Time to place a travel embargo on Europe

I know, I know, at least hear me out.

The only two countries that I have ever traveled to are Canada (which, lets be honest, does not count) and Costa Rica (in 1998). I would love to travel the world. Ireland, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Chile, Egypt, Israel and the list goes on and on. Unfortunately, we as Americans need to have the talk about potentially placing an embargo on ourselves from traveling overseas, in particularly Europe.  

I am sure you first thought after reading that sentence is "Barrett, there is no way I am going to let the terrorist win, I am going to live my life and no one is going to stop me!" Well pat yourself on the back. Sadly, I will probably be reading about your tragedy in my briefs in the future. I have gone back and forth with this very topic, because A) one of the things my wife and I talk about often is our desires to see the world and B) my wife has traveled abroad in the last 2 years to some of the places I am going to talk about. The straw that broke the camel's back for me as far as putting hand to keyboard is the tragic bombing of Egypt Air 804 on May 19th from Paris bound for Cairo. The fact is that Europe, crippled by liberal political correctness, cannot be counted on to place security above political correctness, and until that changes, incidents such as Egypt Air will continue. 

Let us try and take a 30,000 ft viewing of the situation that is happening in Europe. According to BBC news "More than a million migrants and refugees crossed into Europe in 2015, compared with just 280,000 the year before. The scale of the crisis continues, with more than 135,000 people arriving in the first two months of 2016." Of course the initial response to me will be "what do you want these countries to do? Turn away women and children?" That is another post for another day. There are several factors to consider when looking at this statement; 

1. Why are they coming?

2. What do they intend to do when they get here?

Why are they coming? In the case of these migrants and refugees, it is to escape the damage done by U.S and Western Interventionism? (I'm looking at you former Secretary of State Clinton) If that is the case then motives will play a huge factor in the following points. Progressives will the famously spout the line "we are a nation of immigrants" in the faces of people like me who oppose open door immigration policy. Partially their statement is correct, the majority of our population can trace their lineage to another country, but that is the end of the validity of their statement. Your parents, grandparents, great grandparents all willing came to the United States. Was their strife and discontent in their country, of course! I only have to cite my Irish linage and the great potato famine of1845-1849 as an example. However, when the choice was made, your ancestors as well as mine made the decision to come to a new country for the chance of a new start, and catered to the expectations of their new home. Did they take traditions with them, all I will ask is where were you on March 17th? The point of this seamlessly random tirade is demonstrate the problem in Europe.  Europe is allowing a massive influx of a people who do not share the same language, customs or religion with the native population. Their goal is not to integrate with the current culture, it is to REPLACE the current culture. They are coming to these countries by necessity, not choice. 

How many of you think what I just wrote was hate speech? OK, let’s expound upon that last point I made. They are coming to these countries because it is an exit out of their house that is on fire. They are not choosing these countries, which makes a huge difference. Think back to your ancestors. When they came to these United States, the expectation was that you learned English so you could find a job. If you objectively looked at what these migrants/refugees are doing in these new countries, it is eerily similar to what is referred to in Islam as a “Hijra”. According to Andrew Bieszad, “In Islamic law and applied theology, the idea of the hijra pertains to the movement of a group of Muslims from a predominately Muslim area to a predominately non-Muslim area, with the goal of establishing Islam’s dominance in it.” Now look at spread of sharia courts throughout Europe. Britain alone has 85 sharia courts. Instead of assimilation, this new wave of migrants has become the new authority.

This is all paranoid and Donald Trumpian Barrett, but what does that have to do with traveling to Europe? As this new population settles into their new surrounds, with no expectations of conformity, it impacts day to day life. The airport that Egypt Air few out of recently found that 57 employees with access to airliners were on a terror watch list, according to a report. I am not saying that every Muslim is a terrorist, but what about their relatives or associates? We have problems here in the U.S airline system, such as four former Delta Air Lines baggage workers -current and former- have been arrested for allegedly smuggling guns and ammunition from Atlanta to Brooklyn so you cannot tell me that when cultural pressures meet unchecked opportunity that a potential disaster is bound to happen.

Remember that Islam's self-stated purpose is to dominate and govern all men and their affairs through its religious teachings. Its followers are permitted to realize this goal by any means possible, for nothing is considered sinful so long as it is being done for the cause of Allah and the spread of Islam. All Muslims, regardless of how orthodox they are, have at least one time or another been introduced to this concept. While brave men like President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi are trying to led a reform, it will not come quickly or peacefully. Meaning events like Egypt Air, the Paris Terror attacks, and Cologne New Year’s gang assaults will increase.

My job is emergency management, the first thing you can do to avoid an emergency is to not place yourself in the situation to begin with. You can take this with a grain of salt, but I ask you to objectively look at this, you will see not all is well with our allies across the Atlantic. Maybe we should abstain from their countries until this is worked out.

Good Luck and Good Hunting.