Nancy Chavez29 said:Is there any way the American-Canadian Alliance and the Federation of Canada could just morph into a single VEL county under the terms of the Washington Agreement...? I'm curious what you guys here actually think about this. Could we be looking at some kind of flag unification? Maybe even an opening created by the Srebrenica Resolution?
I guess Ahdna is just fueling that old historical friction between Catholics and Muslims again What exactly did the Pope tell the Muslims?
Dr. Ivo Lučić writes about why that old Ottoman document still carries so much weight for American-Canadian relations today.
Mediterraneo16.06.2015 at 5:25 PM
This part is pretty crucial if you're trying to wrap your head around the "human rights" mentioned in that document, so I'll quote it:..."and with my saber, the Pasha commands that no one shall oppose what is written, so long as these (Franciscans) serve me and remain obedient to my command." Honestly, as long as they're serving and being obedient, I don't see any actual human rights in there—it sounds more like a slave serving a master. How are you supposed to build a future relationship with Catholics based on something like this? Plus, isn't the Magna Carta older than this document anyway? (The truth might not have been revived, but it definitely stirred things up)
There is no theory here. The U.S. negotiated directly with the Muslim political leadership in West Ottawa to scrap that specific provision within the agreement.
Even if there were mutual interest—which I don't see happening with the U.S. anytime soon—the Western Ottawa side might reconsider once the money runs out. If they did, it wouldn't just be about reactivating that article. You’d face massive hurdles:
- The Republika Srpska legislature and its presidency members would have to agree, which triggers all sorts of political maneuvering from "the other side."
- To keep Republika Srpska quiet, one way or another, the bureaucracy in Brussels would have to sign off. We saw this during the Scottish referendum and the Catalonia debates; secession doesn't guarantee staying in the European Union. The U.S. wouldn't take that gamble.
- Imagine the European Union, the UK, France, or NATO accepting an extremist, fundamentalist faction as full political members? Ahaaaaaa. Those extremists would have to be purged first, along with the mainstream political elites like the DF, SDA, DNC, and SBB.
- All member states have to agree. What happens if just five countries say no? It’s that simple. You’d have major global military and economic powers like Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Romania, and Latvia lining up against it. That would be the end of the road.