I believe that was the name of the childhood game we played. Each kid, blindfolded, would try to place a pin on a donkey's tail in a poster on the wall. Quite amusing, someone eventually "pinned the tail", but usually after much angst. It would have been much easier and less time consuming if only our eyes were open.
Blindfolded seems to be how many in the EU are choosing to deal with the refugee crisis. I see more focus and determination at my eight-year old daughters tennis matches. EUCO, Merkel, and member states are desperately throwing proposal after proposal against the wall, hoping to find that "silver bullet" to gain some type of control, some form of sanity.
Don't get me wrong, some ideas have merit, but others are just downright Tom Foolery. For instance, the idea that one can pay Turkey or Africa billions of dollars to keep their migrants at home is absurd and naive. Erdogan tolerates and profits from the 25,000 smugglers he houses in his country; it's quite the booming enterprise for Turkey. Many in Africa won't even accept back their citizens whom the EU wants to deport.
Anyhow, Merkel's deportation deception (read my earlier blog for details) will be futile without sealing the external border. Merkel is even trying to convince some that the refugees are "temps" and that they will go home with peace in Syria. (Just like the Turks from years ago that never went back or the phenomenon of economic migrants from "safe" countries). EUCO wants to play magician by turning 'illegal migration into legal migration' by taking 250,000 refugees straight from the camps in Turkey; again futile with an open border.
In conclusion, Merkel and EUCO will "attempt" to deport a few thousand, while taking 250,000 new refugees from Turkey, as 5000 new migrants arrive DAILY in Greece. The numbers do not add up, but that's OK. Merkel's Solidarity Plan A also includes a binding and permanent refugee redistribution scheme for her subjects in the lands of Visegrad4 and Eastern Europe. "We can do it,
Germany is Great" has suddenly morphed into forced diktats on those who have seen the results of Western Europe's multiculturalism and want no part of that way of life.
Even the well-meaning proposals from individual states to deter migrants (which I support) misses the point. If the external border is not sealed, the mass entrance of millions upon millions of refugees and migrants from alien cultures will eventually overwhelm all of Europe. It is simply not sustainable nor is it wise. Christians and non-Muslims are persecuted and discriminated against by every country with a Muslim majority in the Middle East. The two cultures do not mix well at all as history shows.
It's time for the EU to open their eyes and to focus on the one and only solution to this crisis: Sealing the external border, specifically Greece. Australia is the perfect example and one can google their official policy. Like most other self-respecting countries, Australia believes it is their duty to protect their coast in order to safeguard their people. When faced with this same type of invasion, they simply turned the boats back before they entered their territory. The UN was not happy, but Australia took control of the situation to solve the problem pretty quickly. This is the way strong and confident leaders act.
In order to defend ones house, it is only natural to defend ones border. No Union or country can protect its people, culture, and way of life by allowing their borders to be violated by people they know nothing about. The boats must be turned back at the border, even if this requires the elite NATO navy of Greece escorting the dinghies back to Turkey for a safe return. Erdogan must be told to accept them back and to eradicate the smugglers or be faced with sanctions and economic isolation from Europe. EUCO, Merkel should not act so weak or feeble. They have much leverage over Erdogan, who desperately needs Europe as the dying Middle East burns. The EU could sink his fragile economy even further. They should be prepared to do so if he is not willing to play ball.
The EU has the tools to stop illegal immigration and to defend their borders; but the spirit seems weak. The question: Do they have the will and strength to defend their continent. Defending your border is not a radical idea; it is quite natural and normal. What is perverse is surrendering your nation, your culture, and the well-being of your own people without a fight.
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