Attack on Canadian Parliament
A radical Muslim convert attacked the Canadian parliament on Wednesday. Thankfully this was stopped and Parliament was able to return to work. This raises two questions,
1) Why did he attack?
2) What will Canada do about it?
As for the first question, my opinion is that he was upset that Canada agreed to join air strikes on the Islamic state. He could be mad that they are attacking people he identifies with.
Should we be bombing ISIS at all? That's another can of worms and a discussion for another day, but I will say this: when we have the capability to bomb other people without using ground soldiers, it makes it far easier to overuse deadly force.
As for the second question, the Prime Minister has already vowed to strengthen laws against terrorism. Should we be expecting a Patriot act style piece of legislation form the Canadian Parliament?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29743711
http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-headlines-canadian-prime-minister-to-strengthen-terrorism-laws-in-wake-of-parliament-shooting-20141023-premiumvideo.html
I agree that bombing isn't the answer, but if our government feels it is necessary to fight against an organization, I'd rather it be without the loss of American soldiers. (Though, if a peace treaty could just get signed already, that'd be fantastic.)
ReplyDeleteI've been reading up on an updated article about this, and they've actually discovered that he had no muslim ties or ISIS ties whatsoever. He acted independently. I think this is just another sad case of a citizen who had lost faith and hope in his government (who knows why) and decided to go to extreme measures to make his views known. Very unfortunate...
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