I hear the protesters, I see the outrage, and I, too, grieve for the innocent lives being lost in Gaza.

But I don’t understand why they aren’t doing anything.

What if the Hamas animals had been lurking in the tunnels under Detroit instead of Gaza? And what if, on October 7, they had crossed the Ambassador Bridge into Windsor? And what if they had raped, mutilated, and murdered a thousand people there, and kidnapped several hundred hostages back with them to the tunnels under Detroit?

If all that had happened, Canada wouldn’t be bombing Detroit; they wouldn’t have to.

Because the people of Detroit—and the entire rest of the country—would be so outraged that we would have rescued the hostages ourselves. We would have returned them to Canada, and if any of the Hamas animals survived our rescuing of the hostages, we’d be turning them over to Canadian justice.

But in Gaza, none of that has happened. We’re supposed to feel great sorrow and sympathy for all the poor innocents there. But if they’re so innocent, why aren’t they outraged enough to do something? How can they live with themselves, knowing that right there with them are Israelis, Americans, and others being held hostage by Hamas? Innocents being tortured and more? Silence is complicity. Not our silence about Israel’s attempts to destroy Hamas, but the Gazans’ acceptance of Hamas still holding all those hostages five months later.