The terrorist attacks we don't care about

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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,320
    Did I have my head in the sand the past few days or was the following never brought up in the news ....

    Man killed in Canadian police raid made a 'martyrdom video,' was in final stages of planning terror attack

    TORONTO (AP) — A tip from the FBI triggered what Canadian police on Thursday called a "race against time" as police scrambled to identify and locate a balaclava-wearing would-be suicide bomber they feared was on the verge of committing a terror attack in Canada.

    The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Aaron Driver, a Canadian man previously banned from associating with Islamic State extremists, prepared a martyrdom video and was about to commit a terrorist attack but was killed Wednesday in southern Ontario after he detonated his explosive device in a taxi and was shot at by officers.

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    businessinsider.com/ap-dead-canada-attack-suspect-prepared-martyrdom-video-2016-8

    I know this would have been a big deal if it happened in the states.

    Do we really give no fucks about what goes on in the great white north?
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,320
    If the cops would have shown up one minute later, he would have escaped in the taxi and probably would have killed a lot of people.
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Our cops knew about him and his association with ISIS, but never moved on him until he was 'officially' set to blow people up.

    This fact has made some Canadians happy. Other Canadians are wondering, "Why wasn't he detained before he strapped explosives to his chest and set out to kill us?"
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,717
    edited August 2016
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    Our cops knew about him and his association with ISIS, but never moved on him until he was 'officially' set to blow people up.

    This fact has made some Canadians happy. Other Canadians are wondering, "Why wasn't he detained before he strapped explosives to his chest and set out to kill us?"

    This is being discussed in the Canadian politics thread. Over there I suggested that the cops did that because they don't trust the Canadian courts anymore than the rest of us do, and perhaps they did it that way because they felt that if their case wasn't absolutely airtight it could get thrown out on a technicality or because of a lack of hard evidence, or the actions of the investigators could come into question just like is happening with those two terrorists who were going to blow up the BC Parliament building.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,717
    A child ISIS suicide bomber - aged 12 to 14 years old - attacked a plain old Kurdish wedding in Turkey, killing at least 51 and injuring many more, some critically.

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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    PJ_Soul said:

    A child ISIS suicide bomber - aged 12 to 14 years old - attacked a plain old Kurdish wedding in Turkey, killing at least 51 and injuring many more, some critically.

    http://ti.me/2btesxg

    Child soldiers.

    It takes a special kind of pathetic, low life coward to get children to do your work for you.

    Say nothing of the soft target.

    What a messed up mentality.
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Another one in Turkey today. Police station. A bunch dead and a bunch injured.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,320
    Two cruise missiles were fired at the USS Mason from off the coast of Yemen. Apparently the ships defense system was able to take them out. Doesn't seem to be a big deal to the media, but if they hit the ship we would be discussing declaration of war.
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Jason P said:

    Two cruise missiles were fired at the USS Mason from off the coast of Yemen. Apparently the ships defense system was able to take them out. Doesn't seem to be a big deal to the media, but if they hit the ship we would be discussing declaration of war.

    The USS Mason off the coast of Yemen would suggest war regardless. I don't see such an attack as terrorism.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,320
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    Jason P said:

    Two cruise missiles were fired at the USS Mason from off the coast of Yemen. Apparently the ships defense system was able to take them out. Doesn't seem to be a big deal to the media, but if they hit the ship we would be discussing declaration of war.

    The USS Mason off the coast of Yemen would suggest war regardless. I don't see such an attack as terrorism.
    Depends on if they were in international waters. And what country provided the missiles?
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  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    Jason P said:

    Two cruise missiles were fired at the USS Mason from off the coast of Yemen. Apparently the ships defense system was able to take them out. Doesn't seem to be a big deal to the media, but if they hit the ship we would be discussing declaration of war.

    Yes. This was a few days ago. Why declaration of war?
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,320
    JC29856 said:

    Jason P said:

    Two cruise missiles were fired at the USS Mason from off the coast of Yemen. Apparently the ships defense system was able to take them out. Doesn't seem to be a big deal to the media, but if they hit the ship we would be discussing declaration of war.

    Yes. This was a few days ago. Why declaration of war?
    Basing it on the response to Afghanisan after 9/11. If the US lost a destroyer and 380 souls, the call for action would be intense.
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  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    Jason P said:

    JC29856 said:

    Jason P said:

    Two cruise missiles were fired at the USS Mason from off the coast of Yemen. Apparently the ships defense system was able to take them out. Doesn't seem to be a big deal to the media, but if they hit the ship we would be discussing declaration of war.

    Yes. This was a few days ago. Why declaration of war?
    Basing it on the response to Afghanisan after 9/11. If the US lost a destroyer and 380 souls, the call for action would be intense.
    The missiles were launched in a effort to fight terrorism.
  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    terrorist attacks we want more of this in the future (not)
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    It looks like we are all starting to get accustomed to terrorist attacks in Europe now too. That is a bad sign for our future. Sacrificing lives in the name of political correctness.
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    ^^^
    There was a term that President Trump was insistent that should've been used.
    Radical, something terrorists.
    Fill in the something.
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,437
    Internet Troll....
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  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,588
    bootlegger10 said:

    It looks like we are all starting to get accustomed to terrorist attacks in Europe now too. That is a bad sign for our future. Sacrificing lives in the name of political correctness.

    How are lives being sacrificed in the name of political correctness?
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    edited December 2016
    Go Beavers said:

    bootlegger10 said:

    It looks like we are all starting to get accustomed to terrorist attacks in Europe now too. That is a bad sign for our future. Sacrificing lives in the name of political correctness.

    How are lives being sacrificed in the name of political correctness?
    A failure for those countries to protect their citizens. To allow illegal immigrants to be arrested multiple times and remain in the country to only kill a dozen people later. To allow entire neighborhoods in Brussels to be a breeding ground of terrorist. To allow migrants in without proper vetting to meet up with others to shoot up nightclubs and blow-up people in the street.
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,588
    bootlegger10 said:

    Go Beavers said:

    bootlegger10 said:

    It looks like we are all starting to get accustomed to terrorist attacks in Europe now too. That is a bad sign for our future. Sacrificing lives in the name of political correctness.

    How are lives being sacrificed in the name of political correctness?
    A failure for those countries to protect their citizens. To allow illegal immigrants to be arrested multiple times and remain in the country to only kill a dozen people later. To allow entire neighborhoods in Brussels to be a breeding ground of terrorist. To allow migrants in without proper vetting to meet up with others to shoot up nightclubs and blow-up people in the street.
    I'm not sure how the three situations you listed relate to PC. Maybe you're advocating for a larger police state. But to me that's not about being PC, that's about allowing for individual freedoms. Or maybe you're saying the issue is with immigration? But again, that's not a PC issue, since there's always been immigration. There's also always been terrorism, but I'm also thinking there hasn't been what you're calling "PC" to conveniently blame.

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