Feb 23 2009
They Hate Us Too?
Two Afghan children were killed on Monday near Kandahar city, after reports that the Canadian military was undergoing a firing exercise. A local citizen claimed that the children came across an unexploded Canadian rocket just prior to the explosion. The incident fueled a hostile protest outside the city’s provincial council office, as the irate demonstrators chanted “death to America”, as well as “death to Canada”.
Fortunately, there has yet to be a terrorist attack on Canadian soil, but such animosity makes you wonder if Canada will eventually experience the same fate that other western countries endured in the hands of Islamic fundamentalism. Back in 2006, a group of Canadian citizens inspired by the ideology of Al qaeda, plotted a series of terrorist attacks in southern Ontario. The attacks were foiled by the police and the men were detained, but such threats to our national security in the future are inevitable if we follow same path. A path that preaches freedom and security, but delievers death and chaos.
Maybe the real threat to national security isn’t terrorist cells but aggressive and inhumane foreign policies? We hear a lot about the threat of Al-Qaeda but when it comes to body counts of innocent, they don’t compare to Washington D.C. Canada could greatly insure their domestic security by withdrawing from the illegal wars perpetrated by their neighbors to the south.