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Great White North
Elementary stuff
2006-06-08
By David Warren
In the words of one of my correspondents, “I have been going around trying to believe that we haven’t been harbouring a Fifth Column, a blatant Fifth Column, and, lo, we have.”

My reply to everyone in her condition is, now you know. And now that you do know, do not forget what you know.

The arrest of 17 alleged terror cell members around Toronto last weekend could not surprise anyone familiar with police and intelligence work in this area. We have been repeatedly warned that fanatical Islamists have been organizing, with a view to terror strikes -- not only abroad, but here. And as we should have observed already from England, and elsewhere in Europe, they have surprisingly little difficulty recruiting suicidal young Jihadis from the second and third generations of peaceful Muslim immigrants.

These are facts that we must face, one way or another. Pretending itÂ’s not happening, or that it will stop happening if we meet some fanciful demands (such as withdrawing from Afghanistan, or surrendering Andalusia), does not change the reality.
Posted by:Steve White

#8  MEL GIBSON as WILLIAM WALLACE > "Just be yourselves" > TRUTH, HONOR, and DIGNITY, etc. can take care of itself, and will win in the end.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-06-08 21:02  

#7  I can't stop laughing about the Pollyanna picture. I haven't thought about that show since I don't know when.
Posted by: ryuge   2006-06-08 15:25  

#6  It only takes an anonymous phone call to tip the police.
Posted by: ed   2006-06-08 14:58  

#5  Don't be too hard on the moderate Muslims: after all, a key point of terrorism is to terrorize, and you start by terrorizing the people closest to you. The moderate Muslims understand, I think, very well just how crazy and serious the fascists are, and they also understand how quickly they could die.

And it's asking a lot of a 'pink' person (to use the pink/grey idea, or 'sheep' if you prefer the sheep/sheepdog/wolf comparison) to sacrifice himself, the wife and kids to turn in someone at the mosque. Takes a brave man to do that. Most people aren't that brave.

We could help buck up the moderates by making clear we understand the situation and by getting after the radicals even harder. We'd also need to get the MSM to get with it. Needless to say that isn't happening.
Posted by: Steve White   2006-06-08 14:55  

#4  Even if only a small percentage actually place the bombs, an equally great worry is the much larger percentage who wouldn't but support the end goal of destroying the West.
Posted by: no mo uro   2006-06-08 08:35  

#3  Just what percentage of Muslims in N.America have radical or fundamentalist ideas I wonder. Is it 5% or more like 40% ?
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-06-08 08:23  

#2  "Still, be clear: this does not come from the Muslim majority, who have no desire whatever to be associated with acts and arguments that give Muslims a bad name."

I just can't see any evidence for that assertion.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2006-06-08 04:38  

#1  Â“I have been going around trying to believe that we havenÂ’t been harbouring a Fifth Column, a blatant Fifth Column, and, lo, we have.”

I thought they were on about the press!
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2006-06-08 04:37  

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