Funny, but not true, of course. This went around as a US response
from SecDef Donald Rumsfeld during the Bush administration, as early as 2002.
Someone modified it for Canada ,
complete with British spellings. See Snopes.com, linked below. There are some
funny bits quoted on snopes from the earlier spoof that were left out of this
one. ~Bob
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A Canadian female “liberal" wrote a lot of letters to
the Canadian government, complaining about the treatment of captive insurgents
(terrorists) being held in Afghanistan National Correctional System Facilities.
She demanded a response to her letter. She received back the following reply
from:
National Defence Headquarters
M Gen George R. Pearkes Bldg.,
15 NT 101 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa , ON K1A 0K2 Canada
Dear Concerned Citizen,
Thank you for your recent letter expressing your profound concern of treatment of the Taliban and Al Qaeda terrorists captured by Canadian Forces, who were subsequently transferred to the Afghanistan Government and are currently being held by Afghan officials in Afghanistan National Correctional System facilities.
Our administration takes these matters seriously and your opinions were heard loud and clear here inOttawa .
You will be pleased to learn, thanks to the concerns of citizens like yourself,
we are creating a new department here at the Department of National Defense, to
be called 'Liberals Accept Responsibility for Killers' program, or L.A.R.K. for
short. In accordance with the guidelines of this new program, we have decided,
on a trial basis, to divert several terrorists and place them in homes of
concerned citizens such as yourself, around the country, under those citizens' personal
care. Your personal detainee has been selected and is being prepared for
transportation under heavily armed guard to your residence in Toronto next Monday. Ali Mohammed Ahmed
bin Mahmud is your detainee, and is to be cared for pursuant to the standards
you personally demanded in your letter of complaint. You will be pleased to
know that we will conduct weekly inspections to ensure that your standards of
care for Ahmed are commensurate with you recommendations. Although Ahmed is a
sociopath and extremely violent, we hope that your sensitivity to what you
described as his 'attitudinal problem' will help him overcome those character
flaws. Perhaps you are correct in describing these problems as mere cultural
differences. We understand that you plan to offer counseling and home schooling
however, we strongly recommend that you hire some assistant caretakers. Please
advise any Jewish friends, neighbours or relatives about your house guest, as
he might get agitated or even violent, but we are sure you can reason with
him. He is also expert at making a wide variety of explosive devices from
common household products, so it might help you to keep those items locked up,
unless in your opinion, this might offend him. Your adopted terrorist is
extremely proficient in hand-to-hand combat and can extinguish human life with
such simple items as a pencil or nail clippers. We advise that you do not
ask him to demonstrate these skills either in your home or wherever you choose
to take him while helping him adjust to life in our country. Ahmed will not
wish to interact with you or your daughters except sexually, since he views
females as a form of property, thereby having no rights, including refusal of
his sexual demands. This is a particularly sensitive subject for him. You
also should know that he has shown violent tendencies around women who fail to
comply with the dress code that he will recommend as more appropriate
attire. I'm sure you will come to enjoy the anonymity offered by the
burka over time. Just remember that it is all part of respecting his culture
and religious beliefs’ as described in your letter. You take good care of Ahmed
and remember that we will try to have a counselor available to help you over
any difficulties you encounter while Ahmed is adjusting to Canadian culture
National Defence Headquarters
M Gen George R. Pearkes Bldg.,
15 NT 101 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa , ON K1A 0K2 Canada
Dear Concerned Citizen,
Thank you for your recent letter expressing your profound concern of treatment of the Taliban and Al Qaeda terrorists captured by Canadian Forces, who were subsequently transferred to the Afghanistan Government and are currently being held by Afghan officials in Afghanistan National Correctional System facilities.
Our administration takes these matters seriously and your opinions were heard loud and clear here in
Thanks again for your concern. We truly appreciate it
when folks like you keep us informed of the proper way to do our job and care
for our fellow man. Good luck and God bless you.
Cordially,
Gordon O'Connor
Gordon O'Connor
Minister of National Defense
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