Oh Canada -- Wake Up!

With the recent arrests of 17 alleged terrorists in Toronto, Canada and initial reports that they were planning a number of bomb attacks throughout the metropolitan area, it's not encouraging that the appeasers and apologists are already out spreading their disinformation, and at least for one Canadian official, his naivete.

Toronto' Police Chief, Bill Blair, after meeting with local Muslim "leaders," assured the press that "It appears that a number of these young men were motivated by an ideology based on politics, hatred and terrorism, and not on faith," discounting reports that all involved have been described as "devout Muslims."

In an equally inane comment, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Mike McDonell had the tenacity to remark that the 17 "...represent the broad strata of our community." You mean the Muslim community, Mike? An unattributed RCMP official added assuredly that they were "Muslims, but not Arabs." Wow, looks like the city dodged a bullet. What would have happened if they were actually Arabs?

Even further appalling is a report from Toronto's Globe and Mail that RCMP Tactical-Squad Mounties had to go "sensitivity" training the week end before the raid that netted the suspects. The training included how to handle the Koran and making sure there were clean prayer rugs on hand in their soon-to-be prison cells. "Our officers need to be respectful," said RCMP spokeswoman Corporal Michele Paradis as quoted by the Globe and Mail. Apparently, however, lawyers for the group feel that the sensitivity training needs to go further. They're already complaining that the copies of the Koran are in English, not Arabic.

With the latest revelations that the planned terror campaign included storming the House of Commons and beheading Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canadian liberals are shaking their collective heads over their "home grown" suspects and asking "Why us? What have we done?"

Wake up Canada. This is only the beginning.