&gt;Just that likening the West&#x27;s conflict with Islamic extremists to the circumstances surrounding the fall of Rome is nonsense.<p>Not entirely nonsense. Halfway maybe. Europe, like Rome, has been in decline for almost a century by now. Now opportunists are taking advantage.<p>Of course, Roman Empire was not being pushed,  to accept anyone. Europe is under intense pressure from the US and the global trade elites who believe in &#x27;Open Borders&#x27;, as a way to keep profits and power<i>.<p></i>far easier to practice electoral &#x27;divide and conquer&#x27; in ethnically non-homogenous populations..