Well cutting to the chase then....this is all about European/Asian/Russian New World Order Globalism VS. The might and Power of America’s Sovereignty. Of which The Elite Demorats wish to hand over to that Governing Body as it progresses.
The globalists have many advantages; one of them is a combination of human nature and lack of financial resources among their targeted victims. The result is that even though world-wide travel volume is higher than ever, a significant number of people never really have a chance to visit/explore foreign countries.
I've been fortunate that I've been able to travel fairly extensively (and live abroad) beginning as a teenager. Once someone has been to a place like Poland, Czech, Hungary, Austria, Japan, and now Italy and other slowly emerging nationalistic countries, it's absolutely fascinating to observe. Perhaps the first impression is that instead of constant protests and complaints, the newspapers and public discourse is directed at fine-tuning agreed upon policy directives.
In other words, it's this weird culturally cohesive environment where everyone seems to get along - at least in a general sense. And the most obvious, glaring, in your FACE evidence of this? The lack of para-military police patrols and overt security apparatus, especially in public spaces.
We typically open-jaw London in and Paris out, relying on intra-continental transportation once arrived. As many people are well aware, both London & Paris are like armed concentration camps - there are "prison guards" everywhere. For anyone who's experienced the same phenomenon, it's a bit of a shock at first. But the general citizenry has been effectively conditioned, as generational memories fade and die off. However, go anywhere east of Germany, and the squares are devoid of security - it's almost eerie.
Anyway, the point is that there is an intentional series of programs directed at those in the west to condition them for surrender. The media is the tip of the spear, and governments follow and hide in the wake. That's why Hussein, et al would have never dared, much like gotten away for this amount of time, the type of treasonous activities they undertook and engaged without knowing protection.