There might always be an England, but what of Qanada?

The attack by terrorists on the London transit system brought to the Canadian forefront questions concerning our own safety. Generally the questions all revolved around how safe is our transit system from attack, how well prepared are we for a terror strike, or is it even realistic to expect a terrorist attack on Canadian soil?

According to The Toronto Star, Toronto Transit officials were quick to reassure the public that they are viligant and have plans in place to deal with an alleged attack on our transit system. In point of fact, this fall the TTC will be conducting training exercises based on a London style attack on our transit system in order to test how well prepared our first responsers will response. Four years after September 11th and all I can think is how pre-emptive of them!

The Toronto Star writes that Monte Kwinter, Ontario Minister of Community Safety, "declares that Ontarians should be confident that emergency personnel are prepared for the worst. “I am satisfied that the people of Ontario are safe and they really have nothing that they should worry about." How utterly Liberal of Minster Kwinter considering just this week that an Associated Press reporter published an article on July 4th suggesting that Canadian governmental officials believe there are 50 known terrorist organizations operating in Canada. Of course, these are the only known groups – no need to worry about what you don’t know is the Liberal mantra.

In the event of a terrorist strike on Canadian soil, I am glad that officials feel that they are well prepared for the havoc and chaos that strikes after an attack but it is at best a cold comfort. Mr. Dithers, speaking from Scotland issued a statement that Canadians are not in any known immediate danger at this time and your government remains vigiliant according to this Globe and Mail article.

Though I would probably feel more secure if our armed forces, in penny-wise-pound-foolish initiative (brought on by successive Liberal government’s budget emasculation of our armed forces) did not have to conduct urban live-training exercises with rented commercial paint ball weapons. No doubt Liberals have put all their faith in the long gun registry as an effective deterrent against terrorist strikes in Canada. How they perceive this will benefit any Canadian armed forces deployment inside or outside of Canada is beyond my ken but that is for another post.

But these are all the wrong questions and answers to give, but it does show that our leadership in this country does not have the slightest grasp of who the enemy actually is; therefore, no assurances of a low risk assessment can be realistically or plausibly be given.

As I watched the second plane crash into the tower at the World Trade Centre on CNN on the morning of September 11th all off-the-cuffs jokes about pilot error were wiped from my mouth and mind when I realized that we were all Israeli’s from this day forth. Reject that idea at your peril. There are no other people who have been at the forefront of the fight against Islamic terrorism longer than the Israeli’s. Only the naïve, ignorant and terminally deluded cling to the belief that a land dispute lies at the heart of the conflict between the Israeli’s and Arab-Palestinians rather than the first clash of western values with radicalized Islamic dogma. If this conflict were merely a land dispute, it would have been settled a very long time ago.

Al Qaeda was born out of a conflict with Western values and a radicalized Islamic agenda. This radicalized Islamist agenda is what lies at the heart of this group and is the sole reason of existence for all operating Islamic terrorist groups. Be they; Hezbollah, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic Jihad, the PLO or the loose network of co-jihadists who today call themselves the Secret Organization of Al Qaeda in Europe. It is the height of naivety to assume that because the West no longer resolves disputes of religious dogma with arms or initiates wars on the basis of religious belief that all other non-Judeo-Christian religious groups have had this same moment of epiphany. Being culturally "nice" is not an excuse for intellectually disarming ourselves nor is the fact that we are not British or American shield us from the ire or sword of the jihadists.