Instapundit reposts the comments of Aaron MacIntyre regarding the suboptimizing behavior of Europe in the 80 year post-war period. It is a concise statement of what hindsight shows has happened.
Europeans abandoned the defense necessary for their own sovereignty so they could finance welfare states, which they then destroyed with mass immigration.
So now they have infinite migrants, bankrupt social programs, and a complete lack of security.
Assessment: They find themselves near the headwaters of a polluted river with no means of propulsion. Meanwhile night is falling and the wolves gather.
