ROGER SIMON: (Some of) ‘Old Europe’ Is Not So Bad:

A key reason for the success of Copenhagen and Amsterdam (Islamophobia alert) is that they both have shut the door, in different ways, on Islamic immigration. The door is indeed more firmly shut by the Danes who, though they are superficially the cliché UN pacifists since the days of Dag Hammarskjold, quietly say no to things that endanger their quality of life. That may mean absurdly high taxes, but also means no Islamists, at least none I could discern. The Danes may have had the guts to publish the famous cartoons, but most of the reaction, as you will recall, occurred far from Copenhagen.

You see the marked difference between Denmark and Sweden when, as I did Tuesday, you cross from Copenhagen into Lund, Sweden, via the bridge that now connects the two countries, making them minutes apart. On the horizon as we sped past was Malmo, home to so much violence, rape and anti-Semitism in recent years. I didn’t want to stop and fortunately we didn’t. Just being near the place turned my stomach.

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