Hi cato

Yes the European security multiplex (of many fragments) is suffering the blowback of wayward small "l" liberal intentions.

Such are the pitfalls of feelgood trendiness that appeals to Greens (who see security agencies as Fascists) but should not blind Turnbull.

This European security regime, with its different organisations, different organisational and national cultures and different languages, has all lead to distrust and inefficiency.

Once people cross borders in huge blobs of 100,000s checks and processing get overloaded.

Also there are an odd 3,000,000+ muslims in France who have been alienated for decades, never having been integrated. That France has prided itself on being very white, very Catholic and class-ridden is part of the problem - little melting-pot potential.

Lack of strong borders allows France's young men to gravitate to the weakest European security setups - including neighbouring Belgium or at least source weapons from the weakest countries.

Arab oil money, be it via:
- well known (but protected) Saudi private/state interests, or
- ISIS's oil trade with Turkey
helps sustain weapons and explosive overheads for Europe.

The very opposite of the big country regimes who can (hopefully continue to) control to their borders.

Further to:

"Arab oil money, be it via:
- well known (but protected) Saudi private/state interests, or
- ISIS's oil trade with Turkey
helps sustain weapons and explosive overheads for Europe.
Posted by plantagenet, Thursday, 28 July 2016 6:30:56 PM"

The Saudis and Turkey also support terror groups fighting in Syria:

https://intelnews.org/2016/07/29/01-1949/ of July 29, 2016 reports:

"Unprecedented quantities of weapons and ammunition worth in nearly $1.5 billion have been procured from Eastern Europe and sent to Syria to arm nearly every side in the ongoing civil war, a study has found. The weapons are transported through the Balkans and sold legally to countries bordering Syria, including Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Once there, they are secretly transported to Syria for use in the bloody five-year civil war, which has so far killed or displaced millions. "

"...Investigators say the smuggled weapons have been traced to various factions fighting in Syria, primarily the Free Syrian Army, which is fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But many have ended up in the hands of Islamist militias, including the Islamic State, Ansar al-Islam, and the group formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra. "

But we all know the Saudis are exempt from international counter-terrorism measures. It was discovered that 15 of the 19 hijackers who hijacked and crashed the 9/11 (2001) aircraft were citizens of Saudi Arabia.* Resulting Australian military action avoided Saudi Arabia as our soldiers died in Afghanistan and Iraq instead.

* see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijackers_in_the_September_11_attacks