That would seem to be the view of Mr Siddiqui of the Toronto Star if one transposes his, er, analysis to World War II and its aftermath:

To tackle domestic terrorism, end foreign wars
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The solution is not to panic or hector the Muslim community to rein in their own — they would if they could — but rather to stop being in denial that there is no connection between the wars we wage and the terrorist mayhem that they trigger, there and here.

…such cases should give us pause — so that we are not herded into blindly backing endless wars and occupations abroad.

Adrian wrote this earlier about the approach of Star’s editorial page editor emeritus:

Terrorist Apologism In The Toronto Star

Much more here from estimable editor. As for the soi-disant “Canada’s National Newspaper“:

“Terrorism”: Globe and Mail reporters still at it…

Now see this incredibly credulous further piece of “reporting”:

Rizgar Alizadeh describes himself as a simple plumber living in a small town on the Iran-Iraq border. He doesn’t own a computer. He’s never travelled outside Iran. And he laughs at the suggestion that he is a member of a terrorist group.

In a lengthy interview with The Globe and Mail Friday, Mr. Alizadeh, who is alleged to belong to a terror cell planning to detonate improvised explosive devices in the Canadian capital and fund insurgent groups in Afghanistan, shot back at the accusations made against him by the Canadian security apparatus.

His older brother, Hiva Alizadeh, is facing the most serious charges of the four people arrested in this week’s anti-terror sweep…

Rizgar Alizadeh said there is no substance to the allegations, and, speaking through a Canadian translator from his home in Iran, sounded remarkably calm about being accused of a serious crime. He said he had been told by his aunt in Canada that his brother was arrested, but didn’t know the arrest was related to terrorism, or that he himself was also allegedly one of the conspirators.

“It was very surprising. All through today I was thinking why have they got him? What has he done?” he said.

Rizgar described the allegations against both him and his brother as “a pack of lies” and said he was neither angry nor fearful because his conscience is clear.

“I don’t get scared at all. Hiva has the same mentality as I do. He’s cool like me” he said…

Mark
Ottawa