Could it happen in Canada?

That’s a question you’ve seen splashed across Canadian media since the murder of fifteen people in Australia on Saturday. I’ll answer that for you. Not only could it, but thanks to decades of foolish policies, it’s practically guaranteed to happen. Consider these four examples. 1) Somalia. Thirty years ago several Canadian Forces soldiers were found guilty of torturing a Somali teen to death. Since then, we have invited tens of thousands of Somalis to Canada. Some have long memories. Not all of them love Canada. 2) Syria. The same week that a Canadian from Edmonton was handed a stiff prison term for trying to join ISIS, a former ISIS commander was handed the Presidency of Syria by the very same coalition of stinking hypocrytes who pretended for the last fifteen years to be fighting ISIS. In the course of our secret support for ISIS, we brought tens of thousands of Syrians to Canada. We’ve got over 100,000 now. Not all of then feel gratitude in their hearts for Canada’s role in destroying their country. Not all of them are happy to see the Israeli flag flying in southern Syria. 3) Libya. Canada’s political leadership was thrilled to play a role in the destruction of the most succesful country in Africa. The most politically and economically stable, Canada proudly led the bombing campaign that destroyed civil society and the place is now an anarchic shithole, thanks in part to Canada. Arabs and Muslims generally remember. 4) Afghanistan. We were happy enough to send Canadian Forces into harm’s way. General Rick Hillier promised we’d put the murdering Taliban scumbags to the run, so Afghan women could vote and go to school, and children could fy kites! We know how that ended. We left thousands of collaborators at risk when we skedaddled, and we’ve been doing our best to welch on our promises to them, to say nothing of our moral obligations, ever since. What are the odds that among the 100,000+ Afghans now in Canada, at least a handful could hold grudges? I rest my case. It goes without saying that the murder of innocents must, without exception, be condemned, in Gaza as at Bondi. In the meantime, we need to change policies that cause people to hate us.