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Doesn't matter...this is not about hiding behind a bigger brother. Trudeau scored big political points by standing up to Trump's tariffs, but for some reason is very afraid of China. Canada has to stand for something all by itself, otherwise it is just a vassal state.

Islamic terrorism springs from the cruel, barbaric and widely held beliefs of Islam. Multiple polls have demonstrated that these beliefs are embraced by the majority of Muslims in the world. It is that foundation and willingness to embrace extreme violence against any and all who insult or deny Islam or violate its tenets which allows for the creation of terrorist groups. By pretending such beliefs aren't widespread you are dishonestly making excuses for what is, by western standards, a brutal, backward, barbaric and violent political ideology which seeks to rule the lives of everyone in the world, whose followers are taught it MUST rule over everyone in the world.

It's official now.....Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been declared Canada's "Jimmy Carter".

Trudeau is weak....and he refuses to take equivalent retaliatory actions against China's detentions and new trade restrictions. Meanwhile, he tries to cozy up to Trump for help after smugly denouncing him as a populist barbarian in the past. China is right about this issue....allies cannot rescue Justin Trudeau from himself.

Would you prefer that Trump start a shooting war instead ? Trump has bagged new trade agreements (e.g. South Korea), with NAFTA 2.0 pending ratification. Don't confuse change from the status quo with only a US approach, or even consider that the US is the only important focus on trade and globalism. The U.S. is not a dumping ground for all the world's oppressed and have nots, but remains #1 in the world for landed immigrants. More importantly, those topics are just a distraction from Trudeau's issue here, and deferring to Trump/U.S. for back-up just makes him appear weaker to China. The US and UK did not back down on the Iraq War when (ally) Canada whined and opposed military action without UN approval.

It matters because at different times in the past two years our ally has done dangerous and unpredictable things that play into China’s and Russia’s hands. The UK is self-absorbed right now. Europe is unwieldy. For a small player like Canada to take a major stance without at least some assurance of the support of allies is risky. I would suggest two immediate measures from the government of Canada: 1. A timely deadline for the settlement of the Meng extradition by the US, the violation of which results in her unconditional release. 2. Immediate counter-measures against Chinese imports of equal trade volumes to the Canadian canola, pork, and beef exports. Why Trudeau hasn’t taken these steps already, especially number two, really is weak.

That's not realistic, but if Canada actually had a spine, there's lots of things Canada could do to stick it to the Chinese, step one being to ignore the One China policy to broaden and deepen relations across the board with Taiwan. If you really want to get their attention, you start joint training with the ROC Navy off of Formosa.

That's not anyone's position that I have seen, but as far as some are concerned, failing to jump on "Muslims are evil" bandwagon is exactly the same as denying Islamic terrorism, supporting FGM, killing of gays, oppression of women and minorities. Re: the list of links... I see 4 or 5 that are probably credible.

https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/gunman-shoots-police-in-belgium-in-suspected-terrorist-attack-1.6131842 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/knifeman-killed-in-spain-police-station-attack-135981 https://www.voanews.com/east-asia/another-police-station-attacked-indonesia https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-20/man-wielding-knife-shot-in-attack-on-police-station-in-catalonia https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/08/20/man-shot-dead-at-spanish-police-station-in-possible-terror-attack.html http://www.ekathimerini.com/240678/article/ekathimerini/news/unknown-group-claims-responsibility-for-police-station-attack https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/07/france-muslims-screaming-allahu-akbar-attack-police-station-with-paving-stones-and-pyrotechnic-devices https://globalnews.ca/video/5242211/attack-on-police-headquarters-in-afghanistan-by-taliban-leaves-13-dead https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistani-10-police-civilians-wounded-balochistan/29739649.html https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11459/germany-migrants-attack-police https://balkaninsight.com/2015/04/28/deadly-terrorist-attack-on-police-station-raises-ethnic-tensions-across-bosnia/ https://www.neweurope.eu/article/russia-suicide-bomber-attempt-attack-police-station-stavropol/ https://sputniknews.com/europe/201808201067326869-spain-police-attack/ https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/01/sweden-police-station-bombed-in-heavily-muslim-city-of-malmo https://www.thelocal.fr/20170915/islamist-attacks-against-police-and-soldiers-in-france The thread is only pointless to people who deny, excuse and dismiss what is going on. I await your excuses and denials and dismissals of the above.

Trudeau refuses to act like a leader . . . . a truly embarrassing situation for Canada. This country is being 'sandbagged' from within . . . Trudeau is a cuck.

I've noticed the increase in news articles reporting on police station attacks. Quite a few in Spain, France, several in Indonesia and some in the UK. A quick google search on police station attacks in Europe can provide some info for you, but you will just deny and dismiss them all as fake news and just trying to make Islam look bad and mental illness and but, but , but.....it's the religion of peeeeeeeeaaaaccccceeeee! blah blah blah.....anyways. For people who deny that there is terrorism in the name of Islam and that it's getting worse, there will always be excuses and denials. There's literally nothing Islam can do that some people won't deny, excuse and dismiss.

Attacks on police stations in Europe are becoming more and more common. Attacking police stations - a public authority, for whom there should be a natural respect - tells me there is no respect for that authority. Of course, it doesn't really matter, since all news about Islamic attacks in France and Europe are nothing but "fake news" and part of a secret agenda here on the Maple Leaf Web Forum to just make Islam look bad.

Actually Trump is helping one going on in Yemen at this moment.

Biden seems like a sensible and decent person. Trump does not.

The original greens were created by Stasi in order to subvert the West-German society. The plan has worked out perfectly. The greens are very popular in Finland as well. The background of the older figures of the greens goes to the communists. It is a very accurate description of the greens to call them water-melons; green on the outside, red on the inside.

The Dems are throwing out crap candidates for a reason. They're by and large a bunch of morons. They throw around platitudes like they're trying to put out a fire, and they manage to suck in the casual observers, but on policy they're weak and stupid. Honestly they go after Trump like he's the devil, but they just gush about Obama. It's like they completely missed what happened in the past 11 years. Obama inherited an Iraq that was stable, and Syria was solid. Obama pulled out all the Americans from Iraq, and just left a bunch of tanks, artillery, mortars etc, which essentially armed islamic state. The middle east turned to absolute crap. It was still getting worse when he left. Trump inherited that and put a hasty end to it. Do Dems honestly talk about Obama's abysmal failure and Trump's success? Nope. They're crap, top to bottom. "Walls are racist" lol. Spare me.

She is an irrelevant twit/kook so I guess she at least has something in common with you, squid.