Why do the country’s elites close their eyes to what is happening here?
The short answer is political correctness. Since it violates political correctness to say anything about Muslim terror, the elites stay silent. Or if they address it at all, they are like Obama and Hillary and the liberals in this country, who refuse to call it Islamic terror. They engage in sophistry and talk of how not all Muslims are terrorists, yadda yadda yadda. And that it’s bigoted to be wary of Muslims etc. So as a result, nothing is done because of the need to keep their liberal thoughts pure.
It seems incredible, but you are 100% correct in your assessment. They are willing to lose their nations to avoid having to face the fact that their idealistic political ideology is an utter failure. Sad. Pathetic. Losers.