I have watched this thread evolve with great interest. My belief is the same as VA Elite. It is explained very well in the scriptures. We are following the same paths of those who have fallen before. Also we have a friend that married a girl from the US but her mother married a man in the military and got to come to the US from Germany. She told us when she asked her Mother why the people allowed Hitler to do what he did, she was told it happened so gradually they did not see it coming. Loose one right then another and before you know it you have none.