Friday, 4 September 2015

Written In The Waters And In The Sands
  • An Old Problem From A Different Perspective -        - Europe's Refugee Crisis -

End Of The Beginning Or Beginning Of The End?
Nearly thirty years ago I said to someone I knew after the collapse of the Soviet Union that the expansion of the European 'Project' into Eastern Europe and the Baltic States would become it's own unraveling, as a democratic structure.
It was quite obvious even then to all who could see that incorporating countries, for example, whose Waffen SS are given pride of place within societies (indeed some educational organisation promoting neo-Nazism, under the guise of 'education' in the Baltic States, still receive grants from the European Union for 'cultural' education.)
But the European Union Project was never about democratic values as it was always about preventing another war in Europe, economic power, political and ultimately, military leverage adjunct of diplomacy, worldwide; an iron fist in a velvet glove.

What has put a temporary hold on these expansionist global plans has been the complete chaos created in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa, Syria, North Africa and now in Yemen.
Europe's contribution forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan have received a 'wake up call' under the protective wings of NATO and one which has temporarily 'clipped' future independent roles, in the absence of NATO, as a potential 'force de frappe' to extend EU diplomacy. The European Union now understands that less powerful countries, even under occupation by dominant foreign powers, are not attracted by it's ' democratic values' public relations packages - and actually fight back. That their own 'sons and daughters' are just as mortal as those of their Afghan counterparts, and that occupied countries will fight, to the last drop of the occupiers blood, to be liberated from military occupation. If such occupiers are Christians in Muslim lands, the motivation is even greater.
[Sadly the United States, as a global superpower, learnt thsese lessons a long time ago, which is why options to sub-contract the more grass roots aspects of global conflict are now a policy feature of engagement.]

Architects Of The New World Order
Military projects in Iraq, Libya and Syria (under political orders) for regime changes overseas were the first of the 'nuclear' fire chain to be set in motion.
ISIL and the Islamic Caliphate is the direct result of such interventions.
The 'swarm' of (mainly) Muslim refugees into Christendom is the other.
Together, they are all responsible for the world economic recession we are now experiencing.
(Read my previous blogs on Greece and Deutsche Bank to complete the world economic 'jigsaw' puzzle.)
It's difficult to explain to ordinary folk the connections because the mass media does such a poor job of connecting 'cause' and 'effect'.
This is quite deliberate because the same folk who own the media also own the companies supplying the military hardware, extracting the oil or other strategic resources and some even the funding (direct or indirect) of humanitarian aid for 'relief' in these very same war zones(!) If they do not own the companies directly then either indirectly or with family or other 'revolving door' links to the same.
If I was to be a total cynic I would add 'someone has to run the world and keep order, for better or for worse.' Now it's the West, in future times it will be it's successors in the East and Far East which will set the new agendas.

If You Want To See The Devil, Just Look Into The Mirror
Slovakia and Hungary are both typical of Eastern Europe.
They are Christian, monoethnic, tribal nations, not unlike Africa (but they would be shocked to see themselves, in the mirror, compared to Africans!)
If you take away skin color and just see them as single tribes ruling and living within the demarciated borders of particular countries, suspicious of outsiders or foreigners, particularly those of either a different visual complexion or with different cultural practices you get a better understanding of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. Minorities in such countries have been traditionally persecuted because they are 'different' from the dominant tribe. It's as simple as that.  Once you see Eastern Europe for what it really is, you can better appreciate Hungary's attitude to a sudden influx of 'aliens'. Such is the 'cultural' experience of 'other worlds' for such [primitive?] tribes that these refugees suddenly arriving might well have landed from Mars. I am of course exaggerating – but to highlight a point applicable to the majority of monocultural (tribal) individuals within such societies. When you hear the President or Prime Minister or Senior EU Official who is Hungarian or Slovakian or from some other monoethnic tribal country such as Slovakia or Hungary say that the refugee crises is 'someone elses problem' (sic. Germany's) or 'we are not a social laboratory' (Slovakia) its only then that ordinary people who are used to multifaith and multicultural societies, remember the horrors of Nazism, of Anti-Semitism and of the recent genocide in such countries against the Gypsies, Jehovahs Witnesses and other minority tribes and groups during the Second World War (1939-1945.)
Such sentiments do, however, echo what the vast majority of ordinary folk in such countries would expect of their Christian politicians.
(Can you think of any Muslim country willing to accept hundreds of thousands or maybe even millions of Christians? I don't . If you do, please let me know.)

