I'm feeling sorrier for her than ever right now. I suspect she will not fare so well in the showdown. Like the Weimar Republic (see my first comment on last article), I rather suspect they will plod ahead by disregarding their Treaty as in Weimar Republic, they disregarded the Constitution! The entire Economist blog article bears careful reading.UPDATE: Here is the Wikipedia originated Weimar Republic information which I believe so very obviously parallels what is happening now. The Weimar Republic was the weak governmental structure that immediately
Essential background information from Wikipedia on WEIMAR REPUBLIC
"Weimarer Republik (help·info), IPA: [ˈvaɪmaʁɐ ʁepuˈbliːk]) is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government, named after Weimar, the city where the constitutional assembly took place. Its official name was still Deutsches Reich (German Empire), however. Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in November 1918. In 1919, a national assembly convened in the city of Weimar, where a new constitution for the German Reich was written, to be adopted on 11 August. This liberal democracy eventually lapsed in the early 1930s, leading to the ascent of the NSDAP and Adolf Hitler in 1933. Although the constitution of 1919 was never officially repealed, the legal measures taken by the Nazi government in February and March 1933, commonly known as Gleichschaltung ("coordination") meant that the government could legislate contrary to the constitution. The constitution became irrelevant, therefore 1933 is usually seen as the end of the Weimar Republic and the beginning of Hitler's "Third Reich". In its 14 years the Weimar Republic was faced with numerous problems, including hyperinflation, political extremists and their paramilitaries, and hostility from the victors of the First World War. However, it overcame many discriminatory regulations of the Treaty of Versailles, reformed the currency, unified tax politics and the railway system. Its constitution was seen as one of the most modern in the world[citation needed] and the Republic represented a period of cultural innovation in Germany."
Stay tuned!
CONSTANCE
10 comments:
Constance,
In some ways this is not far too different than what we in the states know as Executive Orders. It always is interesting to see the paralells history provides. I don't know if I would neccesarily draw the same paralells with what is happening within the EU, but there are definite similarities.
As far as the woman is concerned, she could have turned down the offer if she understood she was not up to the work involved.
It's the same as the Obama situation. I get so tired of people saying Obama is hampered by Bush's deals. Obama could have refused to take on the presidency realizing he was not ready to take on the job. He knew what he was getting into.
If I decide I want to build a castle without having any architectural experience, start the job and then realize it's too hard, why would anyone feel sorry for me?
Doesn't anyone believe in planning and thinking things through any more?
Dorothy
I honestly believe she had no idea what type of a hornet's nest she was about to walk into. I had political experience when I was 26-27 years old that prepared me to know what might be happening here.
Up until now in her life, it was happy talk time. She had no idea she would be appointed and then celebrated when it happened. They bluntlY SET HER UP to create a Weimar Republic type situation. Obama campaigned for the job. She did not.
Constance
Constance,
The EU requires all it's member states to accept their cultural views on abortion, gay marriage etc. How will this fair with the Euro-Med partnership with Muslim nations?
Savvy
Dorothy,
Funny, to say Obama is hampered by Bush's deals would imply that he was actually attempting to change them. Poor misguided people. Besides you don't need experience as a architecht to build the type of castles these people are. All one really needs is a little bucket, one of those little plastic shovels, and plenty of sand.
Saavy,
A great question posed that I believe gets at the base of the changes we will see in the EU. For beginers if one were expecting to see a truly world dictatorial power arise from the EU, this could just as easily leave the muslim nations on their ear, as it would Israel. Not to mention the implications of extremism that could be placed on any individual willing to go against the grain.
I could speculate multiple ways it could play out, but the truth is I don't have a certain answer. This is a very good question you have posed here though. One which should really get the gears turning in other readers.
Thank You Constance,
Savvy
JD,
It's hard to tell right now, but watching the Doha debates, tells me that the New Age might be trying to build an alliance with more moderate Muslims, by getting them in the camp first, and then putting the rest of us in the basket with the extremists. What cultural changes these Muslims will accept remains to be seen. Since as of now, it's a mostly closed camp.
Savvy
Saavy,
Your reply actually reflects more of my personal theories. in the same way that they have befriended the more liberal of chrisitians and jews, I suspected the same might happen in the muslim community. The difference being that a larger percentage of this group has been all but walled off to the indoctrinating methods that have been perpetrated on christians and jews. Only in recent history have we seen typically muslim nations become open to this type of influence.
"The New Age might be trying to build an alliance with 'moderate' Moslems . . ." YES, they are. And with MODERATE 'Christians' and MODERATE Jews . . . .
The other half of their equation: TERMITES FROM WITHIN; WRECKING BALLS FROM WITHOUT.
The "alliances" are the TERMITES FROM WITHIN weakening the infrastructures for the WRECKING BALLS FROM WITHOUT.
Constance
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