What will a closed Fortress Europe mean for the refugees
trapped in Libya and Turkey? It will certainly mean further destabilization.
For Libya the chaos and death will escalate. With regard to Turkey, one is
reminded of what happened in Jordan in 1970.
While the 2004 attacks in Madrid killed more, that was in the
context of the Iraq War hysteria and the dust was still settling from the whole
2001-2003 madness. Britain's 7/7 attacks in 2005 greatly affected that country
and its internal debates about Iraq and the Special Relationship with America.
The Charlie Hebdo attacks were of course traumatic for the
French. But this... this is something different. This is like a new 9/11 for
France and perhaps the Continent as a whole. This may the event that proves to
be a watershed for Europe. This was a 9/11 for a new period. It's a new phase. Will
this galvanize and unify the EU, or serve as the ultimate catalyst in its
breakup?
