NEEDLING

I think the Europeans have forgotten what it means to not be united. It’s been too long since one country has declared war against another country or just simply invaded it. Europeans have gotten too comfortable. In such a short time, they’re becoming like Americans who have never had to share their houses with the invader’s officers, who have never had whole sections of their populations murdered, and who have never had their own neighbors join the enemy in the killing. (Vichy France.) The Europeans have forgotten about all this. The Polish Plumber is much scarier than WWII, I guess. It’s only been sixty years, there’s no reason something like it couldn’t happen again in Europe. That’s what all this Europe building’s been about. To avoid such a possibility EVER. That we NEVER EVER decide to go and kill ourselves for years at a time. But it’s been too long, and Europeans have forgotten. The Polish Plumber and the Turks are much scarier than a non-united Europe. Albeit, the constitution should be a short laic document, and not a two hundred page lawyer-jargon riddle. Maybe this is just a set back to a United Europe, a Europe where no more wars will start. Maybe there will be another document written by smarter folks, and ratified by all Europeans. Maybe.