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bkmk.
the daughter and son of the real hero, SFC Speer, Taryn and Tanner — will still be without a father.
Prime Minister Harper instructed government lawyers to oppose bail for Khadr. He still has to face a trial I believe. A Queens Bench Court judge of Alberta, granted bail. Again Canadian government lawyers appealed this verdict. The next judge threw out the government case. Both judges are women.
Prime Minister Harper went on television and decried the court's decision. He flatly stated Khadr committed murder. He offered condolences to the family of the murdered American Army Medic.
Not Canada here, but the activist judges who abound in Canada. That kind of judge is also active in the United States.
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I’ll probably get flamed, but it is more of a question. After WWII we had all sorts of German prisoners. In reading the WWII plus 70 years threads we used a lot (all?) of them as labor after the war to rebuild, but then let go. But probably only a few were tried for “murder”. What this Khadr guy did was typical war-time fighting as far as I can tell - so why is it considered murder?
But at some point once we are all the way out of Afghanistan and the war is considered “over” - why wouldn’t he just be considered another POW and returned after the war?
I am guessing that the answer is that he is a terrorist, and his war against us will never be over. But still - just hold him as a POW forever. And I’m still trying to figure out all of these trials for the captured terrorists we got over there during the fighting. Goofy way to run a war.
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