EU Immigration Crisis Megathread

[Queequeg]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35406072?ocid=socialflow_twitter

Thanks Merkel!

[Liep]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35406072?ocid=socialflow_twitter

Thanks Merkel!

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35406436

This is Denmark's "Fuck You" response to Merkel.

[Razgovory]

So Ishaan Tharoor  had to go to 17th century  to find an example of Christians cooperating with Muslims to kill people.  Truly grasping at straws, terrorist apologist.

I could pick out quite a few since the 17th century.  WWI, WWII, Korea, Afghanistan (both American and Soviet phases), Iraq (Gulf war, Iraq war, current war against ISIS).  It's not that hard.

[Tamas]

https://youtu.be/Ab6MXX4jBGw

VICE covers the anarchist/far-left ignited battle at Calais the other day.

[Martinus]

Every single war? With a sufficient number of Muslim fighters for that to be notable?

Some more than others.

My personal favourite is the battle of Grunwald (also called the battle of Tannenberg) which is considered, by Polish right wing Catholic nationalists, a go-to historical event to symbolise what they are fighting for (mainly because it was depicted in a grand painting by a 19th century romantic painter and in an early 20th century novel, where the Polish knights are depicted singing a religious song as they begin charging the ranks of the Teutonic Knights).

The part they are missing is that in addition to Poles, the Polish army included Russian Orthodox allies, a contingent or two of Muslim Tartars from Crimea, the Lithuanian regiments of very-recently-converted-from-paganism-wink-wink warriors, and Hussite mercenaries, kicking the flower of Western Christendom to the curb.

[Valmy]

Every single war? With a sufficient number of Muslim fighters for that to be notable?

Some more than others.

My personal favourite is the battle of Grunwald (also called the battle of Tannenberg) which is considered, by Polish right wing Catholic nationalists, a go-to historical event to symbolise what they are fighting for (mainly because it was depicted in a grand painting by a 19th century romantic painter and in an early 20th century novel, where the Polish knights are depicted singing a religious song as they begin charging the ranks of the Teutonic Knights).

The part they are missing is that in addition to Poles, the Polish army included Russian Orthodox allies, a contingent or two of Muslim Tartars from Crimea, the Lithuanian regiments of very-recently-converted-from-paganism-wink-wink warriors, and Hussite mercenaries, kicking the flower of Western Christendom to the curb.

Both of those things could easily be true. I mean Muslim Tatars have fought for the Poles in most of their wars, it does not mean that somehow Catholicism does not play a big role as well.

[Martinus]

I still think it played a bigger role for the Teutonic Knights.

[Valmy]

I still think it played a bigger role for the Teutonic Knights.

I don't know. It kind of strikes me like laughing at a Roman Triumph because a lot of the soldiers were Federati.

[Syt]

To illustrate the credibility crisis of German police after Cologne:

A 13 year old girl with disappeared in Berlin (her parents are Russo-Germans immigrants). 30 hours later she was back. Rumors rose that she had been abducted by immigrants/refugees and raped.

Police and prosecutors have said repeatedly that the girl was neither abducted nor raped, but that there had been consensual sex (age of consent in Germany is 14 IIRC, though I believe there's lenience rules if both parties are under 18 - or 16? I guess she disappeared to/with her boyfriend and they messed around). Police refuse to say more to protect the privacy of all involved.

Russian media says that the girl was abducted and treated as sex slave by immigrants. Russo-Germans demonstrated in several cities, and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov accuses German authorities of hushing up the case and calls for a full investigation and protection of Russian immigrants in Germany.

[Martinus]

Damn, you can almost see how a situation like this can degenerate into barbarism very quickly. It's just a matter of a scandal or two.

But then German police have noone to blame but themselves.

[Valmy]

To illustrate the credibility crisis of German police after Cologne:

A 13 year old girl with disappeared in Berlin (her parents are Russo-Germans immigrants). 30 hours later she was back. Rumors rose that she had been abducted by immigrants/refugees and raped.

Police and prosecutors have said repeatedly that the girl was neither abducted nor raped, but that there had been consensual sex (age of consent in Germany is 14 IIRC, though I believe there's lenience rules if both parties are under 18 - or 16? I guess she disappeared to/with her boyfriend and they messed around). Police refuse to say more to protect the privacy of all involved.

Russian media says that the girl was abducted and treated as sex slave by immigrants. Russo-Germans demonstrated in several cities, and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov accuses German authorities of hushing up the case and calls for a full investigation and protection of Russian immigrants in Germany.

Oh Dear God.

[Richard Hakluyt]

To illustrate the credibility crisis of German police after Cologne:

A 13 year old girl with disappeared in Berlin (her parents are Russo-Germans immigrants). 30 hours later she was back. Rumors rose that she had been abducted by immigrants/refugees and raped.

Police and prosecutors have said repeatedly that the girl was neither abducted nor raped, but that there had been consensual sex (age of consent in Germany is 14 IIRC, though I believe there's lenience rules if both parties are under 18 - or 16? I guess she disappeared to/with her boyfriend and they messed around). Police refuse to say more to protect the privacy of all involved.

Russian media says that the girl was abducted and treated as sex slave by immigrants. Russo-Germans demonstrated in several cities, and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov accuses German authorities of hushing up the case and calls for a full investigation and protection of Russian immigrants in Germany.

The cover ups were a dreadful mistake. Conspiracy theories were confirmed, having been confirmed it is almost impossible to put them back into the box. Veracity is an attribute easily lost.

[The Brain]

You reap what you sow. You don't rape your sow.

[Liep]

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/26/europe/denmark-vote-jewelry-bill-migrants/index.html

Top story on CNN.com, go Denmark! Also, video interview is with the top Languish voted politician from Denmark, the beautiful Pernille Skipper.

[Eddie Teach]

That doesn't look like the chick with the hot instagram photos. 

Edit- Nikita Klaestrup