Why...Why..Why

Canadians are asking why we peace loving people are being troubled with attacks on our very institutions of democracy. One does not have to go back very far in history to realize that we have become a clone of the American policy. For years were were known around the world as peacekeepers and even when we were placed in harms way between two warring nations our men wearing the blue beret were hardly ever attacked and killed.

Our government during the last decade have chosen to become a nation of warriors and have trained our armed forces to be aggressive in nature taking on roles where we actively sought and killed the enemy.This began with our involvement in the war in Afghanistan and we lost 145 of our soldiers doing their job and following orders.When they left the country after many years there was partial success with the military action and Canadians excelled in their commitment both on the battlefield and in their humanitarian roles with the civilian population.

Since that time our Prime Minister could not wait to have our Country go to war against a terrible enemy in the Middle East. Everyone will agree that ICIS is a horrible scourge and must be held accountable. The actions of this group of criminals was made possible by the war in Iraq which  never solved the problems of the nation.  When the USA left Iraq the government was in shambles and permitted  traditional tribal enemies to become divisive and the group called ISIS became a rogue unit which could not be controlled by the central government.

This group , using USA military equipment swept over a large area and has committed terrible acts of violence against civilians.They now control a huge area of Syria and Iraq and are uncontrolled by any organized force except the Kurds who are fighting for their lives.  The actions of this group have caused one of the largest disruptions of civilians in modern history.The millions of refugees has spilled over into the neighbouring countries causing a great stress on these countries economy and medical facilities. Canada knows how to aid these people in a meaningful way.

Instead of taking a leading role in this crisis with the humanitarian aid we became a tag along with the USA in offering a token military force with a bombing mission which has already been termed useless by military experts unless there are boots on the ground. The enemy has dispersed and now have mingled with the civilian population leaving few if any good targets for the air power to be useful. Canada has given some millions of dollars and supplies to aid the people but it pales in the face of the growing need.

Canada was warned that if they join in the military action there will be repercussions and probably we feel that now.Two misguided individuals, criminals murdered two of our military personnel.It is tragic that two Canadians were murdered by two Canadians and it is fortunate that there was not more loss of life.The man who now is called a hero stood up to this ugly violence and silenced the criminal.. Every Canadian feels for these men and their families and are angered by the actions of these criminals. Our government has to provide the necessary tools to combat the few bad apples and do so without destroying our civil liberties. These couple of incidents will motivate our security system and hopefully combat the growing pressure from terrorist actions in the future.

Canada has little experience in dealing with terrorism because we have had few enemies in the past. The road that we are travelling on now may change that fact. My fear is that the government will use these two criminal acts to overact and cause legislation to be put in place which will curb our civil liberties and change the normal way of a free expression in Canada. These two acts are being used by the government to support their decision to send planes to bomb targets in Iraq and probably Syria. We have been trapped into aiding the USA in their attempt to clean up the mess they created when they left Iraq.