Other than the September 11 attacks, the single most deadly act of aviation terrorism in world history is one you’ve probably never heard of. And there’s a very clear reason for that, although you’re not supposed to talk about it.
In June of 1985, Air India Flight 182, from Toronto to Bombay, blew up in mid-air over the coast of Ireland. A total of 329 people, including 268 Canadian citizens and 10 American citizens, were killed by a bomb that had been checked onto the flight.
Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Air India.
There was no doubt that the attack was directly related to the surge of Sikh immigration to Canada in the late 1960s. Although only one person was convicted for his role in the attack — one “Inderjit Singh Reyat” — several Indian separatists were implicated. It’s a complicated backstory, but put simply: Many Sikhs wanted a separate territory of their own (as they still do). And they were becoming militant, which made politics in India extremely volatile and dangerous. Therefore, because Canada was importing a lot of people from the same region where this was all happening, Canadian life was becoming more volatile and dangerous, as well.
But despite the large number of Canadian casualties onboard Air India Flight 182, and despite the obvious implications for Canada’s immigration policy, Canadians did not think of this attack as we think of September 11. In fact, they didn’t give the attack much thought at all. For decades, Canadians were dismissive of the idea that this bombing had any real significance to them whatsoever. They mostly ignored it, as did most Americans. During a public inquiry into the attack, one expert witness put it this way:
Canadians do not recall June 23, 1985. As a nation, we were not shaken, transformed and moved to change our own institutional practices for a tragedy we considered had little to do with us.
The government of Canada didn’t commemorate the lives of the victims for roughly 20 years after the attack. It wasn’t until 2010 — many decades later — that Canada’s prime minister belatedly announced that, “Canadians now understand that this atrocity was conceived in Canada, executed in Canada, by Canadian citizens, and its victims were themselves mostly citizens of Canada.”
This sudden reversal was not the result of any new evidence or investigation that took place after the attack in 1985. Instead, it was the result of the fact that Canada’s Indian population has continued to surge since the 1960s, to the point that every Canadian politician now has to cater to this particular demographic. So does Canada’s state broadcaster, which just ran a whole special about this bombing a few months ago — more than 40 years after the fact. Watch:
Credit: CBCNEWS/Air India 182: The ‘homegrown’ bombing that killed 329 people | Full Documentary/YouTube.com
So Canada is suddenly rediscovering this attack, decades later. They’ve concluded that, in the past, Canadians ignored the mid-air bombing because of “systemic racism” against Indians. And now, in the name of equity, they’re going to make things right.
Meanwhile, over in India, it didn’t take *40 years* to figure out how they felt about this bombing. Instead, they grasped the concept that certain groups of people will commit mass murder in the name of ethnic nationalism, because in the end, tribalism is a basic fact of human nature. Whether you accept that fact or not, or whether you believe it’s “racist” or politically incorrect or not, it doesn’t matter. Tribal violence is inevitable.
Although no history book will admit it, the bombing of Air India Flight 182 established that Western governments — including both Canada and the United States — are intent on denying this basic truth. That’s the real reason no one has heard of this bombing, even though it’s the second-deadliest terrorist attack on a passenger plane in history. It was an extremely inconvenient incident when you’re trying to push the narrative that multiculturalism, in every case, leads to utopia. So it’s better to just ignore the whole mid-air plane explosion, Western leaders decided. Just don’t think about all the foreign conflicts we’re importing onto our own soil, and the ramifications those conflicts might have. Don’t think about the innocent people who are dying. Just pretend that’s not happening.
The result of this approach, predictably enough, has been the continued inflow of large numbers of foreign nationals into the United States and Canada. And through it all, Western nations have consistently remained passive and disinterested. Our leaders have gone out of their way to ignore the extent to which foreign cultures are driven by tribalism, rather than abstract principles like justice or the rule of law.
That attitude needs to change. And the case of Harjinder Singh, the truck driver who killed three people on the Florida turnpike by making an illegal U-Turn a couple of weeks ago, is a prime example of why it needs to change.
