EU Crisis: A Disastrous Liaison, Chancellor Merkel Breaks A Taboo

It was a week that changed everything. Taboos broken and mindsets changed. It was the end of Art of Superstate part 3 and the beginning of part 4.

A disastrous liaison. Oh what a Brussels night! Commander Merkel suffered a setback, a blackmail, a loss of German dominance over the Eurozone, ambushed by the French, Italian and Spanish alliance. Sent home to mull capitulation to easing austerity and providing better terms for bailout Piggies.

Isn't it wonderful to see the nature of Europe today. Hooray! division and resentment reigns once again. Some say France will not join the Core but will move over to the Confederate Nations of Europe with the UK. Others say the UK will leave the EU.

There were also some new realities. The summit saw the Chancellor make bold steps to forge banking union as a prelude to new political creations. Reactions came from Netherlands and Finland. They questioned this strategy crying they will not pay the debts of other Europeans. But it is done. Germany has broken a taboo to speaking openly about forming Superstate part 4.

Watching me watching you. The week the taboo was broken on too big to fail. The
Law moves against the banking criminals who brought the West to its knees.

The ECB will use massive financial loan mechanisms to tackle the problem of troubled banks. And this was the week the biggest taboo of all was broken. To big to fail was cast aside. A disastrous liaison between bank folly, politics and the family of citizen taxpayers was finally cut.

It was the week when the law turned on the Big Bang of the 1980's which produced the Big Gang of swindlers over past decades.

There is only one war in Europe today. Not a war between nations and self interest, the 27 is still intact. No! Superstate is still safe. The war is with renegade bankers, bond vultures and an industry so big it is spinning out of control and beyond effective management. In short, casino banking and financial markets have become an existential threat to the security of citizens.

Banker bashing is now a legal obligation after police uncover financial crimes riddling major banking names. Who knows what goes on behind closed doors until the spotlight is cast. For the banking industry exposure reveals a wretched nest of greed and corruption. For political classes, well they may still be the the same old lying sods they have always been, but at least these days they now realise who butters their bread.

E.U. Crisis: The Cyprus Effect, And the Band Played on in Frankfurt.

As another one bites the dust, the financial Opera sadly continues to play out a broken dream.

Cyprus may not be difficult to bail out but the effect on Banker's and Federalist's moral must be devastating.

The dominoes fall, the sinking ship takes on more and more water, Europe's leaders falter at the crossroads and at the Frankfurt Opera the band plays on at camp “Occupy.”

The despair of some citizens, subjected to what is becoming an experiment in forging an elitist banking community, is turning to cold resistance in the form of plebiscite.

Frankfurt Occupy Camp summer festival. June 2012. The Euro to soon face

 the music as Cyprus becomes the latest victim of the banking crisis.

From inside the Frankfurt camp there is growing awareness that a resilient rag-tag bunch of activists are fast becoming an effective focus for banking misconduct and a tourist site for the city.

It was hard rock and good vibrations at the camp on Saturday night, June 23. Bands performed for passing citizens while blasting away at the Frankfurt ECB. tower. Home to Czars of Money.

Feeling the pressure, plain clothes security emerged from inside the Tower during broad daylight to harass and confront private citizens with crude threats, intimidation and attempts to steal cameras. 

Local police, when interviewed about the incident, pointed out these security personnel have no legal right to approach private persons on the public highway. Frankfurt police are to approach the Bank for a response.     

E.U. Crisis: Federalist Commander Merkel Plans War of Attrition Against Czars of Money.

An uneasy Eurozone alliance of seventeen stars: how many will heed the battle call
to fight the Czars of Money.  June 2012

It’s never over till it’s over say the wise ones. As the E.U. crisis drags on, on and on, chancellor Angela Merke, federalist commander in Berlin, sees years of twisting and turning towards partial unification. How cautious and unbrave this home management policy must seem to Czars of Money troops. They are winning and becoming stronger by the week. Not the month. Not the year. Merkels new strategy, War of Attrition is not the right path to tread. She does not lead an asymmetric force which can use guerrilla tacticts. Attrition and aysmmetric warfare works best when the enemy is constrained by law, over weight and social debate for actions. This is not the case with the Czars who care little for parliament, morality or social comment. Their positions are well trained and fast moving.     

