"As serious and revealing is the instant reaction of Horst Seehofer, leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party of Ms. Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union: “We owe it to the victims, those directly affected and the whole population to rethink our whole immigration and security policy.” ..."

Yes, rethinking those policies would be wrong, very wrong.

It is columns like this one, and reactions like some of the posters on this board that cause intelligent people to ask: "what exactly would it take for liberals to admit that their policies are wrong?"

The limit of German guilt is being tested. Stay tuned.