[Aetius]

I agree that it will, sadly and tragically, take more terror attacks before Europe really wakes up and does what is necessary to save itself. But I’m not sure about Britain being in the clear now.

Brexit was a good start, though of course it will mean nothing if post-Brexit they still accept free movement from the EU in exchange for access to the common market. But even if they do stop mass immigration from the EU, they still allow way too much immigration from third world nations like Pakistan and Nigeria, and that is more of a threat than Polish immigrants.

[Wallace T.]

We had quotas by national origin from 1924 to 1965. Granted, it discriminated in favor of northern and western Europeans and against all others. However, the purpose of the quotas was to maintain the United States population at the same proportions that existed in 1920. It gave approximately 40 years, in which period communities with Italians, Poles, Greeks, etc., were no longer supplemented by their fellow countrymen. This action facilitated assimilation. The second generation spoke flawless English, received a good education, public or parochial, and entered the mainstream of American society. Without such restrictions, this country would have received millions of immigrants, mostly from Eastern Europe and Italy, fleeing depression, war, Communism, and Nazism. These immigrants would have reinforced existing ethnic neighborhoods and retarded the process of assimilation. The eastern and southern European communities would have remained culturally distinct and isolated from mainstream society.

There is nothing wrong with restricting immigration from outside Europe. There is a world of difference between a white Pole or Italian from an historically Christian country and a brown Muslim Middle Easterner. Not all of the latter are terrorists, of course, but they are not assimilable. Historically, there has been considerable migration within Europe. Benjamin Disraeli was a Sephardic Jew; Eamon de Valera, born in New York, was one-half Spanish; Angela Merkel is partially of Polish ancestry. However, Muslims are not assimilable unless they renounce Islam, a dangerous action anywhere there is a large community of them. Barring further immigration from outside Europe is a first step. Expelling resident aliens is a good followup. Offering Muslims and other nonwhites who are citizens financial incentive to return to their ancestral homelands is a third.

However, Europe will need leaders like Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders in power to accomplish these goals.