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Sidda: that's a no-win situation
Reader comment on item: West Africa - Europe's New Border
in response to reader comment: Differences between Europe and the USA

Submitted by Octavio Johanson (Italy), Mar 29, 2006 at 01:43

Thanks for the update about the American system. Now, read again Pipes's article about "Mauritania- Europe's New Border". In Europe, the common man is probably against the open-border argument. But then, you have got the elite who want open-borders.

Europe imports a lot of petrol from Muslim nations. It is not imported from Mauritania as such, but from other Muslim nations. Therefore, we are paying the price of petrol by allowing people to come here. Again, the common man knows nothing about this Oil for Immigrants programme. You can read The Economist: that's an English-speaking European paper. Well, The Economist supports immigration, because it fits their globalist, free-market agenda. In America, it is The Wall Street Journal who defends those positions. So, the European and American situations are more similar than I thought. The common man is opposed from the open-border policies of the powerful. But the common man is voiceless. I have satellite television and I saw the massive pro-immigration rallies in California. The common man is not capable of fighting against the big powers who pursue their economic agenda. In America, it is about cheap labour. In Europe, it is also about cheap labour, and our dependency on petrol. If you add the name-calling, the "racist, racist, racist", the average man will give in. This is all about power.

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I agree [68 words]S. AnguilarAug 5, 2006 23:33
Differences between Europe and the USA [96 words]Octavio JohansonMar 26, 2006 11:12
Octavio - that is changing [827 words]SiddaMar 28, 2006 18:37
⇒ Sidda: that's a no-win situation [221 words]Octavio JohansonMar 29, 2006 01:43
More feedback for Sidda [134 words]Octavio JohansonMar 29, 2006 10:00
to Octavio [575 words]SiddaMar 29, 2006 17:41
I am not a conservative either! [504 words]Octavio JohansonMar 30, 2006 01:28
Conclusions [384 words]Octavio JohansonMar 30, 2006 03:06
immigration [77 words]bob graysonApr 12, 2006 00:07
Re: immigration [69 words]Octavio JohansonApr 12, 2006 08:02
Bob Grayson [211 words]Octavio JohansonMay 26, 2006 19:20
The I-word [71 words]Octavio JohansonMar 25, 2006 18:25
This is madness! [74 words]Wayne WagnerMar 20, 2006 15:48
Your readers and me [99 words]Octavio JohansonMar 20, 2006 01:55
I live in Spain [75 words]Octavio JohansonMar 20, 2006 05:31
Brother Octavio , Its hard to follow the rules sometimes !! [170 words]SinghDec 6, 2006 13:32
how to solve the Canary Island problem [278 words]MarkMar 20, 2006 00:35
Oh, Australia! [223 words]Octavio JohansonMar 20, 2006 04:44
I also live in Spain, further more I'm Spanish [98 words]Gonzalo MayordomoMar 26, 2006 11:35
Gonzalo [17 words]Octavio JohansonMar 27, 2006 03:50
Point 3 is no solution [231 words]Farid H.Apr 6, 2006 14:09
EU-camps not possible [85 words]MikeApr 28, 2006 06:53
Sorting the canary island problem [98 words]rienMay 13, 2006 09:07
Immigration is necessary for development but Muslim Immigrants are Threat to Europe [61 words]BillooDec 6, 2006 13:10
South Africa has the same problem [218 words]Josh SmithApr 13, 2007 23:20
The problem of illegal migration [323 words]Mary ConnorDec 3, 2007 22:09
right [8 words]Einsten SpearsJan 11, 2009 22:58

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