KURTENBACH COMMENT: The Rise of I.S.I.S.
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 11:09 amKURTENBACH COMMENT: The Rise of I.S.I.S.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 2:35 PM
To the Editor,
Surely, everyone deplores the actions of the I.S.I.S. military forces, in particular, regarding their practice of decapitation or killing of anyone they consider "the enemy."
But Canadians should keep in mind the impersonal view of how we, [through our present government, which we elected] react when we learn about the inhumanity and cruelty of I.S.I.S.'s forces. We then immediately send F-18's to Kuwait, from where we launch bombing attacks on I.S.I.S. targets in Iraq. Then, only God knows how many innocent people we inadvertently kill or injure.
It is only prudent for Canadians to ask: what brought about the formation of I.S.I.S. military forces in the Middle East. [M.E.]?
We should remember what followed when the American military invaded Iraq in 1990, the [Gulf War] and then again in 2003, the [Shock and Awe War] with the help of Canada and our Canadian General Walter Natynczyk.
Those two wars preceded the joint invasions of Afghanistan by American and Canadian forces which in total have caused the death, injury and displacement of well over one million human beings in the Middle East, leaving both those countries in shambles.
That is why we have M.E. terrorists in the U.S. and Canada. How would the citizens of Canada and the U.S react if Iraqi and Afghan military forces inflicted one million deaths, injuries and collateral damage in the U.S. and Canada?
It has been stated that the leader of I.S.I.S. is an Iraqi person who spent time in an American prison named "Bucca" which was maintained not far from the city of Baghdad. Can anyone imagine how Americans would react to an Iraqi-controlled prison near Washington?
War is inhumane. Politicians allow wars. No one really "wins" a war. Only the manufacturers of the weapons that kill, and those global interests that fund them, reap the financial rewards of war.
Leo Kurtenbach,
Saskatoon, SK
Phone: 306.652.5129
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 2:35 PM
To the Editor,
Surely, everyone deplores the actions of the I.S.I.S. military forces, in particular, regarding their practice of decapitation or killing of anyone they consider "the enemy."
But Canadians should keep in mind the impersonal view of how we, [through our present government, which we elected] react when we learn about the inhumanity and cruelty of I.S.I.S.'s forces. We then immediately send F-18's to Kuwait, from where we launch bombing attacks on I.S.I.S. targets in Iraq. Then, only God knows how many innocent people we inadvertently kill or injure.
It is only prudent for Canadians to ask: what brought about the formation of I.S.I.S. military forces in the Middle East. [M.E.]?
We should remember what followed when the American military invaded Iraq in 1990, the [Gulf War] and then again in 2003, the [Shock and Awe War] with the help of Canada and our Canadian General Walter Natynczyk.
Those two wars preceded the joint invasions of Afghanistan by American and Canadian forces which in total have caused the death, injury and displacement of well over one million human beings in the Middle East, leaving both those countries in shambles.
That is why we have M.E. terrorists in the U.S. and Canada. How would the citizens of Canada and the U.S react if Iraqi and Afghan military forces inflicted one million deaths, injuries and collateral damage in the U.S. and Canada?
It has been stated that the leader of I.S.I.S. is an Iraqi person who spent time in an American prison named "Bucca" which was maintained not far from the city of Baghdad. Can anyone imagine how Americans would react to an Iraqi-controlled prison near Washington?
War is inhumane. Politicians allow wars. No one really "wins" a war. Only the manufacturers of the weapons that kill, and those global interests that fund them, reap the financial rewards of war.
Leo Kurtenbach,
Saskatoon, SK
Phone: 306.652.5129