About time Canada woke up!

[Sebastis]

I've got Drudge pulled up on my other tab and heard it on the radio. Can you believe this? The Canadians have done what our libs are wailing about. They have tapped into chat rooms and busted a bunch of Terrorists! And to top it all of some off them right here in our good old US of A.

My only question is Have I been asleep this whole time? Since when do Canadians care about innocent little old terrorists, who aren't going to hurt anybody while they sodder the wires to their new bombs? According to most of them we deserved it. I guess it's a different matter when it's your country that the bad guys are planning to bomb next.

Oh and get this!! We were so worried over Mosques getting torched here in the states that a big public thing was made of it. Canada didn't even have an attack and some of their citizens are vandalizing Mosques. And we are supposed to be the insensitive bad guys here? WTF Sure we had a few people harrass some of the muslims after that hallowed day of 9/11, but that was about it.

I think the thing that sickens me the most is that when the Canadians did the raids they had to arrest children too, because their loving relatives were teaching them how to be bomb making experts. What kind of supposed peace loving individual teaches a child to make a bomb to blow up other innocent children?

I know what side I'm on do you? Not the side that teaches children of evil, biggotry, and violence that's for sure.

So really folks I want to hear it from you. What side are you on?

Sincerely,

Seba

Madd as hell and not wanting to take it anymore.

[UncleMonty]

So long as terrorists are stopped, I don't care who does the stopping.

[Earl McClaw]

What kind of supposed peace loving individual teaches a child to make a bomb to blow up other innocent children?

The same kind that would strap a bomb to a minor and send them off on a suicide mission.

There was an interesting piece in the back of Time magazine last week comparing the current conflicts with the Cold War strategies.

[Spacewolfomega]

What gets me is that they're willing to blow up their own people in order just to get a full-on Jihad started.

[Sebastis]

All I am praying now it that the Canadians don't let these clowns post bail and get out of jail. That would be really stupid, (not as stupid as giving the Iranians nuculear secrets) especially since I just found out today that some of them had plans to kill the Canadian parliment and behead the primeminister.

Oh but the objectives of these great thinkers (the terriorists) was even broader than that they had planed to go to Afghanistan and rape women. Real humanitarians there. Gotta love those holy devout Muslims.

NOT! I wonder if they were planning on teaching the young boys that too.

[IronFox]

Most likely. All of those terrorists were young men once.

[Sebastis]

Too true they probably learned it from their fathers.

[Earl McClaw]

Too true they probably learned it from their fathers.

Maybe, but I doubt it. Aside from any serious understanding of their methods, I'd be surprised if their fathers lived long enough to see their children walk.

[Sebastis]

I don't know about that Osama seems to be doing just fine. It's the underling henchmen that are the lemmings goning off the cliff.


Here's a fun Pic to tick the libs off with.

[LoneWolf23k]

Ok, as this board's resident Canadian, allow me to answer Seb's original question with "Ever since we got ourselves a Conservative in the Prime Minister's Chair, that's when!"

Quite frankly, I've been feeling prouder of being a Canadian ever since we got him in office: he's cut taxes, is balancing our budget, has committed our meager troops to stay in Afghanistan until our term of duty's done, he's promised more money to our armed forces, and has relaxed that ridiculous commitment to the Kyoto accord.

And what does he get for all that? Criticism from the opposition, bad press from the liberal media, and mocking from our comics. I'm starting to have much more sympathy for the plight of the American Republican.

...Oh, and as it turns out, those terrorists we captured were planning on kidnapping and beheading PM Harper. How's that for a bunch of arrogant twinks?

[Maxgoof]

Here's an interesting twist, though...

I don't think that any Canadians were involved in the actual invasion of either Afghanistan or Iraq, were they?

And yet this peaceful nation is the target of terrorism.

So much for the theory that only aggressive nations are the target of terrorists.

[LoneWolf23k]

Here's an interesting twist, though...

I don't think that any Canadians were involved in the actual invasion of either Afghanistan or Iraq, were they?

And yet this peaceful nation is the target of terrorism.

So much for the theory that only aggressive nations are the target of terrorists.

Oh, we participated in Afghanistan, but not Iraq. And right now, we're the main occupying force in Afghanistan at this time.

...I just wish more people would actually know that outside of Canada.

[Reignbow]

Oh, we participated in Afghanistan, but not Iraq. And right now, we're the main occupying force in Afghanistan at this time.

...I just wish more people would actually know that outside of Canada.

Afghanistan is not really the center of attention at the moment, since things are somewhat coming along there. Nevertheless, kudos to Canada for sending such a strong force in. BTW, is anybody else wondering how the heck they keep a force like that organized?

Ok, as this board's resident Canadian, allow me to answer Seb's original question with "Ever since we got ourselves a Conservative in the Prime Minister's Chair, that's when!"

