Throughout time there have been many issues that have resulted in the need of civil war. While some issues seemed at the time vastly important, excesses of the French King for example, others have stood the test of time. Taxation without Representation was the rallying cry of our own departure of the British Empire. While religion tore apart the country of Yugoslavia, and ethnicity seems to be the driving force behind the Basque separatist movement.

Belgium has decided to cast its Constitutional government aside for an altogether different issue, Language. For while Europe is chock full of parties all along the political landscape, Belgium seems to not have a problem with what party puts forth an idea, but rather what language it is in.

For the parties tend to be divided by languages, rather than ideals. It would be like having a Spanish speaking Democrat Party and and English Democrat Party. For those in the south, an analogy would be having Black Baptist Churches, and White Baptist Churches. Both spreading the same ideology, just kinda picky over who is telling whom the message. (That is the correct usage of who;whom right?)

So while like every other democratic country instead of dealing with economic, and social issues, (Germany doesn’t look like it may invade so I don’t think any foreign policy questions are on the horizon) the government of Belgium has overblown a small issue into a monumental issue of staggering proportions.

More than 150 days have passed where the proposal of electoral distribution of Brussels, which would force inconvenience Francophone speaker, I think, and give the Flemish a possible, upper hand is ridiculous.

Whats worse is I don’t know who to really root for in this fight. Discrimination of anything French cannot be too bad can it? Yet to have another European country dissolve into ethnic and lingstical mini-states doesn’t set a good example for the rest of the world. Next thing you know, Montana will want to be its own country because they talk to God on a two-way radio.

Although come to think of it, this gives us an excellent opportunity to send NATO troops in, heavy on the Turkish of course, so they can practice before they go Kurd hunting in the spring. Well I am keeping this short because it is Friday, so I will have some Belgium Waffling.