Sweden: Searching for the Cause

After 6 nights of rioting, the fires in the Stockholm suburbs are dying out and things are getting back to "normal". Only 10 cars were set ablaze last night, which is about the average. The police are starting to identify and round up the perps, book 'em and cut 'em loose. Now the Swedish elite is trying to ask the question of why? Here is one opinion in the English-language Local.


http://www.thelocal.se/48158/20130527/

At least, the esteemed observer is getting close. Yes, it has to do with a failed immigration policy and no, it's not because the Swedes have not spent enough money.

David Frum, an American writing in The Daily Beast, comes a little bit closer then mysteriously runs out of words.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/27/the-riots-in-stockholm.html

"* Sweden's asylum seekers come almost entirely from very poor Muslim-majority countries, notably Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Syria."

Is there a conclusion there, David?

In the first article, the writer refers to the Rosengard area of Malmo, but makes no mention (nor does Frum) of the virulent Jew-hatred being perpetrated by the same immigrants who are doing the rioting. That hatred has made Malmo the anti-Semitic capital of Sweden and probably Europe as well. Jews are leaving the city-and the country in droves.

If Sweden wants to promote itself as a multi-cultural paradise, it could start by being a tad more judicious as to where they are getting their immigrants from. The world is full of places and people who would make a positive contribution to an adopted country and bring the best of their cultures with them. Why import the worst? Why import violence, crime and old hatreds? Why import radicalism?

Of course, if you are writing about this in Sweden, you must be more circumspect in what you say. If you are a Swede and  get too close to the truth, you could wind up in jail. If you are yourself an immigrant and get too close to the truth, you could wind up dead.