Credit: @RT_com/X
We’re all familiar with the details of the case at this point. And indeed, even after the crash, Singh continued to implicate himself. One day after he blocked all of the freeway lanes on the Florida Turnpike, forcing a passenger van to impact his trailer, Singh and his passenger (Harneet Singh), reportedly fled from Florida to Sacramento. Investigators were concerned they’d leave the country, for obvious reasons. At no point did Harjinder Singh demonstrate any remorse for what he had done. In the videos of the crash and its aftermath, he looks mildly annoyed. So if you’re a rational person, you probably think that Harjinder Singh should face the maximum possible punishment for what he did. That’s the only way to prevent him from wiping out more American families.
But in his home country, they don’t see things that way. Instead, they’re presenting Harjinder Singh as a victim of circumstances who deserves a very lenient sentence, if any.
This is a video that was just uploaded by Indian MP Harsimrat Badal. We won’t play the audio because she’s not speaking English.
BREAKING: Indian MP Harsimrat Badal calls on India to intervene on behalf of Harjinder Singh (kiIIed 3 Americans) pic.twitter.com/TcF4P1pe8y
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 24, 2025
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But she did upload this statement in English, along with the footage:
I appeal to [the] external affairs minister to take up Sikh truck driver Harjinder Singh’s case with the United State’s govt to ensure his rights, including that to wear a ‘dastar’, are protected & he is not persecuted as a murderer. Harjinder committed a grave mistake which led to a fatal crash but he is not a murderer & should not be treated as such. Also more than 1.5 lakh [hundred thousand] Punjabi truck drivers in the US should not be discriminated against due to Harjinder’s mistake & their livelihood should not be snatched from them by denying them work visas & making it more difficult for them to drive trucks by bringing in new language proficiency rules.
So she’s calling for the Indian government to intervene in some way, so that more drivers like Harjinder Singh can remain on our freeways. Let’s think about this for a second.
This is a case that should have zero relevance to India. The crash took place within the U.S. borders, and the driver had been living in the United States for several years beforehand. All of the “Punjabi” drivers she mentions, by the same token, decided to leave India and come to the United States. They’re not under the jurisdiction of India’s government either. And yet, this MP believes that it’s her responsibility to get involved, and tell the United States government how to enforce its laws and ensure that the roadways are safe. She’s saying it’s no big deal if Indians can’t read the road signs, or if they slaughter Americans in their cars.
And many of her countrymen agree with her. Fox reports that:
A petition urging Florida officials to show leniency toward Harjinder Singh, an illegal immigrant truck driver accused of causing a crash that killed three people, has garnered nearly 2.5 million signatures as of Sunday afternoon. The petition — posted on the website Change.org and addressed to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — calls for both DeSantis and the Florida Board of Executive Clemency to re-examine the case against the 28-year-old. Singh faces three counts of vehicular homicide and three counts of manslaughter in connection with the deadly Aug. 12 crash.
The petition reads:
We, the undersigned, respectfully petition for clemency or sentence reduction on behalf of a 28-year-old Punjabi man who, in a tragic and unintentional incident, caused a truck accident that resulted in the loss of three lives. … Consider alternative sentencing options, such as restorative justice measures, counseling, or community service, aligning with both accountability and compassion.
Yes, they want Harjinder Singh to go to a couple of “counseling sessions.” That’s their ideal punishment, after he killed three people on the freeway. Really, he needs to talk about his feelings. When he looked back and saw the van crumple like a Coke can, what emotions came over him? None? None at all? He just sat there, with no expression whatsoever, like he had just blown a tire? Well, maybe Harjinder Singh needs to work on that. He needs to do a better job of expressing his emotions. That’s all. Get him back on the roads immediately after, say, two therapy sessions.
Some supporters of Harjinder Singh also uploaded videos, many of which sounded oddly similar to one another, like they were passing around the same script. Watch:
NEW: Over 1.65M people have signed a petition to free the illegal immigrant truck driver who made an illegal U-Turn, taking the lives of 3 Americans.
The petition argues that Harjinder Singh should be sentenced to counseling or community service.
Some supporters are leaving… pic.twitter.com/45I0nUFgfv
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 23, 2025
NEW: The petition to ‘free’ the illegal immigrant who made an illegal U-Turn, taking the lives of three Americans, nears 2.5 million signatures.
One supporter suggested that the crash was the fault of the victims, and authorities should check the car’s “black box.”
Others say… pic.twitter.com/2PwKaJfE1z
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 24, 2025
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They’re harping on the idea that these three homicides weren’t intentional. It was an “accident, a terrible mistake,” they say, again and again.
