Vance speech good for America and Europe

The talk Vice President Vance delivered to Europeans in Germany recently shook western Europe to its toes.

He told attendees at the Munich Security Council they need to get back to their basics of Christianity, free speech and democracy.

Many European countries have fallen into near totalitarianism with their woke measures, including kowtowing to the uninvited Muslims who have rushed in to share the wealth of these formerly great nations.

Of course, the European leaders felt attacked and disputed Vance’s ideas and U.S. ill-informed major media lined up with the Europeans.

U.S. Democratic senators, as would be expected, said his speech was filled with hypocrisy.

This points out that the socialist sycophants who call themselves Democrats were intending to turn America in the same sad direction and would have been well on their way by now except for the victory of Republican President Donald Trump in the November election.

England has fallen into fumbling errancy with its “liberal” Parliament and prime minister.

That’s sad considering that England was the leader in establishing democratic governance in the world with the Magna Carta in 1615, the document that stated the king and his government were not above the law.

Incidentally, Vance’s remarks were delivered without notes.

And to think some people questioned why Trump chose Vance as his vice-president.

His entire speech resonated with the conservatives in America who voted him and Trump into office.

A major point of the talk was the need for Europe to defend itself.

He quickly got into the nitty-gritty

Here’s some excerpts of the speech that J.D. Vance gave at the Munich Security Conference.

“One of the things that I wanted to to talk about today is, of course, our shared values. … As you heard earlier, I was here last year as United States senator. I saw Foreign Secretary David Lammy and joked that both of us last year had different jobs than we have now. But now it’s time for all of our countries, for all of us who have been fortunate enough to be given political power by our respective peoples, to use it wisely to improve their lives.

“And I want to say that I was fortunate in my time here to spend some time outside the walls of this conference over the last 24 hours, and I’ve been so impressed by the hospitality of the people even. Of course, as they’re reeling from yesterday’s horrendous attack. (Ed. Note the car attack that injured more than two dozen people, including children.) And the first time I was ever in Munich was with my wife, actually, who’s here with me today, on a personal trip. And I’ve always loved the city of Munich, and I’ve always loved its people.

“I just want to say that we’re very moved, and our thoughts and prayers are with Munich and everybody affected by the evil inflicted on this beautiful community. We’re thinking about you, we’re praying for you, and we will certainly be rooting for you in the days and weeks to come.

European Security Important

“We gather at this conference, of course, to discuss security. And normally we mean threats to our external security. I see many, many great military leaders gathered here today. But while the Trump administration is very concerned with European security and believes that we can come to a reasonable settlement between Russia and Ukraine, and we also believe that it’s important in the coming years for Europe to step up in a big way to provide for its own defense, the threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor. What I worry about is the threat from within. The retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values: values shared with the United States of America.”

Then he commented that he was surprised that a former European commissioner went on television and sounded delighted that the Romanian government had just annulled an entire election. He warned that if things don’t go to plan, the very same thing could happen in Germany too.

Note: Germany made a U-turn in its recent elections and put a conservative legislature into office. Christian Democrats came in first. Their leader Friedrich Merz is expected to be the next chancellor.

The Social Democratic Party (SPD) came in third with just 16.4 percent, a nearly 10-point drop from their firstplace finish in 2021. Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz of SPD acknowledged a “bitter” defeat, saying “the election result is poor and I bear responsibility.”

Back to Vance: Later he said: “And perhaps most concerningly, I look to our very dear friends, the United Kingdom, where the backslide away from conscience rights has placed the basic liberties of religious Britons in particular in the crosshairs. A little over two years ago, the British government charged Adam Smith Conner, a 51-year-old physiotherapist and an Army veteran, with the heinous crime of standing 50 meters from an abortion clinic and silently praying for three minutes, not obstructing anyone, not interacting with anyone, just silently praying on his own.

After British law enforcement spotted him and demanded to know what he was praying for, Adam replied simply, it was on behalf of the unborn son.

“He and his former girlfriend had aborted years before. Now the officers were not moved. Adam was found guilty of breaking the government’s new Buffer Zones Law, which criminalizes silent prayer and other actions that could influence a person’s decision within 200 meters of an abortion facility. He was sentenced to pay thousands of pounds in legal costs to the prosecution.

“Now, I wish I could say that this was a fluke, a oneoff, crazy example of a badly written law being enacted against a single person. But no. This last October, just a few months ago, the Scottish government began distributing letters to citizens whose houses lay within so-called safe access zones, warning them that even private prayer within their own homes may amount to breaking the law. Naturally, the government urged readers to report any fellow citizens suspected guilty of thought crime in Britain and across Europe.”

Vance concluded: “To believe in democracy is to understand that each of our citizens has wisdom and has a voice. And if we refuse to listen to that voice, even our most successful fights will secure very little. As Pope John Paul II, in my view one of the most extraordinary champions of democracy on this continent or any other, once said, “do not be afraid.” We shouldn’t be afraid of our people even when they express views that disagree with their leadership. Thank you all. Good luck to all of you. God bless you.”

Thank you, Vice President Vance. Many believe hat may very well have been the best speech ever made by an American vice-president.