I have no problems what-so-ever, with the way he was treated in Australia or Canada.
I’m glad he’s back, glad he’s safe. I respect him for putting his life on the line for something he believed in.
I’m not arrogant enough to think the Western security forces don’t know stuff I don’t and that there are threats in that pipeline.
I suspect Western security forces know squat. It sounds like he went through more interrogation than Trudeau’s terrorists.
Agreed.
He’s a mercenary who fought for the muslims. He can rationalize it all he likes, that’s what he did. Can’t be trusted…
I was “grilled” for 45 minutes when I brought my 1-year old adopted son back to Canada from Guatemala 17 years ago. Civilians who worked on-base in Germany underwent de-briefing interviews after vacationing behind the iron curtain during the 70s and 80s. All-in-all, an hour-and-a-half of questioning after being an active participant in a hot war zone seems on the light side of cautionary to me.
I sent a letter to the Kurdish headquarters in London England asking them how I could send them money to help with the cause.
they never replied. betcha they never got the letter. I must be on a comupter somewhere. sounds like sumptin j edgar’s ol’ FBI would do.
we live in interesting times.
your post to Dr Kyla a while ago demonstrated your low grasp of issues, this post shows you are just plain stupid. We have special forces over there “training” the same people this chap was with, can they not be trusted either, when they come back. And before you go full stupid, it wasn’t all that long ago this chap was in the military.
As the Lance and his having no problem with the chap’s treatment, I do, the Aussies had no actual reason for the deporting, and Kanukistan could have just flagged him and asked him to come in for a debriefing. Israel has one of the best security systems in the world because they profile, and a white male who has served in the can. military would be of low priority and could be “checked” through his Mil. records. It’s time the gov’t dropped their PC bullshit, and it time Rance grew up
Can’t believe that Auzzies treated him like that. As for OUR side now under Trudeau – surprised he’s not in jail today.
Robert Somerville is a hero in my books ! To be treated like this is a sympton of political correctness! Who would you rather have with you at Vimy Robert or Justin?
I expect they could know more that’s useful after questioning him than they did before. If anyone wants to visit Australia the Australians are entitled to ask anything they care to of visitors, and if visitors don’t co-operate I won’t feel entirely sorry for them if they are detained and/or expelled.
Quite the contrast to CBC’s coverage of their darling Ohmar.
Course one mans freedom fighter is hard to tell from another mans terrorist.
Anybody coming out of these war zones should be handled with caution.
Imagine the abuse border guards would get if they had let Jihadi John back into the UK because he claimed to have been fighting ISIS.
Hard call,”I have been fighting with ISIS”.
For or against?
How the hell can the Ozzies check?
Who they gonna call?
Same “experts” vetting Justin’s people?
We have special forces over there “training” the same people this chap was with, can they not be trusted either, when they come back.
They represent, and fight for, Canada. This mercenary was getting paid, representing, and fighting for, a muslim sect.
(to point out the obvious…)
I got detained longer at the US border for something stupid I did as a teenager.
Anyways he might have killed many “Canadian” Muslim friends of Nenshi and Trudeau who went to fight for ISIS.
I was detained in Canadian customs because I was unable to explain an American customs stamp in my passport from a couple years ago. I had no idea, and still don’t, as to why that was an issue. I suppose if one came back to Canada from a war torn world where we don’t even know who the enemy is, that might initiate inquiry.
That “muslim sect” is an ally of the west, that west including Canada is actively supporting (to point out the obvious…).
Oh and in case it escaped your attention, freedom loving Canadians have a tradition of fighting as “mercenaries” in conflicts their government decides to ignore. For example 30 thousand Canadians fought against communism in Vietnam War, how are they different from those fighting ISIS today?
Tooner, the Auzies are giving away the store, the house and the country to the muzzies.
Strad, I worked closely with a Kurd last year. Got a lot of insight into their mentality and their absolute revulsion of all things ISIS. He would literally spit after saying ISIS. He hated them with a guttural reaction, saying that ISIS was not Muslim.
He has such a love for the US and Canada, it reminds me of how my Grandfather would speak of America (Canada & the US) with thanksgiving, tears welling up and running down his cheeks, for opening their arms so he could make a new life after fleeing Kurdistan.
My co-worker says that the Kurds are a democratic society while being Muslim, but are persecuted from all sides because they are pro western society, so the Iranians, Turks and Iraqis are constantly trying to annihilate them from the face of the earth, but they hav a strong military and are great fighters.
Hour would like nothing more than to see ISIS wiped from the face of the earth, and I believe him!!!
That “muslim sect” is an ally of the west, that west including Canada is actively supporting (to point out the obvious…).
Well, he can pretend and rationalize he was ‘representing’ Canada all he likes. That muslim sect were paying the mercenary, if they had said to shoot you, he would have…that’s what mercenaries do (to point out the obvious)
For example 30 thousand Canadians fought against communism in Vietnam War, how are they different from those fighting ISIS today?
For one thing, the US is a Christian country…not muslim (to point out the obvious)
So are we, and other Western countries. Meanwhile, it’s still their country and if Robert Somerville was smart enough to travel to an area that is effectively stateless, join forces fighting ISIS, and get back our safely, he should know how not to trigger the customs and immigration process of a country as alike to his own as Australia is. I wish him well, but he made a simple mistake and didn’t suffer greatly for it, especially considering what he willingly and knowingly risked in going to fight against ISIS (which I think was at least an admirable gesture, and hope was a real contribution.)
And those thirty thousand Canadians who enlisted in U.S. forces swore to obey lawful commands and were paid to fight for the U.S.A., so if they had been lawfully ordered to shoot you or me or any Canadian they’d have done it, just like mercenaries in Kurdish service.
Except of course any individuals among them who if faced with such a situation decided to disobey orders because they didn’t want to shoot Canadians.
…so if they had been lawfully ordered to shoot you or me or any Canadian they’d have done it, just like mercenaries in Kurdish service.
The operative words being ‘lawfully ordered’. Have at it if you like muslim law. The mercenary was fighting for people who regularly stone people, cut off limbs as punishment for a perceived crime vs. other people who regularly stone people and cut off body parts.
“… people who regularly stone people, cut off limbs as punishment for a perceived crime …”
As against Canadians, who regularly murder defenseless, innocent unborn.
For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
Matthew 7:2-3
If Christians counted muslims as ‘brothers’, I suppose you would be right…
2Jn 1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
2Jn 1:11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Law is law, our various moral codes don’t completely align with each other’s or with the laws of various countries, our own, our allies, our enemies. I don’t know what punishments the Kurds’ law uses. Our ally the U.S.A. has capital punishment, Canada doesn’t. Saudi Arabia uses capital punishment and amputations and is part of the coalition with which Canada fights ISIS. I don’t object to Robert Somerville going to fight ISIS with the Kurds any more than I would if he joined the U.S. military and ended up doing the same thing nor if he took a contract with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, since none of them are declared enemies of Canada. I also don’t think someone doing what he did should be bailed out or rescued by Canada if he gets into trouble while serving in a foreign army nor do I think such service excuses him from complying with Australian immigration rules if he visits there or Canadian laws when he comes home.