Commander Merkel does not have political time on her side. Nor does she have control over all factions in the Eurozone. Her resources are limited it is true, but she can fight back by declaring the ultimate objective and outcome of this war. The total removal of  Czars of Money influence over the financial affairs of Europe.

No, she must not hesitate. Merkel must face the enemy in open combat with fewer countries and with well nourished soldiers. The strongest and fittest within the Eurozone should heed the battle call; for Art of Superstate, part 3  is lost if Spain and Italy falter in the coming summer reckoning.

And what will happen if the battle is lost. Very little as history shows. Some pain. Some loss of wealth. Some bitter recriminations. But Europe will roll on and pick up the struggle after the casualties are buried.  

E.U. Crisis: Commission Capo Lectures Nobody on How not to Lecture the Commission.

President Barroso and his Commission democratically represents....well, Nobody.....However, Barroso took on a role at the G20 to tell the world they should not lecture... “we,” I presume he means the 27,…on democracy or the handling of the economy.

Nobody is listening to
President Barroso at the G20 2012

“In Europe we are open democracies”....he said....”but frankly we are not coming here to receive lessons in terms of democracy or in terms of how to handle the economy because the European Union as a model can be very proud of......we are certainly not coming here to receive lessons from Nobody.

The president should listen to the storm of cries from citizens shouting for him and his commission to dissolve and leave democracy and the economy where it belongs....with the people. And who will cry for their departure.....well Nobody of course.  

E.U. Crisis, Greek Elections: It's Not About the Money Honey, We Don't Need your Money, Money.

To day Greeks have the stage all to themselves. Tomorrow the audience will either applaud or walk out of the theatre. Either way the show is over.

Press eyes focus on whether outside forces can shape the outcome of the Greek election through direct threats or scare tactics. A now familiar strategy affecting the democratic process across Europe.

Least we forget, and we should never desert our history, 80yrs ago during the last great financial débâcle, democracy in Europe was reduced from 24 countries in 1920 to 11 by 1939.

Political and fiscal union crudely peddled from Brussels, and to some extent Berlin, is perceived in a cohering manner. This will not work just as totalitarianism didn't succeed in 1939.

The world today Sunday 17^th June 2012 is in a state of chassis (Juno and the paycock; Sean O' Casey) over predicting the situation and outcomes in Greece.

Greece is on a collision course with foreign lenders...... Chaos erupts..... Greece is forced to declare bankruptcy...... If Greece leaves the Euro, a disorderly default is likely as creditors lose patience. …. If the Germans don't act.... it could lead to an economic Armageddon....collapse in confidence across Europe threatens …. global crisis that will have dire consequences.......

It's not about the money.  Greece and Germany are no longer lovers in the Euro family. How
they divorce is how the Euro will reshape the European Project. Picture Frankfurt 2012

In the end it is not about the money, money. We don't need your money money....In the end it is about dignity, independence and a sense of well being. Greece's impassioned and tempestuous affair with the Euro is over. Whatever way one sees the outcome of the election, Greece and Germany have fallen out and recriminations are bitter.

As one Greek living in Germany put it "It was absolutely wrong for Greece to enter the euro. It's only a small country of 10 million people; it can't possibly destabilise the EU' – but they were mistaken.”

"I am flying back to Thessaloniki on Sunday morning just to vote," he said proudly. "We live in a world where democracy has been taken away from us. My vote is the only thing left for me and I must do it for my country." (source: Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Der Spiegel)

Seems like everybody's got a price,
I wonder how they sleep at night.

It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money.

Commander Merkel Leads Eurotroopers V Czars of Money. The Battle for Europe 2012 Draws Towards Reality.

In my crazy dream I saw the Battlefield. Disorder was spreading through the periphery of the main Eurocore body rolling slowly across the open plains.

Flying columns from the Czars of Money army rushed the weak Spanish brigades positioned to the rear. The Eurocore army Commander in Chief, Saxon Queen Angela Merkel seeing the attack held her nerve while sending reinforcements. These reinforcements bought but a few hours of precious time.

