Recipe for Defeat

US Mid term elections - I get the sense that Dhimmi-Europe is rooting for a Democrat victory. The first thing my parents told me about this morning, when they called from England, was the BBC reports of the largely irrelevant (and irreverent?) Ted Haggard, and how 'the scandal' is likely to influence the voters against the Republicans in Colardo.

They're hoping.

Here's a sobering viewpoint from the sound, sane, insightful Brussels Journal, about what a Democrat victory would mean for Europe.

A Recipe for Defeat - Europe is Pelosi’s America

However, the current American elections are relevant for Europe, too. If they lead to the American withdrawal from Iraq, Europe will face a widespread intifada. The withdrawal will be perceived as a defeat of the West and the Muslim “youths” in Europe’s cities will become even more arrogant. They utterly despise the Europeans, whom they perceive (not entirely without reason) to be men dressed up as ballerinas, and they hate America because it fights back. In a world ruled by men who only understand the language of power it is better to be hated than despised. If America withdraws the Islamist fanatics will despise America for it. They will take this as a sign that the West has been defeated and that the world is theirs.