We Are Not Our Brothers and Sisters Keepers?
All that most people ever heard about after the Second World War was the the Jewish holocaust. Yes their suffering was greater than most others - particularly in the countries of the Baltic States, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, because they constituted the largest tribal minority – but there were others the world (and the European Project) conveniently 'forgot' about.
You probably are unaware that the Gypsies (a tribal minority with non-European external historical roots (India) in Hungary) today live in abject poverty and face discrimination akin to that of the Jews in Nazi Germany?
Subtle discriminatory laws and 'tests' prevent Gypsies obtaining jobs, getting into Universities and keep them out of the professions – all such matters conveniently ignored by the European Union and the mass media since the fall of Communism. This is not the fault of present day Hungary per se but of Russia, it's master and ruler until the fall of Communism. As in the Ukraine, it was 'convenient' for the Russians to ignore the plight of the Gypsies and leave unhindered neo-Nazis creating divisions both in Hungary and within the Ukraine. Indeed, not until very recently has Russia cracked down on it's own home-grown and local administration cultivated Neo-Nazi movement in St. Petersburg - and this is only because they have voiced support for their Nazi brethern in neighboring Ukraine – for no other reason. Neo-Nazism, for example, was encouraged in St. Petersburg by the State Authorities to keep minority tribes (ethnic Ukrainians, ethnic minorities from within the Russian Federation which provide migrant labor) in a state of conflict with and separate from the mainstream (majority) ethnic (tribal) Russian populace in the city.
I am not surprised you do not know these facts. The mass media does its job of not informing about many such topics very well.
The point I am making here is that no efforts were ever made to fully integrate it's tribal minority, the Gypsies, into mainstream Hungarian society. Hungarians will protest this and, will provide racial stereotypical reasons why the Gypsies are impossible to integrate. I have heard them all in the course of discussions with Hungarian citizens. Racism will always find a way or an excuse. But racism is tribalism and many of us, if honest, cannot claim immunity at some point or points in our lives from the same dilemma.

Do As We Say Not As We Do
The European Union only pull such 'rabbit' 'tricks' out of the hat to 'blackmail' or 'bully' Hungary or the Baltic States into doing it's bidding.   So expect a 'flood' of media 'discoveries' about the plight of minorities in Eastern Europe or a 'discovery' of significant populous Nazi supporters in the Baltic countries (Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania) as the European Union attempts to impose Muslim refugees on these Eastern and North East European countries.  Again the word is 'impose.' Tyrants never seem to learn that you cannot 'impose' or 'force' people to 'live together.' This is even more true if there they have little to nothing in common.
The vast majority of such refugees, unlike the Jews before them, are not just of a different tribe, but have a different God (deity) a different culture and history, all are 'alien' to Europe in the sense that as soon as they are settled, there is little to no communication with their Christian neighbors except where there are no other options.
This is usually at the express directions of their Imams who (now) see their (brethrens) majority Christian neighbors more as 'the enemy' to be kept at a respectful social distance, than anything else.
Just to clariy, it is radical Imams who will be 'assigned' to these new 'communities' to ensure they do no 'stray' from Islam through interaction within Christian societies.       I am sorry to be so blunt here but I am talking from observation.
Historical Dimension Which Complicates The Present Muslim Refugee Crisis
In fact Europe has been at war with Islam to prevent it dominating the entire continent for over one thousand years. So such current refugees, in the eyes of citizens living in the heart of Europe, are not coming as just refugees, but as representatives of a faith which even today shows little mercy to Christians, let alone any other aspects of their tribal customs which might make them 'acceptable'.
In the case of the Muslim refugees seeking protection in Christendom – in Hungary to be precise - I need to go further here and say that they are not just another 'alien' tribe seeking refuge from persecution in their homelands by other related tribes, but their ancestors were, in actual fact, warriors who were, historically, 'stopped' from militarily dominating Europe and altering it's majority citizens religion by force of arms, from Christianity to Islam, at The Gates of Vienna , in the not too distant past.
For these reasons I cannot criticize Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister, for saying that he does not want Hungary to be 'Islamized' because he speaks for not just the majority of Hungarians but for other tribes living in Christendom.
There are many Christians who will at any time give food and shelter to any refugees, regardless of race, religion or creed, but not on the basis that such do not recognise the secular nature of Christendom which is non-negotiable and such refugees given temporary refuge, would then work to Islamize Christendom by undermining it's Christian ethos.

It's a difficult one for many Christians, who are not anti-Islam nor racist but who want, as British Premier Cameron said ' to do the right thing' and should be 'led with their heads, not only with their hearts' (in other words, commonsense must prevail.) These are the first words of wisdom I have heard from Premier Cameron for a very long time.

