Does anyone think that Greece, or perhaps Italy if the route changes, would be able to handle hundreds of thousands of refugees? Why should it become only their responsibility If the EU means anything, it's an EU problem, and the EU has to find a solution.
One solution was already proposed by an EU official....very heavy patrols in the Med to turn these people back. That's not totally going to work, however, not with that much coastline, although perhaps it should be done.
This is a bit like closing the hen coop door after the fox got in, however. How many hundreds of thousands are already in Europe?
The answer is in Syria and the greater Middle East, but as this morning's press conference showed, Europe is on his own. When President Obama was asked point blank, given that the strategy is not working, whether he would change the strategy, the obfuscating and meandering answer basically boiled down to "No".
The other issue is the radicalization of Muslim youth in Europe. The latest information seems to be that the majority of the terrorists in this latest attack are nationals of European countries (Belgian, a lot of them) who went to Syria and then returned. This is a largely internet problem. I don't know how that can be tackled. Certainly, however, some of it is coming from radical mosques, and something has to be done about them. An ex member of one of these jihadi groups was just interviewed. He said he came from a middle class home, highly educated, and he was radicalized when he joined a religious study group at a mosque which happened to have a lot of extremists in it.
about 1 million have allready entered Europe this year and the stream doesn't stop
Europe has a very bad record in integrating immigrants, especially with Muslim background
ISIS fighters are recruited worldwide, it is estimated 25 % are European
the radicalisation started in mosques in Europe funded by Saudi-Arabia
this has been stopped now in Europe but internet is taking over
Saudi-Arabia doesn't want to recieve any refugee, they've proposed their 'contribution' by building new mosques in Germany, thank you very much
Saudi-Arabia has passed a new law now that considers atheism as terrorism, with death penalty for propagating atheism
Saudi-Arabia is still considered an ally by the US. When will they be stopped?
(if not, it is estimated Saudi-Arabia will be bankrupt within 5 years with current oil prices, so problem solved)
George W Bush does have a responsibility in the creation and growth of Al-Qaeda and ISIS, which he considered initialy as allies.
America and Europe have supported the 'Arabic Spring' which was an illusion and created more instability.
Obama prefers to look the other way instead of interfering.
Europe has lost all its fighting spirit since WW II and has been sitting under the American shelter all the time.
If Europe doesn't get his act together quickly it is a sitting duck.
The time to be nice and naive is over.
