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Hardly.
Let me explain it to you because to me, it's crystal.
Canada did not send Omar off to Afghanistan to fight with and for the Taliban. As such, we do not bear the guilt of whether or not he is a "Child Soldier" or any other kind of soldier for that matter. He is either a Traitor or a Murderer depending on your definition of whether he was a soldier or terrorist. I don't care how old he was at the time. As a soldier he gets to ride out the rest of the war in a POW camp (where he currently is and would most likely be there for a very long time as I don't see this war ending anytime soon) or as a terrorist he gets to face a trial and if found guilty will be sentenced according to US law.
My statement was that those fighting the NATO armies for the so called Taliban are soldiers because they are taking up arms against other soldiers. I don't see the traditional distinction that soldiers have to wear uniforms in order to qualify as soldiers under the terms of the Geneva Convention. Those who strap bombs to themselves and blow themselves up in crowded market places killing 23 civilians are terrorists.
(In my opinion.)
Whether Omar was 10 years old, 15 years old, or 25 years old is irrelevant to me. He was fighting against NATO soldiers. His family put him there, not Canada. He is either a Traitor and should be tried as such, or he gets to face an American Military Commission charged with murder as a Terrorist. Roll the bones whichever way you want, but the fact of the matter is that Omar isn't getting a pass because he was only 15 at the time. It may mitigate any determination of sentencing, however, that's not Canada' s jurisdiction.
Both the Supreme Court and as of yesterday, the Canadian Gov't have said so.
The Americans caught him, and the Americans are going to deal with him. Good enough for me.
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