THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume X, Issue # 194, August 7, 2008
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
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OBAMA IS EUROPE'S "VISION" FOR AMERICA
By Christopher G. Adamo
WHAT IS AMISS ON THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT? THE MYOPIC PERSPECTIVE OF EUROPEANS, AS REGARDS
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, THE ISLAMIST JIHAD AGAINST THE WEST, INTERNAL SUBVERSION OF EUROPEAN SOCIETIES &
THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, JR.: NAIVE INDIFFERENCE TO THE BURGEONING
ISLAMIC SUBCULTURE WITHIN EUROPEAN NATION-STATES, MUCH OF EUROPE HOPING IN VAIN THAT IT CAN
INDEFINITELY IGNORE THE PROBLEM, & DO SO WITHOUT ANY REPERCUSSIONS -- DISREGARDING THE ENCROACHMENTS
OF THE ISLAMISTS, INCLUDING THE PARISIAN RIOTS OF 2005 & 2006 -- MUCH OF THE EUROPEAN POPULACE PRETENDING
THAT NO DANGER TO EUROPE & WESTERN CIVILIZATION EXISTS -- EUROPE'S DESIRE FOR A LEFTIST PRESIDENCY IN THE
U.S.A., A PRESIDENCY STRONGLY INCLINED TOWARD COLLECTIVISM, ECONOMIC & MILITARY WEAKNESS, APPEASEMENT,
& "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS" -- THE EROSION & VIRTUAL COLLAPSE OF EUROPE'S TRADITIONAL CULTURAL &
PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFENSES
FULL STORY:
Fawning over Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., as they did during his recent overseas campaign swing, those cheering
multitudes of Europeans said much more about themselves than they did about either Illinois U.S. Senator and
Democratic presidential candidate or the best course to chart for the future of the United States of America. Somewhat
surprisingly, and despite all of the dutiful and harmonious consensus of Obama’s lackeys in the American media, his
campaign gained little credibility from the venture.
Something is amiss on the European continent, and Americans know it. For reasons of sheer survival, most of Western
Europe understood the magnitude of the Cold War and the necessity of remaining solidly aligned with the United
States throughout the latter half of the Twentieth Century. Even as the continent was resurrecting itself from the
devastation of World War II, the specter of likely Soviet dominion over Western Europe kept sufficient numbers of
Europeans on their guard, and thus in support of the line of defense established and maintained by the United States.
The “North Atlantic Treaty Organization” (NATO) was, in its original form, a direct offspring of this common
understanding.
In contrast, the real encroachments of the Islamists in recent years, even including the 2005-2006 Parisian riots, do not
resonate ominously across the continent, as did the prospect of Russian tanks and troops assembling and operating
just across the boundary in East Germany. So, in naive indifference to the burgeoning Muslim subculture within
European nation-states, much of Europe hopes in vain that it can indefinitely ignore the problem, and do so with no
repercussions.
With “business as usual,” in total disregard of looming threats, having yet to result in any cataclysm, much of the
European populace comfortably pretends that no danger exists. Within the boundaries of its own commerce and
industry, Europe has even proven to be a viable economic force. The collaborative strength of the “European Union”
has advanced its standing among world markets. And, if the entirety of any concerns for their future were purely
monetary, the citizens of European nation-states might happily pursue their present course with no expectation of
negative side-effects.
When assessed from such a myopic perspective, the United States represents merely an economic and political
competitor. Thus, a continually diminished America would, in the long run, only expand the opportunities for
worldwide European supremacy. And the Leftist ideologies of Barack Obama fit perfectly into this scenario. Yet, this
notion excludes critical elements which, if indefinitely ignored by the Europeans, could spell their doom.
Obama has bluntly stated that his chief anxiety over rising energy costs pertains to what he considers the unfair
profits of the oil companies. In his world, some collectivist scheme to essentially bankrupt “Big Oil” would address
his primary concern, which has everything to do with confiscation of profits and redistribution of wealth, while
deliberately ignoring any possibility of expanding the availability and lowering the cost of fossil fuel.
