Sunday, July 24, 2011

Something is wrong with this picture.

It appears that the man responsible for the terrorist attack in Norway was pro-Israel, of all things.

Before going further, I must make myself very clear; this man's actions were completely unacceptable. By murdering almost 100 innocent people, regardless of their views, he is no better than Osama bin Laden, and he deserves the same fate.

But there is so much here that doesn't make sense. At first glance, his ideology seems to be spot on.

In one passage, he lashes out at the western media which he accuses of unfairly focusing on the wrongdoing of Jews, saying “western journalists again and again systematically ignore serious Muslim attacks and rather focus on the Jews.”

But then this shows up.

He also says that Israel is the homeland for Jews largely due to the persecution suffered by Jews at the hands of Muslims, saying “if one acknowledges that Islam has always oppressed the Jews, one accepts that Israel was a necessary refuge for the Jews fleeing not only the European but also the Islamic variety of anti-Judaism.”

The primary scourge of the Jewish people for millennia had not been Muslims, or even Arabs, but Europeans in general. Every European Zionist I've ever met understands this. This seems out of character to me and an illogical view for a Zionist to hold. On the other hand, this would be exactly how an Islamic terrorist trying to impersonate a pro-Zionist would perceive Zionism.

This man's views seem too perfect. I could be wrong, but I have to wonder if this man is a plant meant to stir up hatred. If this man is exactly as he claims to be, he not only did the worst act possible for his ideology, he has likely caused massive damage to the credibility of Zionism. No one sane could possibly think that this kind of an atrocity could ever be useful to Israel.

The only possibilities I can see is that this man is either a terrorist plant, or he is insane.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

For now I'm going to go with insane. Keep watching this though.