The army of the Czars of Money is exceptionally strong. Its soldiers are well trained and equipped with a fabulous war chest. Sensing unease in the Eurocore ranks it then split its forces 70/30. The lesser group maintained its pressure on the Spanish while the larger force prepared a full frontal assault on Roman guards protecting a major number of citizens. There was a mood of foreboding amongst these citizens, fearing a financial massacre should the Guards falter and buckle under the ensuring fight. Some citizens donned their balaclavas in futile defiance.

The Battle for Europe 2012 centres around the Roman Guard defending Italy.
Picture: GDR revolutionary wall mural Dresden 2012 

Commander Merkel called a council of War advisers to assess the situation. I was there. “Like mad hungry hyenas scenting fresh flesh” I said to her, “the Czars of Money are becoming more and more embolden with each attack on our formations.” Her face looked worried but resolved. She was committed to continue the struggle to move the main body of the Eurocore to safer ground and beyond the reach of the highly dangerous Financial Mercenaries.

“Should our Roman Euro-troops fail to hold the line for the forthcoming assault then I fear the battle and indeed the war is finally lost. Commander!” I continued, “ the group we defend is too large and too slow to react to these harassing columns. We must strengthen the Roman Lines. There is no time to wait. Greece must be offered terms it can accept to leave the Eurocore, as should Portugal, France and Southern Italy.

Leaner and faster we can move to deliver the Coup de Grace to this Crisis. Euro-troopers cannot avoid using the invincible might of our most potent weapon. The Eurobond. This done there will be a rush from some of the strong non combatant Nordic tribes to join the new army. Move Now Commander” I urged. “Confederate Nations of Europe will cover the Western and Eastern Flanks. Victory is assured. 

Mrs Merkel’s War: Commander in Chief Outlines Federal Eurocore Enlistment conditions. Confederate Nations of Europe Prepares for its Vital Role.

Mrs Merkel is leading the Eurocore to a new beginning. It will be meaner, leaner and ready to do business.

“We need more Europe, a budget union, and we need a political union first and foremost. We must, step by step, cede responsibilities to Europe. Countries outside the eurozone should not be able to block that process.“

If she succeeds, the new Federal Eurocore will enter the Global Stage as an experienced and battle hardened currency.

From the ashes of 1945, Art of Superstate offers a new dawn of Democratic Syncretism.
Dresden 2012 is once again a golden city for all to enjoy.

Confederate Nations of Europe will offer support. It will provide checks and balances within a new era of European cooperation. Weaker members of the European Union and Art of Superstate must be confident they have the will of the Union to carry them along.

Mrs Merkel’s War on insolvent and reckless banks and investment institutions, the main instigators of the crisis,  is understandable. Her campaign will shape and strengthen rules to protect citizens from the international financial sector’s plan to govern our countries through debt, poverty and endless taxpayer bailouts.

Spain now faces the choice. Is it to willingly join with Federal Eurocore, or is it to join the Confederate Nations of Europe.

Dimension: Art of Superstate is at the crossroads. The “Age of Empire” is over, even for the Czars of Money.

 It is a dawn of Democratic Syncretism. Confederate Nations of Europe and Federal Eurocore can together forge new systems to pursue growth and wealth within the pluralist frame.

European Commission Should Leave Brussels Street Party

The British are celebrating. And so they should. They have painstakenly over the decade argued their point on the Euro and the democratic deficit emulating from Brussels street. They were ignored when fundemental flaws were highlighed to an arrogant and incompetent regime living in this proud old street.

But then again didn't this same regime know all this. Their strategy of pursuing a unified federal Europe though a policy of crisis leads to uncertainty and eventually to submission was as flawed as the Euro itself.

Flashback to Brussels Street Belfast,  Silver Jubliee 1977.  There was trouble then. Today the British there have more
to celebrate.   A persistent process to face down problems brings dividends to that part of the  Kingdom. 

This is the 21^st century. The digital age of knowledge & communication. The People can not be fooled all the time.

Finally the Bankers have owned up. This is their crisis. From Brussels to Frankfurt to Rome finance leaders have admitted the Euro set-up is “Unsustainable, the currency could disintegrate and the entire European edifice was in danger.”

