There has been another attack on allied ground on a central governmental institution. The war against IS has been domesticated, and the fatwa that the leader of IS gave has been heard and followed up upon. The war between the Phoenician and the Roman empire has taken yet another turn for the worse. As in the Punic wars the conflict over territory has become a conflict that brings up the warriors in the West as the warriors in the Middle East.
There is no peace at hand, only escalation. What we need to do is to keep our heads cool, and tackle the conflict with the most humane means possible. This will lead to annihilation of the Sunni radicals, one way or the other, but it will be costly in terms of manpower, killings, fear and lifes spilled.
I wish for the families of the fallen soldier in Canada, may his soul rest in peace, and may his family weather the wound. Some day they will be one again, but until that they will have to live with the loss, the grief, the hurt.
G-d bless the nation of Canada, may it whether its terrible wounds, and ultimately find peace.
