(Yesterday, 06:43 AM)Ninurta Wrote: To be fair, Rutte's comment makes perfect sense, when taken in context. The media is pissin' itself over it and "conveniently" leaving out the context. so that they can make much ado about nothing.
The context was that Trump had just compared the Israel-Iran dustup to a playground fight between children. Rutte's comment - "sometimes Daddy has to use strong language" makes sense in that context.
He was referring to Trump's assumed role over Israel and Iran, as THEIR "daddy" in their playground squabble, not calling Trump HIS OWN "daddy", or that of NATO...
And it's the context here that means so much, hence it's been deliberately omitted from the media narrative.
The USA took on the role as the major Western driving-force after the Second World War and since then, those
recovering from the conflict have gotten their houses back in order. Of course, when someone else is footing
the bill, why make waves...? and so the European quarters went about acquiring a social and business system
that focused mainly on forming one overall self-beneficial element.
Adhering to the parental trope, the financially-stretched countries of Europe 'grew-up' and became valid on
the world-stage, now it's time they paid their own way. The mainstream media originally accused President
Trump of supposedly changing the accepted conduct the USA had taken on -standard behaviour from a
parent preparing offspring for the big wide world out there.
But now the same deceitful handservants of the political classes are attempting to frame President Trump's
ultimatum as some sort of decision undertaken by the countries of Europe, themselves! The broken-English
comment from Rutte has some merit because it shows once again, how the wealthier countries that make
up NATO have become weak-minded as well has weak-willed.
Read The TV Guide, yer' don't need a TV.