james t kirk

Do you really think that the liberals and the NDP would be so stupid as to make Omar Khadr and election issue? (Well, mabye the NDP, they might be that stupid.)

The vast majority of Canadians feel exactly as I do - Fuck him and his entire terrorist family. I am not a fan of Harper I can assure you. I think he's an arrogant controlling fucker. HOWEVER, if the liberals were to be so stupid as to make Omar Kahdr an elelction issue - I would vote for Harper in a nano second.

As far as I am concerned, the Kahdr family renounced their citizenship the second they took up arms against this country in this war. And we are at war folks. I know it might not seem like it while everyone seems to go about their regular lives uninterrupted, but we are at war. Don't forget that. And the Americans are taking this war far more seriously than we are. (BTW, there is discussion being carried on at the present time as whether or not Canadian law should be ammended to define instances in which an individual through his or her actions abroad effectively results in them losing their citizenship.)

At the very best, Omar Kahdr is no different than any number of common criminals on trial or being incarcerated in the United States at the current time. (There are lots of them and I don't see anyone crying about them.) And none of them took up arms as traitors against Canada.

At the end of the day, however, the Americans are not going to let him go. (Nor are they going to let any other of the Canadian common criminals in their justice system go.) They don't have to abide by our rules.

The American justice system is a fair justice system. It is not some kangaroo court. Omar Kahdr has skilled representation and he will be judged fairly by the American system. I truly have no doubt of that. If they decide to let him go - then he can go. If they decide that he is a murderer then that's what he is.

I don't weep for Omar Kahdr.