Hi Joschka,



It's so obvious now.



Instead of the Western powers embracing the 'divide and conquer' politics that has been in widespread use for all of the 19th and 20th century, we should have embraced long-term, sustainable political and economic models.



Instead of developed world nations for the past 200 years trying to 'keep the brown man down and powerless' we should have empowered the frontier and developing economies in our respective regions for their benefit -- and ours!



Now it has come back to haunt us.



Even in this, the supposedly enlightened 21st century, Western nations fomented trouble in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) nations helping or contriving to create the wrongly named 'Arab Spring' which has resulted in millions of economic migrants per month leaving the MENA nations in search of any kind of life that exceeds the disastrous post-Arab Spring existence.



Even prior to the Arab Spring, Western nations wreaked havoc since the Crusades, through the colonial times, through the Suez Crisis and through many other ways and means. Much of it cause by the greed for the resources located in those nations.



We are now reaping what we have sown in previous decades and previous centuries.



In fact, no other outcome was possible, given the inputs by Western nations.



Whether we admit our responsibility for our errors in this regard, one way or another, these problems are coming to our shores at up to 1 million economic migrants per month and it might get much worse.



We don't have the luxury of two or three years to debate who is to blame for the unfolding crisis. It needs to be dealt with now and every month for probably the next 20-25 years.



Germany's Chancellor, Angela Merkel is courageously moving forward with a plan to settle economic migrants from the MENA nations in her nation. She is setting a great visionary and leadership example, and yes, there will be things that will crop up. But Merkel's plan is light-years better than the 'burying our heads in the sand' plan and pretending there is no migrant crisis!



1. There are two kinds of people. Those who realize that the birthrate in the EU is not able to support a stable population without massive, ongoing immigration, the EU will become an empty place with a falling GDP (which drives up Debt-to-GDP ratios and except for the Nordic nations, it is impossible to sustain) or those who think they can go it alone and live in a bankrupt and empty EU. (!)

2. The economic migrants are coming to Europe, no matter what. That is no longer a question. There is no stopping it, unless the EU is willing to shoot 1 million people per month at the gates to the EU. Genocide, anyone? It must be handled. There is no 'other' option.

3. A pan-EU agreement is required to the effect that no one country must bear an unfair immigrant burden. For example, each EU nation must accept up to 4.5% of its total population -- economic migrants from the MENA nations. (After that, crime rates shoot up and ghetto-ization occurs. Which benefits no one. Not the migrants, nor the host nations)

4. Once each nation has accepted its 4.5% of total population MENA immigrants, then they should not receive any more. The next country on the list will then be called upon to shoulder their burden. Countries like Sweden have already accepted up to 6% of their total population with some cities in Sweden accepting more Iraqi refugees than the entire United States! Consequently, crime rates have risen in Sweden since the 4% threshold was surpassed. Let that be a lesson for all other European nations (EU or not)

5. Once the EU is 'full' -- that is, once each EU nation has accepted their 4.5% share of MENA economic immigrants, then other nations must step up and accept their share of MENA's economic refugees. And that means the other Western powers. The U.S., Canada, other European nations that aren't yet EU members must step up to the task as well as the EU.



And even all of that, will only partially solve the monolithic problem that is upon us and the MENA nations. A massive, concerted effort to develop the MENA nation economies, not just for filthy lucre, but to build a sustainable economic region that is sensitive to local customs, etc. -- SO THAT millions of potential refugees will decide to *stay* in their MENA nations -- rather than flee to the EU and North America!



We need a Marshall Plan for MENA and we needed it 2 years ago!



And if *Europe needs it* -- the people of the MENA nations needed it and still need it, 100 times more!



Ergo, our two-track plan must have Western nations accepting 4.5% of their respective total populations' with economic migrants from the MENA nations AND we must instantly begin to develop the MENA nation's economies to provide large numbers of jobs there -- to prevent 10's or eventually 100's of millions of legal and illegal immigrants fleeing to Europe (primarily) and (secondarily) to North, Central, and South America.



This is not a problem that is going to go away on its own. It will continue to get worse every day. We must therefore, use our brains to solve these almost intractable problems.



"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create our problems." -- Albert Einstein



I always appreciate reading your fine posts here at ProSyn, Joschka!



As always, very best regards, JBS

