I heard something today on the radio, that Switzerland is considering taking all the detainees and holding them all until their trials are completed. I just heard the last part of the story, so I am guessing they will have their trials in the world court. Let's not ever forget who these so called " detainees' are. Most were captured in battle. Most hate Western civilization. Most would love to cut the head off a Western person ( especially an American citizen). Most would gladly die by carrying a bomb strapped to their body in a school or shopping center. All are devout Islamic fundamentalists, even though some were only 14 or 15 years old when they were captured. Most would love to be responsible for as many Western deaths as possible. The terrorists who flew the planes into the towers on 911, had lived amongst us and in some cases, had been here for a few years. A flying instructor in my home town, told me that he had a young Arab man who wanted to take flying lessons a few months prior to 911. He said that he was paid in cash and after a few lessons told this guy he could not continue to take lessons from him as he had no interest in learning to land a plane, he just wanted to learn how to take off and fly it. After 911, this flight instructor was absolutely sick as he realized what this guy was.
One of these detainees in Guantanamo is a Canadian citizen. He was captured at the age of 14 after he killed two American soldiers with a hand grenade, during a battle. His family immigrated to Canada prior to his birth. The family used Canada as a home base, despite the father taking his three sons to several Arab countres for terrorist training on numerous occasions. The father was eventually killed in a battle, as was one of his sons. Another son was wounded in a battle and was returned to Canada for the free health care he could get here, and is now in a wheelchair for the remainder of his life. It really annoys me that some of my tax dollars may have been used to pay for the multiple surgeries that were done on this young terrorist who would just as soon kill me as talk to me. The father, his dead son, his now crippled son, and the one still in Guantanamo, are considered as heros in Arab circles. There are a bunch of mush heads here in Canada, that feel the son in Guatanamo, should be brought back to Canada for his trial. I hear some weak headed people call into teh radio talk shows and say that he should be returned to Canada with no trial. Let us all hope and pray that this never happens because under our legals system he would be on the streets within 6 months, if not sooner. Most people do not understand what is taking place. This is what scares me.
I know a few Arab people, who have come to our country determined to start a new life for themselves. They are good people who work hard and pay their own way. They are just as opposed to what the lunatic Islamic fringe are doing as any of us are. I have absolutely no problem with these people being a part of our society. They are good people. I got to know a family who moved to my home town from Iraq. They came with little, but worked hard and within 3 or 4 years had saved enough money to purchase a good restaurant. They worked hard and the business flourished. Before long they had completely paid for their business as well as the Lincoln and Cadillac that were parked in front of their business. They were proud of the opportunity offered to them and they were very ashamed and upset when 911 occurred. They were bothered by the fact that their business dropped after 911, and eventually they put it up for sale and moved away to a bigger city. Because they were Arab, some people painted them with the same brush as the Islamic terrorists who hit the towers. This was just WRONG.
I think that we all need to know as much about these people as they know about us. If you look at the birth rates in all Arabic countries, they are all over 3 times all Western countries. I heard one Islamic fundamentalist leader interviewed on TV and his words are now burnt into my brain. He said " We will win this war against the West. It may take a few generations, but in the end we will win. We are not in any hurry, but we are winning this war one birth at a time." That is what scares me. This thing is a long ways from being over... and i worry about what the future holds. I certainly hope our leaders will do whatever it takes to secure the future of the free world.
. Think he would have won espousing that view point in September?
