Curious, reading this account of Muslim response in European countries to Israeli action in Gaza - curious, if one believes in the clash of civilizations dynamic, which I generally do, and therefore believes that the West's relations with the Muslim world will continue to be problematic, what does it mean that the Muslim population in these Western democracies is growing and yet a significant proportion of this demographic still thinks and acts reflexively in predominantly Islamist terms which are antithetical to Western traditions and interests? That can't be good, no? And what happens when Muslim populations in Europe reach such a point that getting elected without their support is difficult and yet in order to get that support you have to embrace policy positions that are not at all in keeping with Western traditions and interests? Not good.
And then there's the issue of Jews fleeing the rising tide of anti-Semitism in Europe, which history shows is bad news for the countries from which they're fleeing and good news for the countries they're fleeing to - but aside from that, if many of these people end up in Israel and you are of the type to think Israel's security preferences are far too conservative now [which I don't - for all the problems it gives rise to, I'm 100% behind Netanyahu's move into Gaza and think anyone who can't see the logic of it is blinded by a prejudicial ideology] then wait till this new reverse diaspora hunkers down and starts setting the rules.
And then there's the issue of Jews fleeing the rising tide of anti-Semitism in Europe, which history shows is bad news for the countries from which they're fleeing and good news for the countries they're fleeing to - but aside from that, if many of these people end up in Israel and you are of the type to think Israel's security preferences are far too conservative now [which I don't - for all the problems it gives rise to, I'm 100% behind Netanyahu's move into Gaza and think anyone who can't see the logic of it is blinded by a prejudicial ideology] then wait till this new reverse diaspora hunkers down and starts setting the rules.