Posted on 01/08/2016 7:10:15 PM PST by Kaslin
No country is experiencing greater difficulties in dealing with the Middle East refugee crisis than Germany. The big political parties are all at odds. The Christian Social Union, the sister party of Prime Minister Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, wants an upper ceiling on immigrants, compulsory integration for refugees and protection of borders. The Christian Democratic Union wants to police Europe's borders more effectively and to combat the sources of the stream of refugees. Meanwhile, the Social Democratic Party is warning conservatives against fomenting panic, but doesn't explain how. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere is condemning general suspicions about refugees, but wants to deport the bad apples among them more quickly. Merkel continues to proclaim, "Wir schaffen das"--"we'll get it done"--but is convincing fewer and fewer Germans that she will. Capping all the nonsense is the constant refrain of all the parties that a European solution is imperative, when they all know it will never happen.
In fact, Germany cannot find any support in Europe for its stance on the refugee question: in 2015 alone it accepted 1.1 million. Its partners are demonstratively distancing themselves from Berlin, a tendency that will become even more pronounced following the untoward events in the city of Cologne, where dozens of German women were sexually assaulted during a melee by over a thousand North African and Arab men on New Year's Eve. Now everyone in Europe is talking about "the Cologne atmosphere," which they would prefer to avoid.
The debate in Germany is being further stoked by all those who have to enforce the government's wishy-washy line. The police, for example, are sounding alarms because they are understaffed and overwhelmed. Educators are sounding alarms because there aren't enough instructors for introductory courses about living in Germany. Towns are sounding alarms because they've run out of room for more refugees. And it's unclear how long sports facilities will be used as temporary hostels, because no one knows how many more refugees will arrive.
The result is dire: Europe's Schengen system is on its deathbed. Asylum homes are attacked daily. And the authorities are shutting down online forums because of the viciousness of comments about asylum seekers.
But a return to the cozy pre-refugee era is out of the question. The refugees are here. They have to be integrated. But the way forward is shrouded in fog. At the same time, sober discussion of the problem is impossible. The moral and political faction that represents what might be called Germany's "welcome culture" rigorously throttles any attempt to discern a connection between refugees and the danger of Islamic terror. This became particularly clear after the recent attacks in Paris.
But since the attacks, it has become clear that at least two of the suspected terrorists traveled into Europe via refugee routes. The men may have used false Syrian passports and simply pretended to be refugees. For the German public and security services, this came as a shock. Such a possibility they had derogated as an "abstract danger" for which they were no "concrete indications." The path, we were told, was too far for potential terrorists. It was too dangerous. It wasn't well-suited for transporting the necessary equipment to carry out an attack. And so on. Even today, thousands of refugees are living in Germany who were never registered upon arrival.
The skeptics of today's refugee policy--the term "concerned citizens" is now being used as a term of aspersion by the pro-refugee faction--are not represented by any party in parliament, but are announcing themselves with increasing vigor in the media and in opinion polls. Still, according to a poll by the Allensbach Institute, nearly half of all Germans are afraid to voice their opinion about the refugee crisis. Germany, you could say, is divided once again. One side has fear of Ueberfremdung (over-foreignization), of Islam, of radicalization, of limitless immigration. Their opponents have opened their hearts to the refugees and believe in their ability to integrate into German society.
Is suppression at play here? That would revive a nasty theme in German history. After the Second World War, the crimes of the Third Reich were suppressed. During the Cold War, many did not want to acknowledge the crimes of the Communists. Are Germans now suppressing what awaits their country thanks to the high number of immigrants?
One could say the same if you substitute ‘America’ instead of ‘Germany’.
The problem is not the country, but its leadership, in both cases.
Easy solution: No welfare, no anything. Watch them self-deport.
As the former president of (Hungary? Vaclev Havel?) said of Barky O, “The problem is not so much that he’s president, but that there are tens of millions who voted for him”. (paraphrased)
no need to read anymore hand wringing articles about Germany
It’s finished as a free predominantly German country.
8 kids to 1.1 new generation of softees, kind of like here.
they ELECTED merkel, it wasn’t a coup so OBVIOUSLY they don’t want that kind of change.
that HUNDREWDS of women who must have been with SOME men got raped or groped without a HUGE HUGE fistfight and brawl taking place tells you all you need to know about the new german man.
And no guns. They have no. Guns.
i’m sure i’ll get responses saying “you fool!!! they are THISCLOSE to revolting!!!!”
they’re not. And they won’t.
Add up ALL of the RUTHLESS lone wolf and group attakes and what do you get. NO REPONSE in any way from Germany, except to let 1 million more in
We are no better with this president. And again, the people elected him. That means more than half the people of USA or f,...t loving, muslim loving, America HATING, pieces of @#$@#$ who think Christians are a much BIGGER threat than muslims.
can’t wait till muslims get their way with them.
Just like the Philly mayor and Barack Obama, the left could care less about the truth about Islam, its ALL about protecting their Muslim base, they could care less how many people die or get raped, all that matters is kissing Muslim a@@
Karma (I remember the numbers tattooed on my grandmothers forearm).
Probably not without further blood shed. Liberals are stubborn people, and it has to be made crystal clear to them in the most painful manner possible before they will admit they are wrong.
As Custer said in the movie "Little big man."
"Your miserable life is not worth the reversal of a Custer decision."
If a mediabot has to ask, he already knows the answer and can’t afford to admit it.
The globalists are breaking Europe.
We’re next.
No, Czechoslovakia. :-)
Nazi Germany was tied so tight to the Muslims it is probably hard for Germans to believe the Muslims behave as they are doing to their former and present benefactors.
No.
Good luck with that. Immigrants have to WANT to integrate - this bunch wants to Colonize.
Actually, they could deport every last one of them. All it takes is the decision to do so, and to ignore the international handwringing.
that HUNDREWDS of women who must have been with SOME men got raped or groped without a HUGE HUGE fistfight and brawl taking place tells you all you need to know about the new german man.
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Mark Steyn told me all I need to know about German “men” here-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726419/posts
It is now politically incorrect for men to pee while standing in Germany. (2006)
Ahhh...the "gentlemen" of the "religion of peace". Just for the ladies. Especially those of you of the "progressive", tolerance/diversity/politically correct mindset! And if that definition doesn't fit YOU, please send this along to any of those folks you know.
Then listen for the exploding heads!
PS: "Stuttgart" in German means STUD FARM. It appears that some of these muzzie miscreants there took it just a bit too literally.
Leadership there doing it on purpose. 2016 is open attacks on christian white majority nations.
This is ww3. Decimting white cultures. Ww3 is the nwo last push.
The ones that are going to get integrated are the Germans. How do you say “allahu akhbar” in German?
To repeat - if Obama really thought that if we could stop one tragedy involving a gun, then drastic measures are justified, then he would also believe that if we could stop even one terror murder, then keeping all the refugees out would be justified and called for...
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