As far as we know, it’s true that Harjinder Singh didn’t commit murder. But at the same time, it’s fairly apparent that his actions, as depicted in the footage from his cab, led to the deaths of three people. And if you want to have an ordered, functioning society, then people who engage in extremely reckless behaviors like this — to the point that they wipe out entire families — belong in prison for as long as possible. If you valued the lives of American citizens, that wouldn’t be a controversial statement. But it’s controversial among Indians.
For their part, a group called “United Sikhs” — which says it’s affiliated with the United Nations — posted this message: “We are saddened by the loss of life in the tragic accident that occurred in Florida on August 12th. We grieve with the families impacted and offer our condolences. We are also in touch with the family of the accused, Harjinder Singh and are advocating for equity and that the law must be appropriately and uniformly applied and those threatening and spewing discriminatory rhetoric and disinformation must be held to account. We call on everyone to come together in times of tragedy rather than exploit them for political grandstanding and furthering personal agendas.”
So “United Sikhs” is calling for “equity” and says that, if you’re saying mean words online about Harjinder Singh, then you need to be “held to account.” They don’t say that Harjinder Singh must be held to account for killing three people. Instead, you need to suffer because of your speech.
That’s the overwhelming response of this community at the moment. That’s what they’re saying in their statements, videos and petitions.
It’s worth mentioning that there is a counter-petition on Change-dot-org, entitled, “Deport Supporters of Harjinder Singh’s Commutation.” That one only has around 16,000 supporters, so we’ve got to get those numbers up.
In any event, what you also may have noticed about this petition (and these videos) is that they bear a very strong resemblance to the Karmelo Anthony GiveSendGo fundraiser. For stabbing a white athlete at a track meet, Karmelo Anthony has now raised more than a half a million dollars. And as we’ve previously discussed, many of the comments were explicitly anti-white in nature.
Here’s just a quick refresher of comments on Karmelo’s GiveSendGo:
“These white people can die mad like they ancestors did.”
“These crackas need to understand that we are NOT our ancestors, and they will reap what they sow. I hope the knife made a full recovery.”
“White people have put so much evil in the earth. You have the right to protect yourself Karmleo.”
“I love when we stand up for each other.”
And on and on.
We’ve seen similar levels of tribalism with the outpouring of support, in the Somali community, for Qalinle Ibrahim Dirie. As we’ve discussed previously, the Somali community center wrote a letter of support for Dirie, even after he was convicted for abducting and sexually assaulting a child. And then, on top of that, prosecutors reported that Somalis were threatening to kill the mother of the victim. They’re not doing any of this because they think Dirie is a good person, or because he was wrongfully convicted, or any of that. They’re doing it because he’s Somali. That’s all that matters to them.
The Indians in the videos we played earlier, to give them some credit, weren’t quite this explicit. But the thrust of their argument was the same: we stand up for our own. That’s why there’s a petition with millions of signatures, and dozens of impassioned, on-camera pleas on behalf of a truck driver who just killed three Americans. They’re not actually worried about the specifics of U.S. sentencing law, or how this case will turn out. Nor do they care about the possibility that other foreign truck drivers will kill more Americans in the future. They don’t value American lives the same way they value the lives of their own people. And therefore, whatever punishment is imposed on Harjinder Singh, in their view, is too great.
The only conclusion we can draw — from the cases of Karmelo Anthony and Harjinder Singh and dozens like it — is that tribalism is a basic fact of human nature. What American leaders call “bigotry” and “white supremacy” is practiced all over the world, all of the time, in service of other ethnicities and national identities. And more importantly, it’s practiced by tens of millions of people who we’ve allowed into this country. Our immigration system, for decades, has denied the reality of tribalism. But the truth is simply undeniable at this point. People who want to survive — who value their own culture and civilization — will defend and prioritize their own, often to the detriment of everyone else. They will be unapologetic and relentless in their defense of their own interests, period. They will prioritize their own. I don’t blame them for it. I don’t think you should defend murderers and people who kill the innocent, but the general idea of prioritizing your own people and defending their interest makes sense. That’s what you should do. And if there’s any lesson we can draw from all of this it’s that, if we want to survive, Americans have no choice but to adopt the very same attitude.
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