If Mr. Harper is a good PM, good for Canada. Certainly I can understand the aversion to the liberal party if they bring people like Jean Cretin (sic) to power. The PCs have been in power before, however, and have not always acquitted themselves so well. Mulroney, anybody? Independent of things past, the people involved in the capture of the terrorists deserve praise. I'd be very interested to know how they found out about the terrorists, since that 's kind of the key step.

So much for the theory that only aggressive nations are the target of terrorists.

I think that one was safely out the window after the Madrid bombings.

[Squeaky Bunny]

Ok, as this board's resident Canadian, allow me to answer Seb's original question with "Ever since we got ourselves a Conservative in the Prime Minister's Chair, that's when!"

Quite frankly, I've been feeling prouder of being a Canadian ever since we got him in office: he's cut taxes, is balancing our budget, has committed our meager troops to stay in Afghanistan until our term of duty's done, he's promised more money to our armed forces, and has relaxed that ridiculous commitment to the Kyoto accord.

And what does he get for all that? Criticism from the opposition, bad press from the liberal media, and mocking from our comics. I'm starting to have much more sympathy for the plight of the American Republican.

...Oh, and as it turns out, those terrorists we captured were planning on kidnapping and beheading PM Harper. How's that for a bunch of arrogant twinks?

I'll bet he's not Québecois either.

I wouldn't worry too much. Rumour has it they bought the bombmaking supplies at Honest Ed's.

[Sebastis]

I do have to agree that then new Canadian Prime Minister has some cahonies. In fact I'm really happy with the whole bust of those idiots. I'm just upset that it took so long for them to figure it out. I do sympathize with the plight of the conservatives in Canada. I think I lost my recent job because I am a conservative. Now that won't be the official story I'm sure, it never is. Bottom line on Canada is, Glad to finally have them on board, I just pray that they don't go all wussy on us like the Spanish did.

[TMLutas]

Here's an interesting twist, though...

I don't think that any Canadians were involved in the actual invasion of either Afghanistan or Iraq, were they?

And yet this peaceful nation is the target of terrorism.

So much for the theory that only aggressive nations are the target of terrorists.

Oh, we participated in Afghanistan, but not Iraq. And right now, we're the main occupying force in Afghanistan at this time.

...I just wish more people would actually know that outside of Canada.

Canada, at one time, was a 1st rank world military power. Their accomplishments in WW II were astonishing. Now, I'm surprised that the grits have left enough military infrastructure functional that Canada can still take on the lion's share of burden in Afghanistan.

Here's to Harper getting a majority next time.

[Maxgoof]

So much for the theory that only aggressive nations are the target of terrorists.

I think that one was safely out the window after the Madrid bombings.

Then why do entirely too many liberals keep trying to make the claim that the U.S. is the reason terrorists exist?

[Reignbow]

So much for the theory that only aggressive nations are the target of terrorists.

I think that one was safely out the window after the Madrid bombings.

Then why do entirely too many liberals keep trying to make the claim that the U.S. is the reason terrorists exist?

Strictly speaking, those two statements are not actually contradictory. Nevertheless, I stronlgy disagree with the latter, as do a lot of people I know who are also... well, not conservative. American political vocabulary seems mostly restricted to the terms "liberal" and "marxist" for people to the left of the republicans. Neither apply with my acquaintances. "Social democrat" would be more fitting, although even that is very broad.

I submit that terrorism is born mostly out of the contemporary weakness of arabic culture and is the ugly bottom of a loser culture. Stir in a religion that can be interpreted to validate unrestricted violence against enemies, a political setting that makes the San Andreas fault seem stable and you have a nice bubbling cauldron of crap.
America (or rather the US, sorry Canada and Mexico) is an attractive scape goat for all their misfortunes, but I don't think there's much of an underpinning for those resentments. I grant that Al-Quaida seems to be primarily geared towards "liberating" the arab peninsula and has long range strikes only as a secondary goal. Despite this, I don't accept them as freedom fighters; their hatred seems to much based on frustration and shame, not to mention that there doesn't seem to be much of an occupation for them to fight against.

[The JAM]

[...unWARP!!!]

Good evening.

So much for the theory that only aggressive nations are the target of terrorists.

I think that one was safely out the window after the Madrid bombings.

Spain DID have troops in Iraq (part of the European contingent). 3-11 came along, and while tragic, it was a fraction of 9-11, and still the Spaniards ran home with their tails between their legs.

Kinda odd for people who eat Jalapeños like grapes and stand in front of very aggressive cattle without batting an eye.


¡Zacatepóngolas!

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Good evening.

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[MikeVanPelt]

Spain DID have troops in Iraq (part of the European contingent). 3-11 came along, and while tragic, it was a fraction of 9-11, and still the Spaniards ran home with their tails between their legs.

It seemed to me that the then government of Spain made the really stupid mistake of falsely accusing the Basques for the terror attack, and when it was very quickly discovered that this was not true, a whole lot of people voted for "anyone other than those lying bastards."

Since the opposition party always wanted to bail out of Iraq, that's what got elected. I suspect if the islamonazis act on the impression that Spain is a complete pushover, they may get a very rude surprise.