[yendu bwam]

But the shock will not be fatal for Europe, as it will be for the Muslim world, which will fall to ruin and starvation without its parasitic attachment to the West.

Though we in the West are heavily dependent on foreign oil, your are right that the Arabs need us much more than we need them.

[aristeides]

Europe as a whole may not need the Moslems, but the socialist politicians do, to keep their welfare state programs going. Without the welfare state programs, the socialists lose all power.