“The message that we want to send to the Americans is simply that the crisis is destabilising Europe,” said the diplomat, who did not wish to be named. “The problem is that the attacks in Paris and the refugee crisis show that we don’t have time. There is an emergency.”
Noting the debate raging among governments over how to handle the biggest movement of people to Europe since the second world war, he added: “It’s the foreign fighters but it’s also the migrants crisis which is dividing the Europeans, destabilising the continent, so we have to act quickly, telling the US administration the core interests of the Europeans, your best allies, are at stake.”
What is the world coming to? I guess, this. We, the U.S.-we, have to take care of France's security, Greek security, Turkish security, Lithuanian security--all of Europe's!--security, Israel's, Japan's, Taiwan's. France and Israel have the Bomb. Still can't do it themselves. Britain handles its security more on its own but is still a part of NATO. How long has the EU been in existence? Why can't they handle this themselves? Germany and Japan can't fight (WWII restrictions) and France won't fight (WWI trauma). ALL of Europe can't handle ISIS and immigration from North Africa?!
Okay. It is what it is. We'll have to do it.
Noting the debate raging among governments over how to handle the biggest movement of people to Europe since the second world war, he added: “It’s the foreign fighters but it’s also the migrants crisis which is dividing the Europeans, destabilising the continent, so we have to act quickly, telling the US administration the core interests of the Europeans, your best allies, are at stake.”
What is the world coming to? I guess, this. We, the U.S.-we, have to take care of France's security, Greek security, Turkish security, Lithuanian security--all of Europe's!--security, Israel's, Japan's, Taiwan's. France and Israel have the Bomb. Still can't do it themselves. Britain handles its security more on its own but is still a part of NATO. How long has the EU been in existence? Why can't they handle this themselves? Germany and Japan can't fight (WWII restrictions) and France won't fight (WWI trauma). ALL of Europe can't handle ISIS and immigration from North Africa?!
Okay. It is what it is. We'll have to do it.
