The prime minister has spoken again about the beheading death of Canadian citizen John Ridsdel in the Philippines at the hands of Islamist terrorists who pledge allegiance to ISIS, Al-Qaeda and similar barbaric bodies. Mr. Trudeau made the point that the government does not pay ransom because it supports the continued operations of such terrorists and endangers the lives of Canadians abroad.
WHAT TO DO
The PM didn’t have much to say on this but the circumstances of such killings and the broader state of the world as well casts a sharp light on a new government eager to return Canada to the long-gone days of peacekeeping. The notion of peacekeeping seems hopelessly naive in a world filled with homicidal extremists bent on establishing a blood-soaked global regime. No one knows what to do about ISIS and the others except to kill them. It is a heavy burden for any leader but lighter perhaps than seeing innocent Canadians slaughtered this way.
