What a Concept

Coming to terms with the aims of radical Islam after the Canadian terror plot is revealed. Jack Kelly, RCP:

Could it be that radical Islamists want to kill Canadians simply because Canadians aren't radical Islamists? This a concept which Canadians who once thought they could kibitz the war on terror safely from the bleachers are now having to come to grips with.

And the terrorists don't need anything too fancy in the way of bomb materials --ammonium nitrate fertilizer will suffice, common materials that have dual uses.

Why do they hate us? Because are not them.

And this is yet another wake up call for the US. Tribune editorial:

Ready as many of us are to condemn government agencies that fumble terror investigations, we tend to fall silent when investigators do foil deadly plots.

Note that all the Canadian participants attended one mosque. One of the measures in the Patriot Act enables the FBI to monitor radical clerics where they preach. They focus on threats, as specific as possible. This is not a violation of civil liberties, it's common sense. And it protects all of us, whatever our faith, from those who would advocate violence and intimidate and terrorize their neighbors.