The first step to resolving a problem is admitting there is one.

The disgraced commission of Jacques Santer a decade past, resigned over massive financial corruption crimes. This present incompetent and disgraced commission of Jose Manuel Barroso should also leave the Brussels street. That done their front door should be closed. Forever. 

Ireland Commits to Battleship EURMANIA Magna. Can Chancellor Merkel Steer the Distressed Vessel to a Safe Haven.

It was a decisive vote to a fair debate. A rare event in the formation of Superstate. Democracy is not often welcome in the technocratic corridors of EU politics. But we are here now in this place. It is an uncertain but exciting move. Ireland has signed up to a fiscal and eventual political union with Germania Magna and allies should the Eurocarrier manage to ride the storms ahead. Ireland is under new management. Its national debt is to be repaid over a 20yr period.

Ireland commits to Europe in referendum.
The debate is polarising European society into Yes and No camps. 2012 

Europe is transforming rapidly through an unnerving catalyst. A man made financial tempest, planned and directed 12yrs past by the Czars of Money. The Euro core is in the making process.

But in other parts of Superstate this plan is causing severe dissent. It is ripping Europeans apart. Political polarisation and fractures in the social fabric are widening. It is the cause of riots, poverty, distrust and above all a massive loss of faith in how Europe is organised and run. It is becoming a mystery to most and a focus of fear.

In the coming months if not weeks Spain will be tested by the Czars of Money. Germany's resolve to support the European project as de facto leader will be measure in actions not words.

The proposal is daunting.....Are people willing to share the debts of others for a Superstate with uncertainty, a history of violence, a loss of democracy, a mistrust of national character and a clear submission to the Czars of Money . In my time as a war correspondent the biggest and most exciting high was to gamble with my own life against the odds.   ........ Throw the dice.................

E.U. Crisis. Open talk of Euro Break-Up Sends Shivers Across the Channel

“The eurozone must decide soon whether it wants to stay together or break-up,“ The British PM told MPs in Parliament. “The eurozone is tearing itself apart and the UK would not be unscathed,” said the governor of the Bank of England.

Frustration with the way Eurozone leaders have handled the crisis is seriously damaging confidence. If any was ever there in the first place.

The Strasbourg party gets more like an acid trip each month as it drifts
away from the reality of events facing Europe. photomoderne 2012

Austerity alone is not working, as told to the Euro politicians time and time again. The haughty pride which stalked the power corridors of Brussels is humbled to ridicule by the citizens of Superstate. Strasbourg looks increasingly more like a bizarre comedy of errors. Situated on the edge of town just off the highway and at the end of an industrial estate, this structure says nothing of importance to the visitor. It is surely the most expensive chatter shop in the history of parliaments.

And it is all not over yet for “Art of Superstate.” The crisis has yet to bite hard into the homes and living standards of the people. When the first wave of robbing the public by the investment bankers came in 2007, citizens were taken by surprise. The financial markets and the 500,000+ per year salaried gamblers got away with their massive bailouts. And, returned to practise their same old tricks, speculating on the misfortune of countries, food and energy.

As a second tsunami crash looms off shore threatening to engulf the E.U. one can not believe the public will sit idly by and bow down to the banker once again. But, as Greece heads for more chaos, as Spain looks about to be locked out of the financial markets, as Italy' feels the rising economic heat along with new anarchist attacks, as Germany looses its grip on the helm, as old antagonistic war wounds are reopened and as some northern countries swing to the far right, the President of the European council Herman Van Rompuy, has the answer;

…...”Greek people are still in favour of being eurozone members because they know there is no other option for their country, there is no future for their country outside the EU..... In any case, we will convince people of the good sense and the meaning of EU membership by economic results. That’s why we have to stabilise the eurozone and that’s why we have to increase economic growth, and create jobs.”

Does anyone, still believe, these people can run an Empire.

A New Wind Blows A Changing of the Guards. War Notes from Germany, A Country of Peaceful Overtones.

The mood from some German people thinking about the euro crisis and its fallouts  is “Please don’t leave Germans alone with all the power.” This, they say, its not good for everyone, including Germans.
“Follow through with the dream and Germany will play its role in making Europe secure and prosperous for the challanges which lie ahead in a global world.”

