More on Bush in Europe, and Muslims in Europe
Further to my post of a few days ago, Mark Steyn is in typically trenchant form today in forecasting the demise of Europe, while a lengthy article in the London Sunday Times sketches the depressing situation in the Netherlands, where militant Muslim immigrants have caused a crisis for which there seems no easy solution, except, maybe, emigration. Scary stuff. Final paragraph:
Is Europe giving way to blackmail? The question
was raised in Germany last month by an article in Die Welt, the
country's most heavyweight paper, by Mathias Dúpfner, head of the big
Axel Springer publishing group. He titled it Europe — Thy Name Is
Cowardice. He said that a crusade is under way "by fanatic Muslims,
focused on civilians, directed against our free, open western
societies" that is set upon the "utter destruction" of western
civilisation. This enemy, he said, was spurred on by "tolerance" and
"accommodation", which were taken as signs of weakness. Europe's supine
response, he said, was on a par with the appeasement of Hitler.
One month later (31/03/2005):
I must update this post with a pointer to a significant discussion on this and related topics on the Austin Bay Blog, (including a lengthy blog comment from Mark Steyn himself, expanding on his views), initiated by this post on London Calling, a blog I stumbled across by accident (isn't that the way it always happens?), but which maybe needs more frequent perusal.
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