Another Break in the Silence

Some nations pride themselves on being "neutral" during times of war. Switzerland immediately comes to mind. The Swiss often break their arms patting themselves on the back about their "neutrality" during the two world wars. Of course, they never mention that the nation was making money hand over fist from the wars. Your faithful correspondent once worked with a German who, as a lad, lived near the Swiss border during World War II. He claimed that he used to stand on a hillside and watch Swiss manufactured Panzer tanks being transported into Germany during the war. And, of course, we all know that the Swiss banks had no trouble in confiscating the accounts of Jews who had been caught up by the Nazis and thrown into concentration camps. Why not? The proper owners of the money were ashes. There's no point in looking for survivors if one can get away with taking money that's just lying around.

Portugal and Spain played neutral during the Second World War while allowing German U-Boats to dock and re-supply on the sly while denying the Allies the same courtesy.

Well, a Swedish writer has written a book about Swedish neutrality during the Big War and it's not flattering to the Swedish government and royal family. The details of the book are here: Gates of Vienna: Swedish Service to the Reich .

This may all seem ancient history to some readers, but the point is that neutrality is often not neutrality. It is quiet submission to the bigger boot. Not to make a decision is to make a decision and it's usually a bad decision. The refusal to take a side may result in one's avoiding a fight, but it kills the soul. There is a right and there is a wrong. Or, more properly, there is a mostly right and a mostly wrong. The neutral decision is a selfish decision with the expectation that once the walls stop falling one will be ready will trowel and mortar to repair what one has helped destroy by selling the wrecking ball, both figuratively and literally, to the wrecker.

Much of Europe, and many "opinion makers" in the US strive toward neutrality in the war against the Islamic monster while refusing to admit, or not realizing that their silence regarding the assault on the West is aiding the assault on the West.

Our Lord Jesus Christ said that those who are not with us are against us.

Those who are not for the West and Christianity (either religiously or culturally) are aiding the Muslim juggernaut. It would be much better for the West if these "neutrals" to throw themselves under the wheels of the juggernaut and leave the rest of us to disable it without their interference. In other words. Lead, follow or get out of the way. And don't expect bystanders to be rewarded by either side.