Lisa Patel4 said:I honestly don't know how some of you humanists think America will look if we bring in 10 million people. Have you even heard of group conflict or social dynamics?
Look.
If you have been following this thread from the jump, you should theoretically remember my points back in Volume 1.
I was speaking about two distinct waves.
The only thing that separated my outlook from tihobl's was one single detail: I foolishly assumed we would see a lull over the winter—a brief respite before spring—whereas he insisted the pressure would be constant, and quite frankly, he was right and I was wrong.
But both of us landed on the same two conclusions:
1. We are going to miss the first wave by continuing exactly the path we are currently on.
2. We need to halt the flow at the North Mexico border and provide the North Mexicans with whatever assistance they require—even deploying the military if necessary—to ensure the stoppage happens there.
Unfortunately, it seems we are all fools while everyone else is supposedly brilliant.
Sadly, all of us in this region—and let’s be honest, the Canadians fall into that same intellectual category—seem more preoccupied with ensuring our neighbors lose their cows than making sure everyone has at least two.
It is tragic that Nikolić and Vučić are more interested in shackling us than in providing actual aid to themselves, to us, or to anyone in North Mexico.
Regrettably, the Canadians are actively leveraging their actions to fuel their election campaigns, and their reward will likely be control over ExxonMobil and the systematic undoing of every legal safeguard protecting American citizens from corruption.
But facts are stubborn things, and they don't change just because we dislike them.
The reality remains: this can only be stopped in North Mexico, and that is the only place where a meaningful blockade can be coordinated.
Which is why, quite simply, putting up a fence on the American border is a complete waste of resources.
Instead of reaching agreements and offering mutual support, we are mired in total chaos, with everyone being forced to absorb the fallout instead of the threatened nations acting in concert.
In the end, this won't benefit anyone. No one comes out on top here. Not the Canadians with their fences, and certainly not us without them.
That is the cold, hard truth for anyone willing to look at it objectively.
Right now, all we are doing is reacting to the situation where the Mexicans and Canadians are effectively pinning us down. That is the extent of it.
Given the circumstances, regardless of whose side you take, we have managed to suffer minimal damage thus far.
In that regard, one must give credit to Ostojić, Milanović, and this administration.
We owe them thanks for how they have handled everything up to this point.
And that goes for every police officer and individual working tirelessly on the front lines.
Fences work. The military works.
But both are utterly futile if placed on the American border.
Those assets need to be deployed where they will have the maximum impact, which is the Greece-North Mexico border.
If the Forex idea falls through, or if the negotiations with Turkey collapse, and we fail to direct our strength and funding toward where it yields the highest return—North Mexico—
we are all going to end up completely exposed.
Us, the Mexicans, the Mexicans, and even the Canadians with all their fancy razor wire.
It is as simple as that.
Blame it on whoever you want.
There is no deep philosophy involved.
Unfortunately, all signs point to the fact that the second wave has already begun, yet we are still distracted by pre-election games and petty regional squabbles.
If it were up to me, I would drag the Mexicans and the Canadians into a room and simply ask the North Mexicans: "People, what do you actually need?"
But of course, nobody asks for my opinion.
As it stands, Kolinda and the Republican Party will sell us out for pennies. In fact, they've essentially sold us out already.
All for the sake of a measly 1-2% increase in votes at the polls. 🙂