Editorial: ISIS fighters not welcome
It’s time for PM Trudeau to fight the good fight against people who pose as Canadians, but are radicalized and have been fighting for terror organizations like ISIS in Syria, or around the globe.
According to the Trudeau government, Canadian citizenship is sacrosanct, meaning that even a suspected ISIS terrorist should be welcomed back into our country arms wide open. With prosecution a difficult task under present Canadian laws, Trudeau has spoken “reintegration” and “deprogramming” citizens who want to harm our society.
But this weak approach doesn’t work against terrorists who gleefully take to the internet for pyschological warfare like beheading of their enemies.
The topic has come up recently with the collapse of ISIS rule in East Syria, and those Canadians abroad who have either been captured on the battlefield or when fleeing former ISIS controlled villages from the US backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish led group. These captives of the Kurds are now begging for a return home to Canada and want our help. Brazen huh?
Incredibly, nearly 200 Canadians with ties to terrorism are/were living abroad and over a third have already returned to Canada. Many are women who went to Syria with their husbands and gave birth to children there, making this whole issue more messy. . . . contd.