“If we fail”...they say....  “to unite and include UK in any future arangements, then Europe faces a dangerous and uncertain future.

Germans say mistakes have been made. There is growing acknowledgment about the role of the EU commission in Brussels....... A recogniion of a grossly dysfunctional, arrogant and corrupt white  elephant......often the cynicial comment of the British euro-skeptics on such a matter. 


the changing of the guard-left of Paris
right of Moscow. May 2012

 The Merkozy alliance lies in tatters. The tactical error of giving election support to the President of Bling has, as suggested, proved damaging to Chancellor Angela Merkel.....what a pity she listened to others and not her political instincts...........As a result, the Saxon Queen is observing a combination of moves forcing her towards checkmate in 2013. There is a new wind blowing from left and right as Europe watches the changing of the guards. Austerity is being pillared by the people, as are those politicians who can be located for punishment. Political failure must know the world it lives in.
 

Same face, old job


Germany can be the heart of europe...but can Europe be the host of that heart....this cisis has now brought Art of Superstate to the crossroads for a great decision to a great question..........Can Germany convince the UK to cultivate Europe as the strongest economic and the strongest democratic force on the planet. Or will confederate nations of Europe grow as the Euro core consolodates. The Saxon Queen has little time left to make her place in history...she should use it wisely...........      

E.U Crisis. Euro In Intensive Care, Outlook Critical.

The sick child of the Europe project is moved into Intensive care as conditions for lady Euro's survival becomes critical. Some say the outlook is fatal. At the time of writing Spain is the focus of financial market worry. There are some scary permutations being stored up in the deck of cards. The game is deadly.

Market heat is now full on to seek a sovereign takeover of Spanish financial affairs. Spanish citizens care little for this market worry and why should they after witnessing the brutal humiliation of Greece. For the Euro now on life support, the message is clear to Brussels and Berlin, it is not worth the pain to save it.

E.U Crisis: German revolutionaries occupy the space in front of the Central
Bank in Frankfurt. The Europe project faces its greatest challenge as Spain
is asked to bite the bullet. Picture 2012.  

Let it whither as the united Federalist currency. A fantasy of the grotesque. Let it reform into a hard currency for Germania Magna, Netherlands, Finland Austria and who else it serves.

It is certainly game over for the Federalists... Brussels is to blame. Why not. It failed to lead effectively during the crisis and as such must pay the price of its failure...Now despised by many citizens, figurehead EU commission must dissolve and be removed from the people's project, Dimension; the Art of Superstate, part 3.

What now is left of European solidarity under this E.U. commission's leadership. Little or nothing. We are back to where it all began, struggling to keep Europe form falling into anarchy and chaos on the streets, while blaming its big powers for insensitivity and self interest.

It's not that simple of course, but this is the game. Not I sir, I didn't do it, I wasn't there. But we were there and it did happen. The efforts of international Bankers to rule the lives of citizens through debt and loans has backfired. Citizens are in a revolutionary mentality. They are no longer afraid or unable to question the very reason d'etre of the European project and whether it is again too soon to talk of a pan European Identity rising above the old nationalist banner of self determination.

Syria Uprising: Asma al-Assad, For Whom Power Doth Crush #3

Re-framing reality is a game most dictators and their wives indulge in. It offers solace, a justification for passing their guilt to others. This is usually towards people they are supposed to serve and protect. There is never any doubt in the mind set of these people that citizens are nothing but a brutish, lowly rabble, lacking appreciation of their masters and all they have done for them.

Asma al-Assad goes shopping for luxury goods in Paris and London while her
dictator husband stays at home to brutalize Syrian resistance to the regime. Facebook 2012 

Being devoid of anchors to reality, while society disintegrates around them, is the story of most failed dictators. It peppers history.

Asma al-Assad's shopping spree for luxury goods in London, Paris and Dubai while her husband brutally crushes dissent and uprising, is proof of the delusion which finally grips the dictators circle.

When it comes to her murder and that of her husband Bashar and his brother Mahar it possibly may be their very inner circle which administers the deed if and when the wolves of the Free Syrian Army get close to the ballroom doors.

