Bonam Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) A series of terrorist attacks including bombings, shootings, and hostage-taking just happened in Paris: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/14/world/europe/paris-shooting-attacks.html?_r=0 Over 60 dead so far. A terrible thing. France has closed its borders and declared a state of emergency. Figured we should get a thread going on this. I see this as potentially impacting the political climate in Europe regarding the refugree crisis... thoughts? Edited November 13, 2015 by Bonam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poochy Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Horrible, but it can't happen here, no need for precautions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) Horrible, but it can't happen here, no need for precautions. Only Sunny Ways for us! Edited November 13, 2015 by Boges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Apparently the people of Paris are opening their doors to those who don't want to risk public transport to get home. Taxi drivers giving free rides. It looks like the hostage taking incident is coming to a close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlight Graham Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Only Sunny Ways for us! Sunni ways my friends, Sunni ways! These attacks show again the urgent need for fast-tracking in less than 2 months 25,000 mostly Sunni Muslim refugees from an ISIS/al-Qaeda warzone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Sunni ways my friends, Sunni ways! These attacks show again the urgent need for fast-tracking in less than 2 months 25,000 mostly Sunni Muslim refugees from an ISIS/al-Qaeda warzone! What could go wrong right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-TSS- Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 I.m sure if you entered a search-word "clueless" into google or wikipedia you'd get the picture of President Hollande of France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribblet Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Parkas and hugs for all suicide attacks first on French soil http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-34815972 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-TSS- Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Horrible? Yes! Surprising? Grow up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastRunner Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 After another terrorist attack, should Canada not take more of an active role in Syria? We are not sure who is responsible but my money is on ISIS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson Jones Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 There was also a bombing in Lebanon just yesterday, which killed over 40 people. ISIS took responsibility for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastRunner Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 There was also a bombing in Lebanon just yesterday, which killed over 40 people. ISIS took responsibility for that. Yes, you are right. We should question why we aren't more involved when that one struck too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capricorn Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 After another terrorist attack, should Canada not take more of an active role in Syria? Too late. The National Defence Minister has received instructions to cease military action in Syria against ISIS. We are pacifists don't you know? And we make cozy blankets to hand to refugees. http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/defence-ministers-mandate-letter-end-combat-mission-in-iraq-syria/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastRunner Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Too late. The National Defence Minister has received instructions to cease military action in Syria against ISIS. We are pacifists don't you know? And we make cozy blankets to hand to refugees. http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/defence-ministers-mandate-letter-end-combat-mission-in-iraq-syria/ Yes I know that. This is what I'm questioning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeferMadness Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 After another terrorist attack, should Canada not take more of an active role in Syria? We are not sure who is responsible but my money is on ISIS. We don't know who was responsible, where they were from or what if any, relationship they had to anyone in Syria. But you'd like to bomb anyway, just on spec? If we find out that the people responsible are French citizens, should we bomb France? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Canada should do nothing, as winning federal elections is far more important than fighting terrorism. Just ignore it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastRunner Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 (edited) We don't know who was responsible, where they were from or what if any, relationship they had to anyone in Syria. But you'd like to bomb anyway, just on spec? If we find out that the people responsible are French citizens, should we bomb France? As I said, I suspect ISiS. And since ISIS is seen to be responsible for the latest attacks, shouldn't we do more to stop them? We have a responsibility to join the battle to fight terrorism. Edited November 14, 2015 by WestCoastRunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 We don't know who was responsible, where they were from or what if any, relationship they had to anyone in Syria. But you'd like to bomb anyway, just on spec? If we find out that the people responsible are French citizens, should we bomb France? Yeah because ISIS doesn't have influence in home grown terrorism or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-TSS- Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Canada should do nothing, as winning federal elections is far more important than fighting terrorism. Just ignore it..... If the world was a fair place where everyone cleaned their own mess you'd be getting tens of millions of these refugees. Unfortunately the world is not fair and we have to live with that fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capricorn Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Yes I know that. This is what I'm questioning. How embarrassing it would be for a new government to backtrack on such an important commitment. But I say the hell with it, get with it and do what's right in light of these events. Our allies need our help. And who knows, we might be next and need the help of our international friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastRunner Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 I'm even surprised at myself for suggesting we join the fight in a more active role but really, do we have a choice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastRunner Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 How embarrassing it would be for a new government to backtrack on such an important commitment. But I say the hell with it, get with it and do what's right in light of these events. Our allies need our help. And who knows, we might be next and need the help of our international friends. I think it would actually look good on JT to backtrack. And he is probably in discussions as we speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 We don't know who was responsible, where they were from or what if any, relationship they had to anyone in Syria. But you'd like to bomb anyway, just on spec? If we find out that the people responsible are French citizens, should we bomb France? What difference does their citizenship make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeferMadness Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 If the world was a fair place where everyone cleaned their own mess you'd be getting tens of millions of these refugees. Unfortunately the world is not fair and we have to live with that fact. And you know that this has something to do with refugees...... how exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capricorn Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 If we find out that the people responsible are French citizens, should we bomb France?This is a line I would expect from a comedian. Honestly RM, re-read that post and reflect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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