Peace on Our Terms

I have not counted Angela Merkel in the Left camp, so found it hard to believe she would have peace with the President elect of the United States only on her own terms.  There seems to be variations on the theme of peace with conditions that she imposed on Donald Trump last week.  We are glad to get along well with you but you must honor a commitment to people of different religions, sexual preferences and nationalities.  This is exactly the rhetoric of the Left in the U.S.

We don't need foreign leaders staking out conditions for a chance to be good partners on the world stage.  We have had several mayors of large cities say they will be sanctuary cities allowing illegal immigrants to live there whether the rest of the country wants it or not.  The leader of New York said yesterday, in what was the most pious speech ever given, that he had expressed the concerns of people everywhere in New York when he said that he would not allow certain types of behavior by this new upcoming administration and would watch it closely for deviations from his standards.  Not even the Pope uses this kind of language and the Pope has more reason for doing it.

In President Obama's first week in office he said to a group of Republican opposition members there to discuss issues, "I won."  These are the terms of this office, whether you disagree or not.

World leaders and mayors of large cities do not get to decide the conditions under which they will cooperate with the United States government.  What Obama was describing was a political reality that some seem to think is optional:  The Winner Makes the Rules.  I won;  I set the rules.  Let me add to that:  Get over it.

The arrogance of some of these so-called leaders is beyond imagination.  We had too much of that and elected another party to do things differently.  Brexit happened for the same kinds of reasons.  The French national election will see more of the same.  Austria may lead them to the same result.  Immigration influenced both of those and will be a driving force in politics for quite a while.  For those who say enough of letting these people into our countries, supporting them with tax dollars, and tolerating their lack of assimilation into our culture, consider the votes that are coming up.  The winner makes the rules.