It's not all that shocking (to me, it's anticlimactic). This was being coerced out of him from day one (you know, since July 27, 2002).
Now if only we could get the Canadian government to plead guilty. It's a bit of a longshot though, since a Security Intelligence Review Committee report, a federal court, and the Supreme Court of Canada wasn't enough to be convincing of that. This, even after orgs such as the Canadian Bar Association urging Khadr's return to Canada.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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