That is price for leaving the real world to dance with a power which drugs its victim. The Assad trio may continue for some time to bombard Syrian people and inflict suffering. But for whom, power doth crush has mostly the same outcome. The music stops, the dance is over and and the drug effect wears off. You are lead away from the dance floor to meet a man with a gun. 

E.U. Crisis: And Then There Was 2 For Confederate Nations of Europe. Germany Ponders Euro Future

UK and Czech Republic form the tiny but growing block I refer to as the Confederate Nations of Europe. This confederacy is the counterweight to the federalist rump core led by an empowered Germany and the central Euro sphere. Both groups share concern for Europe's interests and the interests of citizens. They differ in policy over the legitimacy of the Euro currency. Confederate Nations is winning hearts and minds of some in the debate. Federalist core is reassessing its strategy to maintain the Euro's future.

The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

Confederate Nations of Europe become two by March 2012. Federalists
gather in Berlin to decide the fate of the Euro. Brussels is sidelined . Picture
Frankfurt Central Bank

Ireland must ratify with a referendum, Greece is looking at pulling out under the sheer weight of pain. Some in the Netherlands are calling for retreat from the currency. Portugal looks increasingly weak. And of course Spain and Italy are holed up at the Alamo....a desperate last stand against the onslaught of the cruel financial markets. Or is this just rhetoric. Bad as they are and they have behaved appallingly, the financial markets do reflect to a large degree the reality over Europe's flawed decisions.

Only Federalist Union in a pure and unselfish manner will save what will be left of the Eurozone. There will only be one question for Germany when this happens. Is she happy to provide for poorer cousins in order to save the extended family and the rewards extended families can bring. When it all comes down to it, this is what Art of Superstate is all about. Grown men know the world they live in and in Europe today “All Roads lead to Berlin.” But alas, are the city gates open for all who wish to enter.

but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? W.B Yeats

The Irish Referendum: Democracy Fights Back: Austerity on Trial.

Lets face it, this is not going to be billed as “the Mother of all Referendums.” In fact it's a Welterweight bout. Firstly, nothing about this one rounder will change the issue of the December 2011 fiscal treaty. That's a done deal. Guaranteed to go ahead.

"So Glad I'm on this Side of the Fence"......"Yea, This is Where All the Action Is, Right"
Proletariats together, speak-out and share what they had left in the wake of their
Revolution in 1990. Elitist Nomenklature were ostracised and vilified in the process.
Picture: From the series, Post Communism: Bulgarian Black Sea 1990.

 No! This is a judgement. A peoples examination board. A review on Superstate's performance over its first major test. Did it work well. Did it lead well. Did it support its citizens well. Did it make us proud to be part of “Dimension” Art of Superstate.”

Superstate will join the debate. The E.C.B (European Central Bank, Frankfurt) opened the response to the referendum (Peoples Jury) by creating 500 billion Euros of Q.E.2 (new money from thin air). This is on top of another 500 billion printed last December. Will it work. We don't know. What we do know is if people don't work there is no real money.

Austerity is on trial. The debates commence to assess European leadership and their medicine. Austerity needs a check-up just as European institutions need to shed some flab (greed) which has brought Western society to a standstill.

Israel Attack on Iran: Remembering the Horns of Hattin.

Did you know it is much much easier to enrich uranium from 20% to 90%, than to enrich uranium up from 3.5% to 20%. Time needed is shorter while complexity greatly reduced. European countries such as Germany, Italy and Netherlands are about six months from acquiring a nuclear bomb.

But most don't go that far because it is not necessary. The knowledge a country is on the verge of the nuclear club is enough of a deterrent. Revenge is best served cold even if you need to wait a year to retaliate against an aggressor. Now in the case of Israel rattling its sabres over Iran, who is aggressor and who the unprovoked victim. Does it ever matter.

An attack by Israel against Iran will unleash a torrent of catastrophic backlashes across the middle east, ultimately leading the collapse of the Jewish State. The big player in this scenario is the by product of 20% U-235 enrichment. Depleted Uranium. A high explosive used by US and UK forces in the Gulf War One , Bosnia War, the Bombing of Serbia and the Iraq War.

