[W.]

Do you or anyone else suspect that perhaps Merkel did this to draw out her political party’s enemies for identification and later removal? Just wondering...

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W. wrote: "Do you or anyone else suspect that perhaps Merkel did this to draw out her political party’s enemies for identification and later removal? Just wondering..."

Indeed...there is evidence of such...see these recent reports from Gates of Vienna:

• Provocateurs in Cologne, Part 1: Making an Example of PEGIDA

• Provocateurs in Cologne, Part 2: Making an Example of PEGIDA

• Provocateurs in Cologne, Part 3: Making an Example of PEGIDA