From my new column in Taki’s Magazine:
Gradually and Then SuddenlyRead the whole thing there.Europe’s self-inflicted “migrant crisis” ought to serve as a warning to Americans citizens that there’s no time like the present for planning ahead to stymie similar mass assaults on America’s borders.
Immigration trickles tend to become floods:
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.
“Two ways,” Mike said, “Gradually and then suddenly.”
—The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
And in turn, the sudden deluges exacerbate continuing trickles for decades afterwards. …It’s time for Americans to start thinking like Israelis rather than like Germans when it comes to defending their country.
