From another article:
> If I was able to, I would turn back time by many, many years, so that I could have prepared the whole government and the authorities for the situation which hit us out of the blue in the late summer of 2015, she said.
Might be just me but this looks like regret that she didn’t have everything ready for them and/or regret that the public didn’t worship them enough, rather than genuine remorse for allowing millions of moslems into Germany.
I agree with your assessment.
It is not just you. Your assessment is 100% correct.