Integration Or 'Different But Equal'?
Unlike the Jews who were integrated fully into all aspects of German and other European societies by the twentieth century, Muslims are not only not integrated but their religion forbids integration as 'unclean.'
Even in Israel today (read my earlier blog back-to-back with this year's Armenian Commemoration of it's own racial genocide at the hands of the Turks) European and Non-European Jews (Sephardic and Ethiopian Jews) are separate tribes which rarely interact. Indeed European Jews do not like living in the same community as their Sephardic brothers and sisters. This is something many Jews will get angry about when confronted and, beware, you may be labeled a 'troublemaker' should you persist in researching this Achilles heel of Israeli tribal hierarchical society.
Again this should be no shock to (monoethnic) tribal societies where intermarriage with a more distant tribal group, sharing more distant values (or subsets) is rare or exceptional rather than the norm.
The Hungarian Prime Minister's statement about his country not wanting to be 'Islamized' is a 'wake up call' to the general public – at least those caring to inform themselves independent of the mass media.
So this (soon to be) attempt to 'impose' refugees on monoethnic tribal societies in Eastern Europe is simply doomed to failure because it is both against the local tribal traditions and ther is no wish to welcome another tribe for some irrational racist fears and also for some very understandable historical reasons in these particular cases.

Europe and It's Tribal Past – Are There Lessons We Can Learn For Africa, Asia and Elsewhere?
Historically, Europe has been conquered by military force. Ethnic slaughter and ethnic cleansing, sometimes in the name of a tribe, sometimes in the name of religion, has ensured that only the dominant tribes prevailed and ultimately ruled across the continent. This was both it's strength and it's weakness and remains so today.

Restrictive Practices
Until fairly recently in European history, laws were applicable forbidding the travel of designated tribal minorities beyond certain areas. Indeed it was illegal for Jews to travel outside designated 'Jewish zones' without legal permission in Europe less than four hundred years ago, long before Hitler came into power. It was only after 'liberalization' of such laws governing the Jews, and the first significant presence of the Jewish tribal minority was first experienced throughout the majority of cities of Europe, that modern anti-Semitism leading to Nazism was born. Before that it had been pogroms in countries such as the Baltic States, Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia and Russia and other parts of Europe (witch hunts and murder-ethnic slaughter) against Jewish communities villages, towns, businesses and their mass murder in cities of Europe which were regular occurrences.
Some of the worst pogroms took place in Russia, the Ukraine, and other countries of central Europe – but such were by no means confined to Eastern Europe.
The good thing for the course of history is that such talented people from ethnic minorities took themselves and their families to 'The Promised Land' (America) and built it into the superpower it remains today. America continues to welcome skilled and talented individuals – regardless of tribe or religion or race - not to the same extent – and not without the usual stresses and strains (but which are dealt with within the rule of law as opposed to pogroms against minorities) - but no more than most other countries in Christendom.

Heart Of Darkness
All such history of Europe's very recent dark past before Nazism conveniently swept under the carpet after World War II by the European Union in it's bid to 'appear' civilized and 'reformed'. But even after all the horrors of World War II, pogroms were not a thing of the past.
As late as the early 1960s, a pogrom in the heart of Paris (France) resulted in the murder of more than 300 Algerian Muslims, their bodies thrown into the River Seine, during the period of the war against Algerian independence. Even today, few French citizens are aware of this genocide and it is not (naturally) widely publicized for topical discussion either in France nor in the mass media across the continent – since most European countries have their pogrom 'skeletons' in the cupboards which they certainly do not want disinterred.
The point I am making here is that continental Europe has a history of tribalism often leading to barbarity and warfare against minorities. It's recent history of 'tolerance' of minorities is exceptional rather than the rule. Today in Europe we see what happens under extreme pressure. Europe again reverts to tribalism.

