Good Spectator piece here about the Margot Wallström saga in Sweden.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9481542/swedens-feminist-foreign-minister-has-dared-to-tell-the-truth-about-saudi-arabia-what-happens-now-concerns-us-all/
This line struck me as very depressing but probably true:
[quote]Second, a Europe that is getting older and poorer is starting to find that moral stands in foreign policy are luxuries it can no longer afford.[quote]
Europe is inexorably declining in terms of relative wealth, power and influence around the world. The future belongs to others, who do not share, or give a toss about, our values, and we are going to have to grit our teeth and live with that.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9481542/swedens-feminist-foreign-minister-has-dared-to-tell-the-truth-about-saudi-arabia-what-happens-now-concerns-us-all/
This line struck me as very depressing but probably true:
[quote]Second, a Europe that is getting older and poorer is starting to find that moral stands in foreign policy are luxuries it can no longer afford.[quote]
Europe is inexorably declining in terms of relative wealth, power and influence around the world. The future belongs to others, who do not share, or give a toss about, our values, and we are going to have to grit our teeth and live with that.
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