Fredagslänkar: USA, immigration och bomber mot Iran

Europe, immigration, and identity
Daniel Fried, USA:s biträdande minister för Europafrågor (osäker på översättningen av hans titel) säger: "Until recently, mainstream Europeans viewed Muslim immigrants as guest workers who would someday go "home." This leads to Europe's third-generation Muslims being seen as "foreign," despite being born in Europe, as were their parents."

To Become an American
Fareed Zakira från Newsweek kritiserar också europeisk immigrationspolitik: "The German Green Card was misnamed, I argued, because it never, under any circumstances, translated into German citizenship. The U.S. green card, by contrast, is an almost automatic path to becoming American (after five years and a clean record)."

Stora delar av USA:s immigrationspolitik verkar lika rutten som Eurpoas, inte minst efter 11 september. Men har vi kanske ändå något att lära när det gäller grundsynen på immigration och integration?

Måste också dela med mig av detta oslagbart roliga citat (också det yttrat i den pågående immigrationsdebatten i USA):
"We think our national boundaries should be respected. That's a biblical principle also," said Christian Coalition lobbyist Jim Backlin.

U.S. Officials Are Mulling Iran Strikes, Experts Say
Ett anfall mot Iran verkar komma allt närmare. Deprimerande.