at first, as the European Muslim population rises to take the control which they will believe has been handed to them with the defeat of Europe's protector. This will serve Europe right for being the weak effiminate socalist cowards that they are.

And frankly it will serve the US right too for being so blindly stupid as to hand control of the legislature to the party which can hardly be bothered to hide its hatred of America any more.

Democratic nations get the government that they deserve. What does America deserve?