Thursday, November 22, 2007

You're a terrorist? Welcome to Canada!

We have been spending a fortune beefing up our border patrols, arming our border crossing guards and increasing our vigilance in looking for grandmothers "smuggling" a can of SPAM in from the US. At the same time, we let terrorists and undocumented "refugees" into the country without a question.

Ahmed Ressan, who tried to blow upon the LA airport and who is now in prison in the US, entered the US from Canada. He had been in Canada since being let in as a political refugee, with no background checks to find out why he considered himself at risk in his home country. He was at risk because he was a terrorist before he got here. But we let him in without question.

Here is the problem with our system. Canada has admitted almost 700,000 refugees in the past 20 years. In case you think this a typo, I say it again; 700,000 in 20 years. How many of these had security checks? According to CSIS, less than 10%.

So much for security. It is a bit like putting on your seat belt and then driving around with a sharp knife in your mouth. One slight accident and you are dead anyway!

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