Okay, I watched Vice-President J.D. Vance's speech at the Munich conference. And he was absolutely spot-on.
The same European countries we fought for and lost lives for are now becoming as oppressive as the Soviet Union was. There is for all intents and purposes no more freedom of speech in places like England and Germany. Dare to speak against the government and you're declared "far right" and subject to arrest and imprisonment. Even posting a meme on X/Twitter is grounds for prosecution. Say something about the massive problem with criminal migrants coming into the countries and that's also considered "hate speech".
And then there are the people who have been arrested for the "crime" of praying in public near abortion providers.
Europe has taken a terrible, terrible turn for the worse and is becoming the very nightmare that George Orwell warned about. Why should the United States tolerate this kind of behavior from its supposed greatest allies?
This seems to be something that's got a lot of people hot and bothered (I can't believe the CBS reporter who suggested that the Nazis weaponized freedom of speech... what the hell planet did she drop in off of?). The German leadership is especially honked-off that a hillbilly boy from Ohio just told them to their faces that they have apparently learned nothing from their own history.
(Vance is fast becoming the most proactive and vigorous vice-president that I have seen in my lifetime. Maybe even the lifetime of any living American citizen.)
I'm working on an op-ed piece about this, suggesting that the United States turn off its support of countries that don't really give a damn about democracy and basic human rights. It's time to use that "big stick" that Theodore Roosevelt spoke of.
If the countries of Europe want to be totalitarian regimes, they can do it without our help.
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