Monday, April 10, 2006
WHAT CAN HAPPEN AFTER A WAR
CNN:
Interestingly, it seems to have made no impression on illegal immigrants in the protests how their being in the U.S. and free to take part in such protests might well be said in and of itself to show how truly just towards illegal immigrants the U.S. actually is. But be that as it may.
Michelle Malkin:
In particular, since increasingly it appears this must be said, well . . . this must be said.
Mexican would-be "reconquistadors", who claim they cannot get over Mexico's loss of some territory to the U.S. following a short war 160 years ago -- which really forms, at its root, the basis for the "virtually no U.S. border" argument -- need a gentle reminder as to what is often the case when a nation-state loses a war.
To that end, they would certainly glean various important, useful recent insights from residents, and former residents, of Gdansk, Wroclaw, Kalningrad, Strasbourg and Vyborg among a myriad of other places.
Two other examples more distant in time (and therefore not possible to make personal in the sense one might with those above, about which one might still speak to living people about their real-life experiences) also come to mind, and are helpful to point out here in order to demonstrate postwar changes that are now even far more entrenched than those described above: Calais and Istanbul.
Essentially, if you think the U.S./Mexico border situation is somehow "unique", it is actually you who most certainly failed to learn in high school or wherever about THOSE OTHER PEOPLE'S experiences . . . and, well, it is therefore YOU who could use a good history lesson.
Worth noting also, this from the A.P.:
Because it is also distinctly curious that U.S. Democrats, for whom Europe is an example of so much that we are told should be emulated in the U.S. (especially on social welfare issues), don't seem to feel quite much like emulating in the U.S. Europeans' past handling of borders' issues like those mentioned above. ¶ by Robert, Monday, April 10, 2006
CNN:
Thousands of marchers in white T-shirts filled the streets of an Atlanta neighborhood, one of dozens of nationwide immigration rights protests kicking off Monday.
Demonstrators in nearly 70 U.S. cities will be voicing support for an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants.
On what is dubbed a "national day of action for immigration justice," Atlanta's was one of 30 marches in the South alone as focus on the immigration issue turned from Congress to the streets...
Demonstrators in nearly 70 U.S. cities will be voicing support for an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants.
On what is dubbed a "national day of action for immigration justice," Atlanta's was one of 30 marches in the South alone as focus on the immigration issue turned from Congress to the streets...
Interestingly, it seems to have made no impression on illegal immigrants in the protests how their being in the U.S. and free to take part in such protests might well be said in and of itself to show how truly just towards illegal immigrants the U.S. actually is. But be that as it may.
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Michelle Malkin:
...Illegal alien public relations experts are advising their followers to put aside the Mexican flags and tone down their radicalism, but many reconquistadors and their friends can't help themselves...
In particular, since increasingly it appears this must be said, well . . . this must be said.
Mexican would-be "reconquistadors", who claim they cannot get over Mexico's loss of some territory to the U.S. following a short war 160 years ago -- which really forms, at its root, the basis for the "virtually no U.S. border" argument -- need a gentle reminder as to what is often the case when a nation-state loses a war.
To that end, they would certainly glean various important, useful recent insights from residents, and former residents, of Gdansk, Wroclaw, Kalningrad, Strasbourg and Vyborg among a myriad of other places.
Two other examples more distant in time (and therefore not possible to make personal in the sense one might with those above, about which one might still speak to living people about their real-life experiences) also come to mind, and are helpful to point out here in order to demonstrate postwar changes that are now even far more entrenched than those described above: Calais and Istanbul.
Essentially, if you think the U.S./Mexico border situation is somehow "unique", it is actually you who most certainly failed to learn in high school or wherever about THOSE OTHER PEOPLE'S experiences . . . and, well, it is therefore YOU who could use a good history lesson.
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Worth noting also, this from the A.P.:
..."Marches will only get you so far," said Armando Navarro, coordinator of the National Alliance for Human Rights, a network of Hispanic activist groups in Southern California. "There has to be an electoral component to get the Republicans out of the majority."
Because it is also distinctly curious that U.S. Democrats, for whom Europe is an example of so much that we are told should be emulated in the U.S. (especially on social welfare issues), don't seem to feel quite much like emulating in the U.S. Europeans' past handling of borders' issues like those mentioned above. ¶ by Robert, Monday, April 10, 2006
