The ruling elites know they can lie like dogs and never, ever be held accountable.
“‘Terrorism defeated?’ Merkel says ‘not all goals’ reached after 9/11 as intel head warns of 2,000 dangerous extremists in Germany,” RT, September 12, 2021:
The US and its allies have failed to achieve all their goals after 9/11 but did “defeat terrorism,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said as her own intelligence warned about thousands of Islamists in the country.
“We have now had to recognize that although we have been able to defeat terrorism, which is endangering our security, at the present time we have not achieved all our goals,” Merkel said on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
The chancellor then suggested focusing on safeguarding those few accomplishments, including education for girls in Afghanistan while admitting “this will not be easy with the Taliban” in power. Merkel also said that bringing people in need of protection to Germany should be one of the nation’s top priorities since that was something Berlin felt it had “a moral obligation to do.”…
Germany’s domestic intelligence has classified some 2,000 Islamists living in the country as “particularly dangerous,” the BfV head, Thomas Haldenwang, told Tagesspeiegel daily in an interview published earlier on Saturday.
“These are all that we, as an intelligence service, believe could be potentially engaged in terrorist activities up to committing [terrorist] attacks,” Haldenwang said.
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police reported 551 existing Islamist ‘threats’ and 536 people that could potentially be supporters of terrorists, according to the German media. Haldenwang explained that his agency’s number is higher since some of the persons on the list have no prior criminal records and are thus likely unknown to the criminal police.
The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan could be used by such extremist groups to launch a “propaganda offensive” and start a recruitment drive, Haldenwang warns, adding that this development could be portrayed as a victory for Islamists all over the world….
No kidding, really?
mortimer says
Merkel is whistling past the graveyard. Islamism (or political Islam) is not dead. It is recovering and will soon return BIG TIME.
Naïve, Pollyannish politicians like Merkel have never made a serious study of Islamic teachings, but preposterously present themselves as experts on political Islam.
I have seen this behavior in high-ranking business people who just want to do business with Muslim countries and couldn’t care less if we in the West are transferring our wealth to hostile Islamists.
They just want the lucrative deals … even though they are selling rope to the jihadists with which they will hang us.
Elitism is government of the elites, by the elites and for the elites … the opposite of democracy.
mortimer says
When elitism and oligarchy work hand in hand, that political system is known as Fascism.
Fascism controls the little people through lies, propaganda and censorship. Once they can control all information, the elites and oligarchs can do what they want.
john smith says
Merkel says, “we have been able to defeat terrorism,” what planet is she living on.
James Lincoln says
This feature article is proof positive that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is mentally ill.
gravenimage says
Merkel says ‘we have been able to defeat terrorism’ as intel chief says 2,000 potential jihadis are in Germany
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Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt…
Here are Jihad terror incidents in Germany in just the past few weeks:
“Germany: Afghan Muslim migrant stabs woman in neck because she was working, also stabs man who rushed to her aid”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/09/germany-afghan-muslim-migrant-stabs-woman-in-neck-because-she-was-working-also-stabs-man-who-rushed-to-her-aid
“Germany: Two women are gang-raped every day, half of the suspects are Muslim migrants”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/08/germany-two-women-are-gang-raped-every-day-half-of-the-suspects-are-muslim-migrants
“Germany: Muslim migrant beats man, screams, ‘I’m going to kill all the people’ and ‘Allah’”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/09/germany-muslim-migrant-beats-man-screams-im-going-to-kill-all-the-people-and-allah
“Germany: Afghan Muslim migrant who stabbed two tried to convert his neighbors to Islam”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/09/germany-afghan-muslim-migrant-who-stabbed-two-tried-to-convert-his-neighbors-to-islam
“Germany: Muslim migrant stabs man, then beheads him”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/07/germany-muslim-migrant-stabs-man-then-beheads-him
There are many more.
Giacomo Latta says
”safeguarding those few accomplishments, including education for girls in Afghanistan while admitting “this will not be easy with the Taliban” in power”
Finally, I realize why Germans have been supporting Merkel for so many years. It is this amazing insight she has with regards to world events and the future zeitgeist. Perhaps she has some knowledge about mass migration she would like to share with us.
OLD GUY says
Merkel must be as stupid as she looks. From the looks of her she doesn’t have to worry about the muslim rape gangs. And when you live a protected lifestyle you don’t have to deal with the day to day living conditions of the rest of the German population. Life is good when you are ELITE.