Squandered Opportunities For Real Change
A unique opportunity existed after the Second World War to 'turn a new page' – just like it did in Iraq after the first Gulf War. All such opportunities were squandered – by other tribes and related new groups or subsets - who believed it was now their 'right' to resume 'rule the world' - under different guises.
My point here is that the militarily defeated tribes also learnt nothing – as their fate was now determined by new new alien tribes from the East – the Russian Slavs and Asiatics - and from The West – America and the Anglo-Saxon tribal world - and all discourse about the past was placed into deep freeze as a new mindset was created to educate the masses and to glorify the new tribal rulers, having replaced the defeated tribes.
In the case of Iraq and Afghanistan, history 1000 years from now might indeed see recent military interventions as significant turning points in world history. The defeated tribes did indeed learn lessons – but sadly the lessons learnt from the conquering tribes to which they were now subject, were ones which were not just negative, but were so nihilistic, that, given new opportunities to re-assert themselves, conquering lesser tribes and groups, similar to what happened in the history of Europe and with the potential to plunge the whole world onto a very different trajectory for centuries to come.
So you see, when you take it out of traditional politics and place it into the naked arena of tribalism, everything becomes so very clear to understand.  Tribalism, ethnic cleansing, scorched earth and ultimate majority tribe domination with all others 'sub nominae' (and not integration of the tribes) is the norm in Europe and it maybe a planetary phenomenon (worldwide) given the natural order of things.
'Separate but equal' (from the days of Apartheid in South Africa) would be a more appropriate phrase for the European Union integration project – with some tribes being 'more equal than others'.
The foundations and lessons may have been laid and learnt for more profound future projects.

Global or Local?
The United States is a global empire because it is global – but to the President or Prime Minister of Slovakia or Hungary or Latvia it is an 'ethnic laboratory' – and looking at it in the context of tribalism what they say, from their perspective, is perfectly understandable, as shocking or confusing as it might appear to the majority of U.S. and British and other nations which have had the experience of global empire management, in contrast to localized tribal (ghetto?) historical confinement and for the reasons mentioned above.
Don't also forget that it's not all that long ago (less than 500 years) the tribes in Europe lived, as do many people still in Asia and in Africa (I know because I have seen.) People were frightened to venture into the forests because such were inhabited by wild creatures, robbers, and they believed, witches, and all things mysterious. People rarely traveled at night for similar reasons.

Offering Shelter From the Storm – Not A Uniquely Christian Tradition By Any Means
There is a major refugee disaster unfolding in Europe of an epic proportion. The most affected countries are those on the doorstep – Greece, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Italy and Malta.   Such countries in closer proximity have some empathy despite their own financial limitations and hardships. Then there are the countries more removed and nearer the heart of Europe.  They do not understand that such refugees are people who have lost everything, even their human dignity, because they have never had to internalize, in recent years, what it is like to be thrown into an 'alien' environment totally helpless and dependent on total strangers for everything we take for granted. Many Christians in the heart of Europe just do not care.    What they see are new future problems rather than new future opportunities.   But that is their right.  They are not interested in building world empires and are perfectly content for themselves and their people (in the main) to stay at home, within the secure confines of the tribe and its environment.   So for such reasons, they are reluctant to welcome refugees in large numbers.

Tribalism and Opposition To Profound Change
The last profound changes in Europe (excluding World Wars I and II) as a whole was when Christianity converted these all these warring tribes from Paganism.   There then followed periods of Holy and Unholy conflicts where other tribes asserted and re-asserted their influence over such territories and after bloody wars, the dominant tribes created the necessary adjustments to assert the Empire of Christendom, united under one rule, the Holy Roman Empire.   And Henry VIII put an end to that.

Statues Of Liberty In the Annals of History
Sweden, France, Denmark and the Netherlands, proportionate to their size, have done more than their fair share in the taking in of political refugees.
Ultimately the countries which will offer temporary and permanent sanctuary to today's fleeing Muslim refugees will be Germany, France, the United Kingdom and The United States, as they should, given the circumstances and their unique and exceptional historical destinies of being places of refuge for minority tribes fleeing persecution in Europe and from beyond.   Another reason for this Christian hospitality is because the above countries, in their own right, unlike their counterparts in the rest of  Europe and unlike China and Russia, are all global superpowers with global responsibilities, interests, accountability and future ambitions.
 [Who knows, perhaps a future American President or Secretary of State is, at present, walking on the road between Hungary and the Austrian Border.  This is the true meaning of just one aspect of  'American exceptionalism'.] 

(I should remark here that to elected President of the United States, you must, as a minimum requirement, be born  within the territory of the United States.)

And What About The European Union? Empires Rarely Limit Themselves To The Ends Of The Earth
The European Project will saunter on, until, like Alexander The Great, it will reach just beyond it's military limits (the fate of all demagogues and dictators) and then either just fizzle out or implode or just give up as it's leaderships tire of wars, conflicts for resources, all without end, to ends of the earth, at the expense of citizens and infrastructures back home.

The fate of all Empires, thus, are ultimately all written in the waters and in the sands.




©Patrick Emek, September 2015





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