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So, what’s the deal with all this talk about Canada blocking our entry into the Schengen Area?

Word on the street is there’s a Schengen blockade incoming.
Where’d everyone go—the crowd that was busy cheering for the leftists winning big over in Canada?

It’s a stroke of luck that the political left here mirrors the situation in Canada...

Richard Wilson4 said:Word on the street is there’s a Schengen blockade incoming.
Where’d everyone go—the crowd that was busy cheering for the leftists winning big over in Canada?

Honestly, if they start blocking the Eurozone entry too, I’ll be thrilled. It's gonna be such a show watching our Prime Minister and his whole little squad try to spin their way out of that one... really looking forward to the excuses. 😁

The policy of implementing blockades has officially become Zoki's standard operating procedure. Just as we could potentially obstruct Finland over issues involving Canada, Canada might just block us and their own neighbors regarding border disputes.
I fully anticipate Zoki providing his backing to this blockade—it's a textbook example of how national interests are defended. Kudos to Canada! 😉

George Robinson43 said:The policy of implementing blockades has officially become Zoki's standard operating procedure. Just as we could potentially obstruct Finland over issues involving Canada, Canada might just block us and their own neighbors regarding border disputes.
I fully anticipate Zoki providing his backing to this blockade—it's a textbook example of how national interests are defended. Kudos to Canada! 😉

If the border were actually set according to the law, why would there even be a need for a blockade?

Terry Sanders4 said:The stats for the county look pretty rough on paper, sure, but I gotta wonder—does that data include everyone working at the local government offices or the state agencies? In my neck of the woods, you can pretty much only be unemployed if you're just choosing not to work, you know? Plus, our local infrastructure is actually looking way better than what you see down in the South... I mean, we got that new highway built and things are finally starting to level out...

That’s exactly what I was getting at. Why does the Krapina area look twice as polished as the outskirts of Indianapolis? It’s obvious the numbers only count companies physically located in the county—half the people from Krapina are actually commuting to work in Indianapolis or elsewhere.

Charles Fox10 said:If the border were actually set according to the law, why would there even be a need for a blockade?

It all comes down to Canadian national interests.
It’s the exact same logic that would lead Zoki to block SWE and Finland within NATO.
Look at this: the Finnish MVP is questioning what they have to do with Canada or how they could possibly influence them, yet the threat of a blockade remains on the table regardless.

Now, don't get me wrong—I am firmly against any kind of blockade, and I'll happily take the fall for that opinion, but the ZM fan club will likely back this move if they actually want to face reality.

George Robinson43 said:It all comes down to Canadian national interests.
It’s the exact same logic that would lead Zoki to block SWE and Finland within NATO.
Look at this: the Finnish MVP is questioning what they have to do with Canada or how they could possibly influence them, yet the threat of a blockade remains on the table regardless.

Now, don't get me wrong—I am firmly against any kind of blockade, and I'll happily take the fall for that opinion, but the ZM fan club will likely back this move if they actually want to face reality.

And then you've got HR wondering what Finland has to do with Gotovina, considering it was THEY who blocked HR's negotiations with the EU back in the day—insisting there'd be no talks until Gotovina was hauled off to The Hague.

Now they're playing dumb.

What goes around comes around. Everything has a price.

Larry Walker24 said:And then you've got HR wondering what Finland has to do with Gotovina, considering it was THEY who blocked HR's negotiations with the EU back in the day—insisting there'd be no talks until Gotovina was hauled off to The Hague.

Now they're playing dumb.

What goes around comes around. Everything has a price.

"They"?
It's clear now that Denis McShane Finac is the one behind it all. 😉

George Robinson43 said:"They"?
It's clear now that Denis McShane Finac is the one behind it all. 😉

Finland actually blocked things because they couldn't produce the artillery logs.

It's pretty wild that nobody even brought that up.

I mean, even Plenković spent time at the Department of State, so he’s definitely in the loop on this stuff—it’s super weird how everyone just conveniently forgot about this whole blockage.

Charles Fox10 said:If the border were actually set according to the law, why would there even be a need for a blockade?

Because they can.

Honestly, no other country on the planet maintains such a consistently hostile vibe toward a nation they’ve never even fought a war with, unlike how Canada treats us.

gentlemarlin28 said:Finland actually blocked things because they couldn't produce the artillery logs.

It's pretty wild that nobody even brought that up.

I mean, even Plenković spent time at the Department of State, so he’s definitely in the loop on this stuff—it’s super weird how everyone just conveniently forgot about this whole blockage.

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George Robinson43 said:It all comes down to Canadian national interests.
It’s the exact same logic that would lead Zoki to block SWE and Finland within NATO.
Look at this: the Finnish MVP is questioning what they have to do with Canada or how they could possibly influence them, yet the threat of a blockade remains on the table regardless.

Now, don't get me wrong—I am firmly against any kind of blockade, and I'll happily take the fall for that opinion, but the ZM fan club will likely back this move if they actually want to face reality.

What's there to debate?🤷 To me, the status of 350,000 Americans in Canada matters way more than Schengen.