Back on main street: Russia's Vladimir Putin describes an attack on Iran as
"If it happens the consequences will be truly catastrophic, The real scale is impossible to
imagine. Picture Krakow 2009 

It is interesting that Hezbollah fired off some 3970 rockets into Israel during the 2006 conflict. Essentially they were pretty weak but still terrorised the population. Hezbollah now claims to have over 50,000 rockets. Should these weapons be armed with depleted uranium then Israel has a genuine military problem. Use of Nuclear weapons against a conventionally armed opponent would not be acceptable as well as unwise in such a confined space. Indeed this tiny strip of land had always been difficult to defend for long periods. Most of Israel’s population and infrastructure facilities are within reach of Hezbollah's rockets.

It is only time before the armies of the Islamic states match themselves against the West. Should Israel decide to renounce diplomacy and attack Iran and then the result will be something like the following scenario..

On July 2^nd 1187, Saladin, plotted to lure Guy de Lusignan king of Jerusalem into leading his Crusader army from the safety of his defences. So, he lay siege to King Raymond's fortress at Tiberias while the main Muslim army of 30, 000 men remained at Kafr Sabt.

He had calculated he could defeat the crusaders only in an open battlefield rather than besieging their heavy fortifications. Guy de Lusignan, was goaded into this action by the warmonger Raynald of Châtillon during a council of war that evening. The following day Guy marched the Crusader army north towards Tiberias. From the outset they were constantly harassed Muslim archers on horseback.

By noon on that day, the 20,000 strong Frankish army had advanced six miles towards a spring at the village of Turan. There was still some nine miles to Tiberias. With only a half day of marching time remaining, attempts to leave this sure water source while under the constant attack of Saladin's army, would be considered foolhardy. For unknown reasons, Guy set out that very afternoon, marching his army forward.

After the Frankish army left Turan, the Muslims began their attack in earnest. Saladin sent a pincher around the Frankish force seizing the spring at Turan, blocking any Frankish line of retreat. This manoeuvre would provide Saladin with his victory. In the ensuing struggle, the Frankish rearguard was forced to a standstill by continuous attacks, halting the whole army on the plateau at the Horns of Hattin The crusaders were forced to make camp while being surrounded by the Muslims. They now had no water nor any hope of receiving supplies or reinforcements.

Behe ad-Din from that time describes the situation of the Frankish army:............ "They were closely beset as in a noose, while still marching on as though being driven to death that they could see before them, convinced of their doom and destruction and themselves aware that the following day they would be visiting their graves."

On the morning of Saturday July 4^th 1187, the Crusader army was totally decimated by the Saladin's Saracens thus ending the Kingdom of Jerusalem and further effective Christian power in the Levant. It had lasted ninety years.

E.U. Crisis: Superstate in Peril: Democratic Media Turns on Troika. Backlash #3

Analytic minds from London to Tokyo to New York point towards a Greek exit from the Euro. They suggest a tailored Marshal plan to help re-structure the country over a long time frame. It happened before in Europe. But this advice is ignored by the EU leadership. Pride and Prejudice blur the vision and chilled the heart. They never accept an error of judgement and now they are caught between a rock and a hard place.

And insofar as it is their job to comment on such matters, the democratic media turns on the E.U. The signs are glaring. The EU project “Dimension” Art of Superstate” crossed the line they say, and is in real danger of being declared “Enemy of the People.”

Fortunes of War: Poverty returns to A Balkan Trilogy. Picture 1993 Post Communism

Greece now looks to the rest of the world like a defeated and occupied country. It signs Declarations of Austerity to the Financial Warlords of Banking. The conditions imposed to remain locked inside the Euro prison camp resemble War reparations towards a victorious conquering leadership.

