It’s hard for me to understand what they’re thinking. How can they read the reports of events like this, including the clear statements of the attackers, and not conclude that people are doing this precisely because of Islam?
The only thing I can figure is that your average pols are so driven to be liked, popular, and voted for that they rationalize themselves into the ridiculous.
They must somehow convince themselves that Muslim terrorists just want to terrorize—and adopt Islam as their cover story.
That we put such empty heads into positions of political power is just scary.