George Robinson43 said:The policy of implementing blockades has officially become Zoki's standard operating procedure. Just as we could potentially obstruct Finland over issues involving Canada, Canada might just block us and their own neighbors regarding border disputes.
I fully anticipate Zoki providing his backing to this blockade—it's a textbook example of how national interests are defended. Kudos to Canada! 😉

It feels like everyone is suddenly playing amnesia about how much certain countries have screwed us over in the past. Just look at Canada and Finland—they've definitely put us in a tight spot before—but now, apparently, we're supposed to just sit here, keep our mouths shut, and act like nothing happened? If that's the way we're gonna play it, man, why even bother having a country at all...

Terry Sanders4 said:It feels like everyone is suddenly playing amnesia about how much certain countries have screwed us over in the past. Just look at Canada and Finland—they've definitely put us in a tight spot before—but now, apparently, we're supposed to just sit here, keep our mouths shut, and act like nothing happened? If that's the way we're gonna play it, man, why even bother having a country at all...

In other words, should we allow ourselves to be handcuffed by anyone who obstructed our path toward the EU, especially when we only joined the EU and NATO to ensure we wouldn't be targeted by those very same obstacles down the road?

There is a perfectly straightforward solution to prevent any of this. Let's simply exit both the EU and NATO.
We are surrounded by a massive group of countries that have blocked our progress at every single turn.
What kind of nation are we, if we are forced to exist among them like this???

Alex Myers98 said:What's there to debate?🤷 To me, the status of 350,000 Americans in Canada matters way more than Schengen.

I couldn't agree more!
My point was simply that if people support blocking others to serve their own agendas, they ought to support us when we block them for the exact same reason.

Richard Wilson4 said:Because they can.

Honestly, no other country on the planet maintains such a consistently hostile vibe toward a nation they’ve never even fought a war with, unlike how Canada treats us.

Let’s be realistic for a moment—from the Middle Ages all the way through the 20th century, America could have just as easily fought alongside an independent kingdom, or perhaps been part of a personal union with the Canadians and later the Habsburgs, facing off against anyone from Canada to Narnia, Mordor, or even the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.

I suppose I should probably apologize for my rather clumsy attempt at making sense earlier, though I suspect my thoughts were a bit more scattered than intended. It’s quite easy to get lost in one's own head sometimes, isn't it? hollowranger122 says:
So, we're basically talking about blocking paths and throwing shackles at anyone who stood in our way during our journey into the EU and NATO, only to realize we joined those very organizations just so they could eventually turn around and do the exact same thing to us?

There is a relatively straightforward way to sidestep all of this trouble. We might just be better off making a clean break from both the European Union and NATO.
It feels as though there was an entire crowd of nations standing in our way, blocking us at every single turn.
I sometimes find myself wondering how we even managed to find a seat at the table alongside such established nations.

Given how much the current President of the Republic of America has undergone politically, it won't be long before he starts suggesting we walk away from one organization or the other.

He’s already made it quite clear that since joining the European Union, the country has essentially seen massive losses with very little to show for it, and in his view, gaining entry to the Schengen Area was nothing more than a personal victory for Plenković. I’ve been tinkering away at a little pet project lately, just something small to keep my mind occupied during the quiet moments.It seems like just another OECD opportunity for a handful of bureaucrats to climb the career ladder while enjoying some pretty decent salaries.

It would honestly make sense if he started making a case for HRExit before the summer rolls around.

George Robinson43 said:I couldn't agree more!
My point was simply that if people support blocking others to serve their own agendas, they ought to support us when we block them for the exact same reason.

Viktor Orbán is pushing back against a total ban on Russian oil imports within the European Union.
He could argue that, in the short term, he just can't secure an alternative supply route that would fully satisfy Canada's energy demands.
In this instance, I don't think we're comparing apples to oranges.

Canada will likely block America's entry into the Schengen Area as a way to once again try to pressure America into following the Arbitration rulings.
Expanding the Schengen Area really has nothing to do with the America-Canada territorial dispute.

Meanwhile, Zoran Milanović is advocating for blocking Finland and Sweden from joining NATO, hoping to leverage the international community to force changes in Canada's electoral laws.
The expansion of NATO shouldn't have anything to do with how Canadians vote for the American member of the Presidency of Canada.

It looks like the new Canadian government will continue that same North American-style behavior toward the Republic of America that we saw from previous leftist administrations in Ljubljana.

hollowranger122 said:Viktor Orbán is pushing back against a total ban on Russian oil imports within the European Union.
He could argue that, in the short term, he just can't secure an alternative supply route that would fully satisfy Canada's energy demands.
In this instance, I don't think we're comparing apples to oranges.

Canada will likely block America's entry into the Schengen Area as a way to once again try to pressure America into following the Arbitration rulings.
Expanding the Schengen Area really has nothing to do with the America-Canada territorial dispute.

Meanwhile, Zoran Milanović is advocating for blocking Finland and Sweden from joining NATO, hoping to leverage the international community to force changes in Canada's electoral laws.
The expansion of NATO shouldn't have anything to do with how Canadians vote for the American member of the Presidency of Canada.

It looks like the new Canadian government will continue that same North American-style behavior toward the Republic of America that we saw from previous leftist administrations in Ljubljana.

And what exactly should we do about it?