Naive, vacuous humanitarianism--the West's prevailing ethic--makes us easy prey. The established wisdom in the West is that mankind is without sin. All human beings are intrinsically good. All evil, if it exists anywhere, is environmentally caused--insufficient food, clothing, shelter; inadequate education; disease, and so forth. A change in fortunes or circumstances, and, hey presto, more perfect, immaculate, sinless creatures emerge from the cocoon. It's a case of "build it (right) and they will come (to righteousness)"
In facing the mass migration from (often) war torn devastation in the Middle East, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Africa, European nations are easily gulled. The world-view of humanitarianism sets them up. None of this, of course, is to gainsay charity and compassion. But humanitarianism is a denial of genuine love and compassion. Genuine love is always based upon truth. Humanitarianism, however, pushes away truth and realistic assessments based upon its view of evil as being a mere irritant caused by superficial, environmental, circumstantial trivialities. Evil is easily overcome according to a naive and foolish West. Throwing money at the "problem" goes a long, long way to achieving redemption.
The West can be compared to a gullible householder responding to a knock on the door, late at night. The visitor at the door pleads for help. "I need protection. If you have a gun, please give it to me." The gullible householder hands over his varmint gun, whereupon, the visitor promptly shoots him, and ransacks the house.
There have been voices raised questioning the wisdom of allowing masses of migrants being able, literally to walk into a country. Some stubborn recalcitrants have even suggested that amidst the masses, serious, committed jihadis might be infiltrating as enemy agents. And they were right.
When the bombs go off in Europe, and innocent people are gunned down by soldiers of Allah, whom do the authorities and officials and politicians blame? Clearly not their beauteous idol god, Western Humanitarianism. In fact, we expect we will see a doubling down. We will be told that good things require that sacrifices be made.Al Qaeda Terror Boss Discovered On Migrant Boat; Authorities ‘Tried To Hide News’
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A convicted terrorist has been caught trying to smuggle himself into Europe by posing as an asylum seeker, in a stark event proving correct those who warned of terrorists taking advantage of the European Union’s lax border controls.
Ben Nasr Mehdi, a Tunisian who was first arrested in Italy in 2007 and sentenced to seven years imprisonment for plotting terror attacks with an Islamic State-linked group, was caught trying to re-enter the country [Italy] last month. Authorities discovered him among 200 migrants who were rescued at sea and taken to the island of Lampedusa. Although he gave a false name, migration officers identified him through finger print records, the Independent reports.
German channel n-tv claims the Italian government initially tried to hide the story to avoid “panic” and “scare tactics”. The news did not emerge until several days after Mehdi had been detained last week. Mehdi was then interrogated for several days before being deported back to Tunisia, where he was handed over to local police. The revelation will likely add to fears that Islamist terrorists are using the migrant crisis as a means to enter Europe.
In April, UKIP leader Nigel Farage told the European Parliament that terrorists would try to exploit the crisis. He told MEPs: “When ISIS say they want to flood our continent with half a million Islamic extremists they mean it, and there is nothing in [the Common European Asylum Policy] that will stop them. “I fear we face a direct threat to our civilisation if we allow large numbers of people from that war torn region into Europe.”
The following month, Italian authorities arrested Abdel Majid Touil, a Moroccan accused of being involved in a terror attack on the Bardo museum in Tunisia. He had smuggled himself into Italy on a migrant boat in February. Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano has until now insisted there is no evidence that Islamist terrorists are smuggling themselves into the country among the thousands of migrants, but his ministry has admitted that Ben Nasr Mehdi is exceptionally dangerous.
When police arrested him in 2007, they found explosive detonators, poisons and guerrilla warfare manuals. Prosecutors said he had been part of a group that was setting up militant cells that had recruited potential suicide bombers. Authorities intercepted phone calls in which he indicated he had supplied instructions and contacts to terrorists in Damascus, thus marking him out as a senior operative.
European leaders are becoming increasingly worried about the potential terror threat from the migrant crisis. Last month, German Interior Minister Thomas de Mazière said his country had become a “focus of international terrorism” thanks to migration. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has also expressed similar fears.
Those killed will be our noble votive offerings, a worthy price to be paid the glorious idol honouring our own "goodness".
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