Thursday, November 19, 2015

TOO: Terror in Paris: What did the Elites Know? - “We are dealing with a ‘flying blind’ security policy on an unprecedented scale."






Translated from the German by Gregory Ritter
Original article on Info-Direkt.
Note: The hyperlinks in the original Info-Direkt article were to German-language media. Where possible, these have been replaced by links to English-language articles covering similar material.
Terror in Paris: What did the Elites Know?
Flying blind usually ends in disaster. The disaster in Paris (which was but a prelude) was foreseeable. The political leaders did nothing to stop it. And they will nothing to stop it in the future.
by Florian Meyer
“How can anyone be shocked?” asked the US-based Gatestone Institute, expressing its skepticism at the way the press covered the public mourning among politicians and the official media. The EU politicians “exhibited an irresponsibility and lack of leadership that is almost infantile.” In reality, politicians and the media were, and are, very well informed about the catastrophic security situation in Europe. They just do not report it, because it seems that their real job is to reassure the masses. ...