I am...unsurprised, to say the least. I am also, to some extent, unsympathetic.
The people of France, like us, choose their "rulers" in elections. Their "ruling class" chose to permit the waves of invaders inside their borders, apparently without even bothering to check baggage. That, in turn, both permitted and damn near encouraged the recent events.
I cannot feel sorry for people who invited in and welcomed those who seek wage war, with or without a nation* backing them up.
Does that mean that I'm going to be unsympathetic to our own people if it happens here?
In a word? Yes.
To an extent. However, I don't think they'll find Americans as easy of targets, unless they deliberately hit gun-free zones (which they likely would). However, after what's happened in Paris, I strongly doubt otherwise law-abiding carriers will leave their means of self-defense behind.
Other than that...again, the American people have
So, yeah. I'm not feeling a whole lot of sympathy.
I am not Charlie Hedbo. I am not a Parisian. I am not a victim.
And I don't feel too sorry for those who choose to be a victim in some weird version of Sister Bertha virtue signalling.
*If world governments bothered asking the radicals, they'd find that the radicals see "islam" as their nation, rather than any particular acknowledged nation state.
Thoughts and prayers for those who were killed and wounded...
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts and prayers are with those who have always seen the writing on the wall and were powerless to do anything about it. And with those attacking the "refugee" camps.
DeleteI guess I do feel a little bad for those who believed the lies about how the refugees were "fleeing war looking for a place of safety," are shocked, horrified, and are beginning to open their eyes to the truth, but only a little.
Other than that? I probably don't feel nearly the sympathy that I should.