Posted on 09/07/2009 9:52:54 PM PDT by JLS
Whenever I write about Europe and demography, I get a lot of mail on the general line of, “Oh, yeah, Steyn? When will Muslims be 50.01 per cent of the population then? 2020? 2030? C’mon, you scaremonger…”
And I usually reply that it’s not about hitting 50 per cent. It’s about the point at which mediating between the Muslim population and the broader population becomes a central and then the dominant feature of the culture. In Northern Ireland, the Loyalists outnumbered the Republicans by two to one more or less, but an arithmetical majority didn’t prevent 30 years of, to put it at its mildest, profound destabilization. And once you’re in that situation the question becomes: What are you prepared to trade away in an attempt to re-stabilize?
(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...
Steyn ping opportunity.
I can already tell from the excerpt that this is worth reading
Mark Steyn just amazingly hits nail after nail after nail on the head.
This is the most chilling account I’ve read yet about the spread of the jihadi influence.
How sad I probably won’t be living to see what’s coming in 20-30 years and to realize I’ll be quite happy to miss it. Or maybe I’ll see it all in 10 years but either way it looks very, very ugly...unless....
...Unless we fight impolitely and to win in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Unless we drive Muslims back to their huts or kill ‘em all if they screw with the West. We’re not compatible on this planet.
I’ve always hoped heaven provides a window on the world...I’ll be curious who wins the next conflict twixt east and west..just not curious enough to live through it.
well, soviet communism lost its grip on eastern Europe practically overnight. God could discredit Islam just as quickly. But then, a billion of our fellow humans would wonder what to do, what to believe in, next.
This is a great time to be studying Turkish, Arabic, or Farsi — those are long lead-time endeavors, but it would be great to be ready for opportunity!
"In other words, they’re merely posing as contemptible Euroweenies. Which, when you think about it, is even more contemptible."
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