{"id":70471,"date":"2017-04-03T21:59:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T01:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=70471"},"modified":"2017-04-03T21:59:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T01:59:41","slug":"eu-threat-to-break-up-u-s-merits-appropriate-reminder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=70471","title":{"rendered":"EU Threat to Break up U.S. Merits Appropriate Reminder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Oath Keepers<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32810\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32810\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/14358898_10153675750890356_7587827066959622519_n.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/14358898_10153675750890356_7587827066959622519_n.jpg 960w, http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/14358898_10153675750890356_7587827066959622519_n-768x513.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yeah, what do \u201cthe people\u201d know that\u2019s not better dictated to them by their superiors? [EPP\/Facebook]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cEuropean Union boss Jean-Claude Juncker issued a jaw-dropping threat to the United States, saying he could campaign to break up the country in revenge for Donald Trump\u2019s supportive comments about Brexit,\u201d the UK\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/785813\/European-Union-EU-boss-threatens-break-up-US-retaliation-Trump-Brexit-support\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Express reported<\/a> Friday. \u201cIn an extraordinary speech the EU Commission president said he would push for Ohio and Texas to split from the rest of America if the Republican president does not change his tune and become more supportive of the EU.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Expressing support is hardly the same as pledging to use the apparatus of government to interfere in sovereign matters. But the threat was nonetheless repeated for good measure in <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SMuresan\/status\/847406292045922304\" target=\"_blank\">a \u201ctweet\u201d<\/a> by Eurocrat Siegfried Mure\u0219an, spokesman for Juncker\u2019s European People\u2019s Party:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32813\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ScreenHunter_07-Mar.-31-16.02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"162\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Good boy, Siegfried. Here\u2019s your Scooby Snack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>That such arrogance reflects imperious rejection of the right to self-determination for Europeans, and that Constitutionalists in the U.S. may not welcome foreign globalist subversion, are hardly considerations that sway the type of mentality that believes his place is to dictate and yours is to obey. Either that or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/eu\/10929427\/Fears-over-Jean-Claude-Junckers-drinking.html\" target=\"_blank\">the old Eurorummy is drunk again<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t\u00a0the first time we\u2019ve seen this Juncker character express contemptuous disdain for individual choice and freedom.<\/p>\n<p>This is the character whose lickspittles characterize those opposing his determination to rule them from afar <a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/european-leaders-breathed-sigh-of-relief-as-pm-mark-rutte-gets-back-to-power-4572228\/\" target=\"_blank\">as \u201cextremists,\u201d<\/a> a tactic we see <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20101130151926\/http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/gun-rights-in-national\/the-social-contract-exposes-southern-poverty-law-center\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cprofiteers of hate\u201d\u00a0like the SPLC<\/a> routinely use here to smear people of principle.<\/p>\n<p>So, quite unsurprisingly, this is also the character who is <a href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/rapid\/press-release_IP-16-4464_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\">spearheading European citizen disarmament<\/a>, showing they have either learned nothing from the genocides of the last century, or else learned its lessons only too well. \u00a0But just like our domestic gun-grabbers, he knows how to couch things in a way to make the herd believe it\u2019s in their interests to leave the arming to him:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe have fought hard for an ambitious deal that reduces the risk of shootings in schools, summer camps or terrorist attacks with legally held firearms. Of course we would have liked to go further, but I am confident that the current agreement represents a milestone in gun control in the EU.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course he would have liked to go further. And not just in the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Juncker\u2019s comments did not appear to be made in jest and were delivered in a serious tone, although one journalist did report some \u2018chuckles\u2019 in the audience and hinted the EU boss may have been joking,\u201d the Express report notes.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps they\u2019ll also chuckle at a sentiment I first saw expressed <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20000229232409\/http:\/www.guntruths.com\/Resource\/Posters\/what_part_of_europe_are_you_from.htm\" target=\"_blank\">in a poster<\/a> on the (long discontinued) GunTruths.com website I was part of long ago. Those following Juncker\u2019s lead may not have fully considered the implications of a weakened America:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32816\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ScreenHunter_06-Mar.-31-15.48.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ScreenHunter_06-Mar.-31-15.48.jpg 1407w, http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ScreenHunter_06-Mar.-31-15.48-768x377.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"294\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2013<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/eu-threat-break-u-s-merits-appropriate-reminder\/\">http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/eu-threat-break-u-s-merits-appropriate-reminder\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}