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  • Why borders matter — and a borderless world is a fantasy

    08/01/2016 6:01:53 AM PDT · by artichokegrower · 26 replies
    Los Angeles Times ^ | Aug 1, 2016 | Victor Davis Hanson
    Borders are in the news as never before. With Muslim refugees flooding into the European Union from the Middle East, and with terrorism on the rise, a popular revolt is taking shape against the so-called Schengen Area agreements, which give free rights of movement within Europe. The European masses are not racists, but they now apparently wish to accept Middle Eastern immigrants only to the degree that these newcomers arrive legally and promise to become European in values and outlook—protocols that the EU essentially discarded decades ago as intolerant.
  • Bush, and His Use of "Appeasement" ("Hitler's demands were not unreasonable"-Barf Alert)

    05/16/2008 4:44:50 PM PDT · by mojito · 26 replies · 501+ views
    Seattle Times ^ | 5/16/2008 | Bruce Ramsey
    Democrats are rebuking President Bush for saying in his speech to the Knesset, here, that to “negotiate with terrorists and radicals” is “appeasement.” The Democrats took it as a slap at Barack Obama. What bothers me is the continual reference to Hitler and his National Socialists, particularly the British and French accommodation at the Munich Conference of 1938. The narrative we're given about Munich is entirely in hindsight. We know what kind of man Hitler was, and that he started World War II in Europe. From the view of 1938, what Hitler was demanding at Munich was not unreasonable, according...