The Guardian called this weeks Athens summit: “An E fuelled hallucination”.( E= Euro not E= Ecstasy) http://tinyurl.com/7xa37hg. The Daily Telegraph declared: “This is a recipe, not for stability, but for revolution.” http://tinyurl.com/78734r4

Social Europe headlined: “There Will be Blood” http://tinyurl.com/88dursa

And Germany's Der Spiegel suggested : "EU leaders should channel the aid into rebuilding the economy rather than rewarding financial speculators for their high-risk deals."http://tinyurl.com/7rlz7hr

Greece made mistakes. Who hasn't in Europe. It spent “spondulicks” like there was no tomorrow. That tomorrow is now today. How it is played out will shape the next tomorrow and that tomorrow may very well belong to nationalists and patriots. Money is just money...You print the stuff...like Banks do always.........or make it up out of thin air.....like Banks did recently......You punish common citizens for the mistakes of Banks...Never... Unless you wish to be declared “Enemy of the People.”

Euroskeptics Now An Organised Force: Brussels Fiddles with Apathy. Backlash #2

Dr Simon Usherwood, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Department of Politics, University of Surrey U.K. heads up the Collaborative Research Network on Euroskepticism. The findings are interesting reading for both the embattled Euro Federalists and the rising Euroskeptics.

One of the things Simon Usherwood notices when talking to an EU “Fonctionnaire,” or to most people in the ‘Brussels bubble’ for that matter, is the language: Suddenly, we are in a world of jargon, acronyms and values. “European integration is good,” the officials say “a goal to which we can work.”

While the European Union has striven to democratise itself, it still finds it difficult to open up to other voices, especially when those voices do not agree with their policy or doctrine.

One of the consequences of this elitist control has been the emergence and rise of Euroskepticism.

Under siege, 49 organisation have TEAM across Europe to challenge

 EU legitimacy. It is now suggested Brussels dismantles the

 wall of silence towards the Euroskeptics.Picture: Leopold park, Brussels. 2012

Over past years these skeptics were either marginalised or ignored, often despised by a number of EU officials who palmed them off as misinformed or populist.

But not anymore. Embedded skepticism is now a persistent part of the European Union. Over a third of respondents in a recent Euro-barometer survey felt no benefit from membership of the EU over the past ten years and more importantly, levels of trust in all EU institutions have plummeted.

New anti EU pressure groups are getting organised across the continent supported by ever more substantial resources. Look at the mission statement of The European Alliance of EU-Critical Movements and their criticisms of the Union.

“What unites Europe's citizens is a common belief in the principles of democracy - as requiring representative government, citizen participation, transparency, accountability and free and fair public debate. We regard the current development of the EU as a manifest threat to these principles.”

In National parliaments soft skepticism challenging individual policy, fiscal integration and enlargement can now be found in many mainstream parties throughout the Union.

The response to date from the Brussels Bubble has been largely, one of indifference, a passive reliance on the fog shrouded machinations of the huge EU complex to get their way. This apathy pushes the project's leaders further into a blanket of mist and beyond the view of most citizens. “Instead of the old parlour game of naming ten famous Belgians, try naming ten famous pro-Europeans” asks Usherwood.

Euroskeptic success in pointing out the shortcomings of the EU has eclipsed the overall Union package deal and the benefits of integration. At times, it is hard not to feel that the EU has brought much of this situation on itself.

In the face of this challenge, there is a need to act. For too long, the existing structures and systems have been attacked, leaving them like hollow shells of their former selves. Can anyone still argue that the solution is simply to give more powers to the European Parliament, or to launch another information campaign? Part of the answer, Usherwood argues, lies with the skeptics themselves. This is not because they have all the answers, but because they ask important questions.

Usherwood says there is a strong case to be made for listening to the Euroskeptics to address their fears and concerns and that engagement might result in a more stable and legitimate Union.

All political systems have to balance three fundamental features: legitimacy, effectiveness and efficiency. Skeptics strongly favour the first of these, while Federalists push for the last two. However, what makes for a stable system is a balance between all three and currently the Union does not look to be serving any of them particularly well. The view is that things will get worse before they get any better.

The central argument is simple. By engaging with Euroskeptics in all their diversity and contradiction, the Union will be better placed to improve its legitimacy in the short-term and its effectiveness in the longer-term.

Euroskeptics might not have the solutions, but their their growing presence demands Federalists attention and eventually, their involvement in resolving the present Impasse. 

 …...adapted, edited and abridged with permissions from the original article http://alturl.com/whujj What can the EU learn from the Euroskeptics? By Simon Usherwood