Terrorism 101

In light of the recent acts of terrorism against the Canadian Armed Forces by Iraqi sympathizers, some have suggested that we round up al such persons and ship them back to Iraq. While we're at that, we ought to do the same to Afghanis, Iranians, Africans, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Swedes, Portuguese, Italians, Czechs, and anyone else who wasn't born and raised here. When it was all said and done, the only ones living here would be pure Canadians. I'm sure Hitler sympathizers would approve.

There is an old saying, "Don't allow the terrorist to take you to Point A because then he will surely take you to Point B." The whole idea of terrorism is to make us afraid, afraid enough so that we will take action and if the action we take turns us into terrorists, then we find ourselves at Point B.

Make no mistake, the Enemy is not coming to our country. He is already here. He didn't have to sneak in either. We let him in and welcomed him with open arms. We sent him to school. We gave him a job. We allowed him to become one of us and he let us believe he actually was one of us. So, should we live in fear that one day he and all his fellows will rise up and murder us in our sleep? If we do, then we will have taken ourselves to Point B.

Let us not allow them to take us to Point A.  Be cautious and sometimes be afraid, but do not be so afraid that you take actions that make us like them.

My prayers are with the family of the young soldier who died protecting his country.

Also, I salute the sergeant at arms who performed justice in a way that I am sure the killer understood. An eye for an eye.