Henry Kissinger, known for years as an open-borders champion, has changed his tune in response to the Hamas invasion of Israel.
In 2015, the former U.S. Secretary of State co-signed a letter to Congress “demanding the borders be kept open to Syrian and Iraqi migrants in the wake of the deadly Paris terror attacks.” In it, he said not doing so would “be contrary to our nation’s traditions of openness and inclusivity.” Curiously, he cited as another reason for continuing to admit Muslims the bizarre notion that doing so would help defeat ISIS! He arrived at that conclusion with the following logic:
Categorically refusing to take [Muslim migrants] only feeds the narrative of ISIS that there is a war between Islam and the West, that Muslims are not welcome in the United States and Europe, and that the ISIS caliphate is their true home. We must make clear that the United States rejects this worldview.
So, by welcoming Muslims we are telling them we have convinced ourselves that ISIS is wrong, that we are not at war with Islam. The obvious fallacy to that argument is that by refusing to admit such a war exists, we have not only disarmed ourselves, we have actually invited the enemy to come live among us. (One doubts that many have come to live near Henry, however.)
Having once officially voiced such nonsense, he would seem to be a less than reliable advisor. Yet now the centenarian has done an about-face, telling Politico:
It was a grave mistake [for Europe] to let in so many people of totally different culture and religion and concepts, because it creates a pressure group inside each country that does that.
Exactly. We don’t know whether Kissinger’s volte-face applies to his own adopted country or not. Maybe he’s waiting for a similar violent raid from the south to convince him, God help us.
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