. . . followed by the rest of the 'Visigrad' countries, Hungary, Czechia and Slovakia - and the newly elected Austrian government had better watch its (goose) step, too! Of course, in these, er, civilised times, 'invasion' will not require tanks and the ghost of Gen. Heinz Guderian, merely the crushing weight of Article 7 of the EU 'constitution' - see Catalonia, passim. This will instantly cut off all aid to Poland and will not allow it to trade with the rest of the world so extreme poverty should do the rest. Of course, if the Poles were to get 'uppity' which their history and character indicates is likely, well, no probs because as 'Mutti' knows well, because she helped drive it through, the EU has just agreed to form its own army. Of course, once these 'Visigrad' nations provinces have been whipped back into line, then they will be forced to accept tens of thousands of Muslim 'refugees' which so far they have resisted.
Brexit? Bring it on, as fast as possible!
Hat tip to Tom Luongo (no, me neither!) at Zero Hedge
Please stop panicking! The history of the last 200 years shows that the French and the Germans have no trouble in screwing things up! Perhaps the Poles will send troops to help the French and Germans round up all these muslim goat herders.
Posted by: backofanenvelope | Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 10:46
To loosely quote Mark Steyn...you can take the girl out of East Germany but you can't take East Germany out of the girl.
Posted by: Whitewall | Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 12:14
Sounds a bit hysterical to me.
Or maybe the only thing that can save the Poles now is Britain? Sounds vaguely familiar, and didn't work out for them too well last time.
Posted by: Cuffleyburgers | Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 12:28
Good luck, Mutti. The Poles are, to their credit, the least keen of all European nations to have their culture screwed by mass immigration. Let's hope they have got long memories. Incidentally, most of the Poles I have met seem more like Brits than Germans; much more likeable.
Posted by: Whyaxye | Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 12:37
My youngest sister-in-law is third generation Polish American. Her folks are nice salt of the earth people. They also speak good English.
Posted by: Whitewall | Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 12:55
We should keep in mind that NO ONE likes the Germans. Why should they? I have friends in Normandy, the countryside is littered with graves and the churches festooned with lists of names of people killed by the Germans.
Posted by: backofanenvelope | Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 13:36
Marine Le Pen said of the far right government in Austria, "It is excellent news for Europe." Maybe history doesn't repeat itself, but Europe had best be on the lookout for charismatic Austrian politicians moving to Germany.
Posted by: Bob | Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 14:15
Don't you lot DARE give me any of that hot air bullshit: plucky little Poland, brave Czechia, blah blah.
Your types fkd them over in the 20C, and did an encore in the 21C.
You did a runner. Just as the very group of folks you seem to adore needed your will and leadersip.
Twice.
With less than a century's gap.
The shame of it.
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 14:32
And, it's another of my predictions come true.
I said last year that a pro-EU hard-ish right was coming. The individual bumpkins have realized they can better off achieve their goals by working together and working through the EU mechanisms (straw for brains Blighty being the exception, of course).
Once they get a majority, the heads of state can boot out Junck-the-Drunk and replace him with a euro-Trump type personage. How about Berlusconi? He's not doing much these days. He'd get on like a house on fire with the Don. Imagine the Bunga-Bunga parties - Rookie hookers urinating on teenage North African belly dancers!
And you voted to miss the party!
Instead, if you don't keep May in power you'll be languishing in a socialist death camp while the EU has a right-wing revolution!
C'mon fellas, admit it was a bad call.
Let's give "mob rule by plebiscite" another whirl so you can shift your x to the other box.
I won't tell no-one, promise!
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 14:57
Rookie should be Rooskie, typo.
Nothing "Rookie" about those gals I bet.
They'll be media personalities and household names when it all eventually comes out, of course.
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 15:01
SoD:
Your types fkd them over in the 20C, and did an encore in the 21C.
What do you mean, your types?
What harm have black gay mildly depressed young transvestites ever done the Poles?
Posted by: Whyaxye | Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 15:07
This might help:
https://pjmedia.com/trending/led-germany-accept-tsunami-migrants/
Posted by: Whitewall | Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 18:10
Billy No Mates Blighty means only one thing ...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/dec/19/brexit-loss-influence-1970s-ex-mi6-chief-sir-john-sawers
... Time to get the cheque book out for more public sector spend on intelligence, military and diplomacy, or lose all influence in world - "like the 1970's", as the article says (so old hat, if the spook had read D&N a year ago he'd have caught my observation on that then).
Leaky aircraft carriers, faulty-engined destroyers, main battle tanks with no ammo, rifles with magazine release catches facing the soldier's body, vapourware carrier aircraft, and a few thousand more brigadiers on gold plated pensions - here we go!
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 18:34
"Leaky aircraft carriers, faulty-engined destroyers, main battle tanks with no ammo, rifles with magazine release catches facing the soldier's body, vapourware carrier aircraft, and a few thousand more brigadiers on gold plated pensions - here we go!"
Lawrence, it was ever thus (the poxy bloody rifle is a pet hate of mine) but as a certain Winston Spencer Churchill put it, we somehow manage to keep on buggering through. We are British my dear chap. It's what we always do.
Unfortunately, throwing up power crazed leaders with the urge to dominate is what the Germans always do. When the aforementioned leaders are democratically accountable, they can (just about) be kept in check. When they cease to be accountable is when it all starts to get nasty... and when they get armies, air forces and navies to play with it gets really nasty.
I seem to recall that we have seen that little scenario before. Who was it - some bloke from Austria wasn't it?
Posted by: Richard | Wednesday, 20 December 2017 at 12:39
Now that's interesting: apparently, an unclosed italics tag in whyaxe's comment has italicized everything that came after (including the autogenerated "posted by" captions).
Typepad, take note.
Posted by: Malcolm Pollack | Wednesday, 20 December 2017 at 18:38
Well spotted, Malcolm, usually it's JK who's the culprit but we must let him off on this occasion and instead put 'W' on a charge!
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 20 December 2017 at 18:52
'W' has a special way with words!
Posted by: Whitewall | Wednesday, 20 December 2017 at 21:50