from what I understand omar left Canada to join up with al-queda (sp) to fight againt our allies and we are giving him $10,500,000.
this sin't a situation of him going down to a sandals resort and getting caught up in something. he was an active participant and for that he gets $10,500,000.
Seems pretty sweet to me.
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Originally Posted by Makarov
Several posters keep saying "crime" and "terrorism", but I don't feel like anyone has really articulated why Khadr's violence was morally different than the violence of the US soldiers that day (apart from the uniform/state-actor distinctions that I've already mentioned)?
Just to be clear: I spent two months travelling in Afghanistana a
couple of years after the fall of the Taliban. It's one of the most beautiful, most hospitable and welcoming countries in the world. I firmly believe that it's people (and its history and culture) were terrorized by the Taliban. I support the Western intervention to usurp the Taliban regime. Generally speaking, when there was a battle between ISAF soldiers and Taliban-friendly militants, I cheered for the ISAF soldiers.
However, I see the Taliban-friendly militants as enemy combatants, not criminals. And I think that enemy combatants, despite being enemies, should still be entitled to basic human rights (because, as history has shown, they don't need to be our enemies forever). War is ugly and terrible. But, morally, Apart from ideological preference, I don't really see a difference between Khadr throwing a grenade and a US soldier throwing a grenade.
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