It seems many liberals were outraged when somebody suggested that we only accept Syrian women with children as refugees. Now we find out that fathers are included. Maybe we should be concerned about the Pharaoh’s troops going out to kill the first-born? That is the kind of fear that has been exhibited across North America lately.
Irrational fear is what the Islamic State jihadists want. When you indulge in the fear they are trying to generate, you are helping their cause. You are a believer in their propaganda. You are supporting them.
The truth is the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is an army of brigands, losers, cowards and blasphemers. We already know that they are not as good as their propaganda. They cannot come after you. They are nothing but thieves and thugs. They only murder defenceless people. They revolt the true believer in Islam. There is no jihadist Heaven for snivelling cowards such as these. They are scum.
If and when there might be a new Caliphate in Islam, it will not be created by hoodlums.
Our problem today is to help the hundreds of thousands of Syrians displaced by sectarian war in their homeland. This is not to deny the plight of others who have been displaced by violence and/or economic deprivation in the Middle East and Africa. Ours is a troubled world and we all need to have compassion and concern for the plight of many.
But Canada is showing leadership in meeting a world-wide problem. It is bringing a token number—albeit a substantive number—of Syrians from the camps in Syria’s neighbours where these people have taken refuge. They are not cowards. They have been protecting their families. They have been saving their children.
The task of bringing these people to Canada has been made more difficult because of the urgency. And it is not just a created urgency because of political promises. Every day that these people are kept in forced idleness in the camps is more time to destroy their will to live productive lives. They are not the ones who bought their way to the sea and across to Greece and the promise of Europe. They are not the ones challenging the English Channel and the charity and accommodation of Northern Europe.
The émigrés to Canada are the ones vetted by the United Nations and Canadian authorities. These are the ones who won the lottery of a flight to freedom in North America. They will make a contribution to our country, our culture and to our industry. We will welcome them.
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