Homegrown Canadian Heroes
Seventeen. That's the number of alleged homegrown terrorists who were arrested last night in Toronto, in what must be the largest terrorist foil on our territory in Canadian history. It's also, coincidentally enough, the number of Canadian soldiers who have died in the service of their country since 9/11. For every homegrown terrorist arrested last night, let us take comfort that there is a genuine homegrown hero that exemplifies the best of who we are:
Either CSIS is a far superior intelligence service than that of the Americans and British, who were unable to prevent the terrorist atrocities in New York and London, or we are all finally getting good at this. New York, Madrid and London all went badly. Toronto was our first successful catch. I suspect CSIS is quite good, but I also think our combined efforts are finally paying off after five years of all-out counter-terrorist operations. This proves we are all targets, that there is no retreat in this war. The people who are (predictably) linking this planned operation to our efforts in Afghanistan are dangerous fools. That's not a very nice thing to say, but understand this. New York was attacked before we went to Afghanistan. The attack on New York was planned and executed from Afghanistan. That's why we went there, and that's why we must stay there until the mission is accomplished. We really have no choice. If there is any lesson in all this, that would be it.
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- Captain Nichola Kathleen Sarah Goddard
- Corporal Matthew Dinning
- Bombardier Myles Mansell
- Corporal Randy Payne
- Lieutenant William Turner
- Private Robert Costall
- Master Corporal Timothy Wilson
- Corporal Paul Davis
- Private Braun Scott Woodfield
- Lieutenant Chris Saunders
- Corporal Jamie Murphy
- Sergeant Robert Alan Short
- Corporal Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger
- Sergeant Marc Leger
- Corporal Ainsworth Dyer
- Private Richard Green
- Private Nathan Smith
Either CSIS is a far superior intelligence service than that of the Americans and British, who were unable to prevent the terrorist atrocities in New York and London, or we are all finally getting good at this. New York, Madrid and London all went badly. Toronto was our first successful catch. I suspect CSIS is quite good, but I also think our combined efforts are finally paying off after five years of all-out counter-terrorist operations. This proves we are all targets, that there is no retreat in this war. The people who are (predictably) linking this planned operation to our efforts in Afghanistan are dangerous fools. That's not a very nice thing to say, but understand this. New York was attacked before we went to Afghanistan. The attack on New York was planned and executed from Afghanistan. That's why we went there, and that's why we must stay there until the mission is accomplished. We really have no choice. If there is any lesson in all this, that would be it.
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posted by The Monarchist at 9:14 p.m.
2 Comments:
I am very thankful for all of these heroes who have given all they are, and all they ever will be, for my own safety. God Bless them all.
Let's all remember that today is Canadian Forces Day (personally, I didn't know until yesterday!), and thank all of the active duty forces for their willingness to serve in such a troubled time.
Thank-you one and all! Thank-you. Your sacrifice is appreciated, even if too few of us have been reminded of the opportunity to say so.
I think it would be appropriate for the Torch to have these 17 names in the right sidebar. What d'ya say?
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