Foregone conclusions on the nature of violent events without any basis in established facts help no one and lead to unnecessary panic
Category: Perspectives
Should we accept an apology from a convicted terrorist who was let out early after having built bombs that killed more than 200?
If Israel can have a terrorist as its national security minister does this make it a ‘terrorist state’? Hmmm, an interesting question.
When a senior intelligence official appears to do a 180 to satisfy government views on how to interpret threat it is a sad day for national security professionals.
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When democracies embrace terrorists
Several leaders of democracies are stooping to include terrorists and violent extremist groups in their administrations: this ain’t good.
Despite a robust fan club for ‘ISIS brides’ there are very good reasons NOT to repatriate these terrorists to Canada.
Once again, jihadis were responsible for every single terrorist attack in the world during the week of October 31-November 6, 2022
Islamist terrorists once again carried out the lion’s share of attacks around the world, a trend which shows no signs of ebbing.
Jihadist attacks again dominated global terrorism from October 17-23; nary a right-wing attack anywhere (again)
Thought of the week – Enough with the ‘war on terrorism’! Humans have a nasty tendency to declare war on things. Drugs. Poverty. Teenage pregnancy. The list goes on and on and on… And, lest we forget, the War on Terrorism that came into vogue after 9/11. Except that, unlike the war on poverty, say, […]