Bomb first, ask questions later
How Western foreign policy fuels mass immigration into Europe.
Written by Noah Carl.
Europe has a major interest in stability in the Middle East, “stability” being a euphemism for “countries not descending into chaos”. The reasons are obvious. When countries descend into chaos, millions of people are forced to leave their homes and many of them decide to come to Europe. (Life in a European welfare state looks more attractive than usual when groups of fanatics are blasting at one another in the streets.) But that’s not the only reason. When countries descend into chaos, the government may lose control of key border crossings, allowing people smugglers to operate unimpeded. Or it may cease to exist at all, in which case there’s no longer an entity with whom to strike deals that could stem the flow of migrants.
Despite these fairly obvious points, Western foreign policy often seems to be designed to achieve the exact opposite, namely instability. And regardless of whether it really is designed to achieve this, instability is certainly one of its main consequences. (“Instability” again meaning “countries descending into chaos”.) The issue isn’t so much that the architects of Western foreign policy are trying to cause mass immigration into Europe. It’s that they seem to think mass immigration into Europe is a price worth paying for whatever it is they are trying to do (“punish aggression”, “promote democracy”, “confront Iran” etcetera). Let’s consider the evidence.
