This column is most revealing about the author.  He is decrying the coming end of his idealistic liberal word without ever recognizing that I think is the policies of liberalism that is causing its possible demise.  He is disgusted by the charge that these are Merkel's dead.  I can undestand that at one level but then Merkel in inviting the refugees in never once paid any attention to the concerns  of many fair-minded people that the unchecked admission of these young men was likely to cause trouble.  Had she done so then the charges would be less likely to stick..  In Canada, after some effort, the new Government ensured that all processing would occur before arrival here and in a decision not taken by their predecessors they banned the admission of single young men.  The author says Germany can afford to integrate a million refugees but is not the issue integratabiloty of those sits inetegration.  Ash  with "defeat evil by good".  Thankfully Churchill was wiser