© AFP/Aris MessinisRefugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on October 2, 2015
"For the first time in my political career I have heard politicians openly declaring that the refugees heading to Europe are their method of getting (us) to act a certain way," Tusk told a European forum in Sopot town on Poland's Baltic coast.
"Some say that it's their method of weakening Europe as a political entity," added Tusk.
The EU President did not name names or detail what kind of "behaviour" he was talking about, contenting himself with inviting his audience to "draw your own conclusions."
He also argued that the "military solutions in Syria proposed by some countries" risked forcing the eight million Syrians displaced within their country to follow the thousands of their compatriots seeking a new life in Europe each week.
"The refugees have become an element in the political battleground and sometimes.. they become a trading item, a new element in the hybrid war of which we have seen the first signs in Crimea and Donbass," he added.
Russia last year annexed Crimea from Ukraine, an act which was followed by pro-Russian rebels fighting Kiev forces in eastern Ukraine areas such as Donbass.
"I am not only talking about Russia," Tusk assured.
The term 'hybrid war' had already been used elsewhere to describe the conflict in east Ukraine where Russia denies any military involvement.
Tusk also spoke against the growing trend among European nations to erect new barriers to keep out the migrants from Syria and elsewhere, warning against building new "walls" which threaten the border-free Schengen area.
Comment: Well, well well! Anyone willing to guess who and what Tusk is talking about? Tusk was explicit that he was not "only" talking about Russia. Russia, of course, has had no direct influence on the situation in Syria until just a few days ago, so Tusk cannot have been referring to Russia when he spoke of "foreign politicians" creating the refugee crisis to weaken Europe.
So who has had a direct influence over the past few years, not only in Syria, but Libya also? The answer is clear: the USA and their Gulf royal headchopping allies. The headchoppers wish to destroy Assad and any other proponents of secular pan-Arabism in the Middle East. The psychos in Washington are happy to help them because a Middle East ruled by extremist Muslims like the Saudis and the Zionists in Israel is a Middle East that will always be under Washington's, and not Russia's, influence.
A few weeks ago Sott.net published a Focus article that pre-empted Tusk's revelation today: Syrian refugees in Europe, regime change in Damascus, and the mass migrations still to come