Institutionalizing intolerance

Audio Interview with Steve Emerson re: London bombing

David Warren

John O'Sullivan- Grim Realities

"They will therefore have to be countered on two levels: British security forces will have to learn the intelligence techniques that have slowly and painfully defeated the suicide-bomber threat in Israel — and Muslim clerics and intellectuals will have to defeat the death cult in the mosque, the lecture room and on the Internet. However discreetly, both will need to take the "Islamic factor" and other realities into account.

FOR a long time to come, however, Britain (and other European countries) face a frightening prospect. Worse bombings with higher casualties will probably occur. And those who cannot endure this reality will take refuge in illusions and displacement activities — of which the easiest to hand is anti-Americanism. Even while the bodies were being disinterred from the London underground, some voices were heard blaming the United States, the Iraq war and George W. Bush for what had happened."

Ollie North

Update on the Nigerian advance fee frauds

The first duty of a government is to protect its citizens

"We're not the public service of Canada ..." he said. "We are the Canadian Forces and our job is to be able to kill people."

If the governmet were truly serious the would have restored the funding they cut from the military.They reduced their funding by $20 billion over the past few years and are only putting back $13 billion over the next 5 years with most of the funding coming in years 4 & 5. If they were serious , they'd be making sure that they have the right and functioning equipment for their mission. Having to resort to renting paintball equipment for practice doesn't sound like they are getting the necessary funding.

If the government were truly serious about protecting Canadians, they would have already made available the funding to hire at least 2200 RCMP "officers" and 700 CSIS agents and 1200 CBSA personnel. That's what they would have to do if they were really serious about protecting Canadians.These would only bring staffing up to the levels of 12 years ago not what they need since 9/11 because of increased demands. These figures are just the minimum and they're not even at the minimum levels.The terrorists and crooks already know where the holes are since they can operate pretty freely in the country. So far it's been all talk and little action when it comes to protecting Canadians.

The ostrich approach isn't going to protect Canadians nor mere press releases. Making promises for 5 years down the road when the danger is immediate makes government announcements on security ring hollow.Didn't know the danger was immediate? They have had CSIS reports since 1998 stating that there were at least 50 terrorist groups in the country.If Canadians would like to know the real situation, they only have to read the Senate reports on national security put out by Sen. Colin Kenny's Committee or read the Auditor- General's reports.

Bob MacDonald's column

Note: it's Bob MacDonald's column.The website has another reporter's photo on his page by mistake.

"I have worked on many, many victims of bomb attacks, and I can say: this is as bad as any I have seen. I have a lot of experience in treating .......