Shooting at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Ottawa

[Lynn Eades]

I Concur fully with the last 10 or so posts.

[jdmcm]

We need to be vigilant for these mentally ill criminals looking to cling to something, anything to make a statement...This was a terrorist attack in name only..we give these people to much credit treating them as terrorists or enemy soldiers...they are petty criminals that want to go out in blaze of "glory". This is nothing new, the only thing that has changed is the reason given...the perversion of a peaceful religion for political gain. Now the media have a new word "radicalized" . The buzzword for the new (next?) "War on Terror". Now we will line up to hand over the rest of our civil liberties, the few we have left, in order to be "safe" from "Terror". I was saddened by the fool who heads the RCMP immediately calling a press conference to assure the country they had over 400 "assets" at work in Ottawa...the video of all the cops running around with assault rifles, helmets and Oakley sunglasses...except you were a day late...maybe if we allow them to intercept all of our cell phone calls, emails, read our letters and bug our homes we will catch the next nut who decides to gun down our soldiers, cops or children...sadly we will not, and living in fear and allowing our country to be turned into a police state means we have already lost the "war". Just my two cents.

[motto (RIP)]

There is a great deal of truth in what you say jdmcm. It has been said in past that 'patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel'. Substitute 'religion' or 'ideology' for patriotism, and you are spot on for some of the participants but certainly not the majority. To write them all off as petty criminals or mentally ill is to miss the point.
Australian citizens taking part in the what is happening in Syria and Iraq are estimated, I believe, to be around 160. I would think the majority of them would have no criminal record, they are merely committed to the cause.
In another indication of where allegiance lies.The fellow who stabbed the two police officers here before being fatally shot had an enormous turn out at his funeral. A show of solidarity for the family or a send off for a martyr/hero? I don't know.
All I do know is that had he been caucasian the attendees at his funeral would fit in a telephone box. Nobody would wish to be associated with him.
Yes, I too deplore the increasing level of surveillance and loss of our freedoms and concur that some of it is over-reaction but make no mistake the stakes are extremely high. If these people ever get their hands on nuclear materials you will find out just how high. I'm not an alarmist, I'm just extrapolating from what has happened so far.

David

[jdmcm]

You make a lot of sense David. Well put.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

I am sorry to hear what happened and convey condolences to the family of Cpl. Nathan CIRILLO.

To the members of MLU, I would like to ask you not to indulge in politics as this forum is for discussing military history only.

Thank you for your consideration.

Hanno Spoelstra
MLU Administrator

[Robert Bergeron]

My friends,

Fate has it that i was on military duty in Saint-Jean Québec on monday and Ottawa Ontario on wednesday of last week.

These are days of infamy and will be remembered forever.

The Canadian Armed Forces lost two good men and one is recovering.

They served their country well.

We shall remember them.

Robert

[Ed Storey]

I visited the National War Memorial this afternoon, it was very moving to see all of the tributes that have been left on the site.