The average price for gasoline in Europe is currently the equivalent of U.S. $9.28 per gallon. In Obama’s world, this
is not necessarily a bad thing. He, instead, chides his own countrymen for what he believes is their excessive
consumption of gasoline and diesel fuel. From a European perspective, this could only mean that an Obama victory
in the presidential election would weaken the economic engine of a free and robust America, against which the
European nations could compete at a greater advantage.
With the collapse of the USSR in the late 1980s, the threat of global Communist domination abated, the free world
breathed a collective sigh of relief, and much of Europe presumed that life would be ever after free of danger or
encroachment from hostile outside forces. But many events have occurred during the intervening two decades to
signal another looming danger. Chief on the list is the influx into European countries of militant Islamists who make no
secret of their intention of establishing in Europe an Islamic beachhead of a scope that previous Muslim invaders of
the continent would never have imagined.
Irrespective of the military readiness of any particular countries within its realm, Europe’s cultural defenses of former
centuries are down. Yet, the continent seems intact for the moment, remaining blissfully unaware of the looming
danger of its eventual undoing. Thus, its ideological movers and shakers perceive the resilience of American tradition
and morality to be little more than a stubborn remnant of a less enlightened era. An Obama Presidency, and the ensuing
societal earthquake it would herald, could conceivably move America out of such perceived “dark ages” and into the
era of post-nationalist European illumination.
However, the apparent calm of the moment belies the cultural collapse that, if left unchecked, will consume Western
Civilization just as surely as it has every other social structure in history that ever forsook a stabilizing grasp of its own
heritage.
Europe, if it is to survive and flourish, will need to address much more than just the empty dreams of its utopian Leftists.
Having abandoned its cultural moorings of past centuries, it simply cannot hope to contend with the ferocious belief
system of militant Islam by confronting it with the insipid and effeminized banalities of “political correctness.” Nor does
any latitude exist for an amicable coexistence of the two.
Similarly, America, in the aftermath of 9-11, cannot afford to toy with Leftist notions of appeasement or concession to its
mortal enemies. Neither can it indefinitely pursue a national energy policy or worldwide diplomatic stance that foments
vulnerability to ideological forces which are, at their core, hostile to America's foundations, its heritage, and its
aspirations for the future.
Europe, in shortterm and shortsighted service to its own well-being, may fervently hope for Obama’s election as the next
President of the United States. But America, if it is to maintain its strength, sovereignty and national integrity, had better
place a higher priority, instead, on American interests.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Europe, European States, Politics, & Public Policy
Europe, Europeans, & American Foreign Policy
Islamism & Jihadism -- The Threat of Radical Islam
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Middle East -- Arabs, Arab States,
& Their Middle Eastern Neighbors
American Foreign Policy -- The Middle East
International Politics & World Disorder:
War & Peace in the Real World
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Islamist Terrorist Attacks on the U.S.A.
Osama bin Laden & the Islamist Declaration of War
Against the U.S.A. & Western Civilization
Islamist International Terrorism &
U.S. Intelligence Agencies
Counterterrorism & U.S. National Security
U.S. National Security Strategy
American Politics & Political Competition:
Elections, PACs, & Political Parties
American Government & the U.S. Presidency:
Presidential Politics & National Leadership
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who lives in southeastern Wyoming and works in the field of industrial instrumentation.
He is actively involved in Wyoming's political process, serving as a delegate to successive Wyoming State Republican Conventions
and as a member of the Wyoming State Republican Central Committee. He has assisted Republican candidates for local and state
legislatures and for the United States Congress. His articles, which appear regularly in The Progressive Conservative, U.S.A.,
and on a number of other websites, reflect a major concern with the damage being done to Conservatism and Conservative causes by
the Liberal Leftist faction in the Republican Party as well as by the much larger and more powerful Liberal Leftist faction in the
Democratic Party. During the early and middle 1990s, Adamo was Editor of the Wyoming Christian Coalition's official news organ,
The Wyoming Christian.
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