Yesterday, two women in Queens were caught planning to remotely detonate a bomb at some kind of military or government facility. The two were both American citizens who had been talking to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. What was striking was one of the conspirators’ statement that she saw a limited future for herself: “I might get old here…or I’m going to be in solitary … [Read more...] about Invasion Upon Our Shores: Only Three Fates
Invasion Upon Our Shores: Racking Up Points
Australia faces a unique immigration situation; as a continent and island on its own and with one of the most successful economies in the world, Australia attracts immigrants from around the Pacific Ocean. However, getting to Australia is not simply merely jumping a fence or walking across a border—legal immigrants are assessed for whether they would be suited for Australia via … [Read more...] about Invasion Upon Our Shores: Racking Up Points
Invasion Upon Our Shores: Japan Alone
Japan has been facing its declining population for years. Its society is composed of two extremes, with a growing number of seniors, as well as a growing number of twenty-somethings who age and never produce the offspring that would be expected in any other society. The latter are the source of handwringing among the Japanese government. Without youth to work and spend, Japan … [Read more...] about Invasion Upon Our Shores: Japan Alone
Invasion Upon Our Shores: “Lazy” Residents
Great Britain is experiencing an immigration crisis of its own, not only in terms of the potential security threat in a time of increasing extremism in Islam, but in terms of jobs for its “own” British citizens. In a dialogue that has been quite similar to the current national dialogue in the United States, immigrants are viewed with a mixture of suspicion and wary … [Read more...] about Invasion Upon Our Shores: “Lazy” Residents
Invasion Upon Our Shores: Hostage Agencies
With what has been happening in Europe, it’s almost easy to forget that the United States is wrestling with its own immigration problems (although to be fair, I haven’t watched any cable news show, so I haven’t seen any railing by Fox anchors about the wave of immigrants destined to ruin the country, or the MSNBC anchors railing about the Fox anchors and their … [Read more...] about Invasion Upon Our Shores: Hostage Agencies