Paris Attacks: There Are Major Implications For Europe

The geopolitical arena keeps getting uglier and uglier.

Just when we thought we had struck a deadly blow to Al Qaeda, ISIS emerges out of the ashes in Iraq and Syria.

Just when we thought ISIS had been “contained,” ISIS pulls off two attacks outside the Middle East.

First a Russian airliner blows up in mid-air, killing 224. Then the attack on French soil that has killed at least 129 and wounded 350-plus. I keep saying it’s going to get worse before it gets better. We’re seeing that now.

At first everyone was in denial when the plane exploded. With the exception of David Cameron, people were slow to state the obvious: it was a terrorist attack.

My source got it right from the beginning. It had to be a bomb – not a missile. A missile could have been tracked by radar.

It’s also incredibly unlikely the engines just blew up given the ways the wings landed largely intact, and that also meant it had to be a bomb in the back part of the plane.

What’s more – the terrorists clearly picked the airport with the lowest security standards. It’s obvious that ISIS wanted to punish Russia for entering the Syrian conflict.

And while the attacks over the weekend are not on the scale of 9/11, they have the same impact: innocent people can get killed or wounded at a concert, a restaurant, a bar, or a mall. This provokes a whole new level of public and political reaction than beheadings of journalists or deaths of soldiers who know they are in harm’s way.

It’s no surprise that French President Francois Hollande called this a declaration of war, bombing the hell out of an ISIS headquarters and training camp at Raqqa over the weekend.

He’s also called for a larger coalition to fight ISIS. This means boots on the ground, after all western leaders swore against it.

All of this only adds to the growing list of problems in Europe…

Most of the EU operates under one currency and open borders.