Today the world is a strange place to live in. The attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg in Germany last night was a tragedy. Not only because several people died, but because it shows how mad and crazy the world we live in is. It is only one week since I visited a Christmas market in Germany myself, and if there is one thing you don't want to think about as you visit such a Christmas market, it is terrorist attacks and that it might be your last evening alive because some lunatic will drive a car into the Christmas market area.
But, now there are all those theories about the man who did the crime. Why did he do it? He was supposed to be a former Muslim who really turned his back on the religion and turned into a supporter or far-right political parties in Germany, and also supported the theories of Elon Musk.
So, why on earth would such a person drive into a crowd of happy germans drinking hot wine before Christmas? He has simply not understood the politics of the far-right parties, nor of the democratic west. And now people are blaming those right-winged leaders for adding fuel to the fire in such people, even though they are just speaking up for a stricter policy towards migrants and so on. You need to be allowed to do that, without becoming an idol for people who think the same.
Nah, the world is a strange place and I must humbly admit, that I get so mad thinking about all of this, and also the fact that the hard work and the joy of so many people is ruined by things like this.
I don't know that I buy the media explanation that he was a far-right supporter who backed Musk. Makes no sense. What does make sense to me is him being a traditional jihadist making a strike at the "unbelievers" on the day they celebrate the birth of their Savior (which is odd in itself since he was born during the harvest season and not in the dead of winter, plenty of evidence for this BTW.)
I spent 5 months living in Germany near Stuttgart and spoke to many refugees and ethnic Germans. As a patriotic American who wore his US flag t-shirts as often as possible (I took 4 of them), I was constantly being asked about the US and was only too happy to oblige.
The odd thing was that with the exception of one female Turkish cab driver and the staff of a Turkish restaurant, every single refugee that I spoke to criticized the west during the 5 months I lived there.
I'll never forget the Afghan man who approached me at a bus stop. He'd traveled a long way to reach 'The Promised Land' of Germany, but he couldn't stop complaining about it. He thought western women should be covered when they went out, that there was "too much" freedom in Europe etc. etc.
I always pushed back with these people, reminding them that thanks to the German people, they now had full bellies, money in their pockets, a roof over their head, and finally peace. But it was to no avail.
It seems like they want western countries to be a carbon copy of the countries that they fled from. Which begs the question why did they bother leaving in the first place? So no, I think our Christmas Marker murderer was exactly what he seemed to be. Someone looking to strike out at the evil west in order to earn his place in Paradise, only to wake up to a Hellish afterlife.
I have just got to say that you are writing down many of my thoughts exactly, and you kind of explain in a way I have a hard time writing down myself, but it seems to be very true in so many ways.