CAMP OF SAINTS IS NOW

Ceuta is not some random colonial leftover. Portugal seized it in 1415 as a trading hub and choke-point during the late Reconquista. Spain kept it after the Iberian Union specifically to fight the Barbary pirates—the Muslim corsairs who for centuries raided as far as Ireland and Iceland, seizing ships and enslaving millions of Europeans. 
Those same pirates forced the young United States into its first overseas war; when American envoys asked why they attacked, the Tripoli ambassador answered that the Koran gave them the right and duty to plunder unbelievers. 
Jefferson’s reply became legend: “Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.”

This week that same territory was overwhelmed in under 24 hours by a human wave of military-age men. The Spanish government’s limited response has now set a precedent that this behavior is permitted. 

Most of the invaders went home hungry this time. Next time the preparation will be better and the return rate lower. The complete historical context and the only coherent response left to Europe are laid out in the video.
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