Monday, February 17, 2020

Migrants, Or Terrorists ???

Here is a discussion about terrorist migrants coming into Europe:

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15290/the-terrorists-migrating-into-europe

I think the interesting statistic is that out of 2.5 million migrants only 104 terrorists have been detected. That's a mere 0.00416 % of the total - hardly a terrorist invasion.

They were responsible for attacks which killed 170 people and wounded at least 878 more. By way of contrast, in 2017 there were 4,300 homicides and 589,000 assaults in the EU.

My assessment of the situation is this - If the money we spent on militarism and the "war on terror" had instead been spent on improving the lives of people here, in Europe, and in the Middle East there may have been NO terrorist attacks. Is that so hard to believe?

Things are connected, and in today's world they are connected globally. What we do and don't do has ramifications we obviously are not very good at predicting.

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