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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Were those bombs for terrorism or were they for war? It makes a big difference. People seem to forget that while the taliban were considered a terrorist organization everywhere else, they were the government body in Afghanistan at the time, anything they did to defend against coalition forces were no different than what the Germans did in WWI and II, unless you consider what they did to be acts of terrorism, what Khadr did was not terrorism. The case could be made for treason, but again his age at the time and the upbringing he was born into are significant factors to consider when determine whether or not he could have avoided this scenario.
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They weren't the government body at the time, they had fled and abandoned the capital. They were just as effective at terrorizing their own citizens as well as they were going after coalition forces. Lets not make that group some heroic group of freedom fighters fighting the evil Coalition. That to me is gross. Even when they were in government they were at war with their own people. As well they they gave aid and comfort to Al Qaeda and Bin Laden. In return Bin Laden helped fund the Taliban.
As well Omar's father and Omar were more linked to Al Qaeda, and the training that Omar did receive was by Al Qaeda. So there was an affiliation with a terror group.
On top of it these "freedom fighters" were also busy during their "resistance" shooting and attacking kids for daring to go to school. Brutalizing and shaking down villagers, and killing anyone that wasn't on their side.
the United States never recognized the Taliban Government, Canada did designate them as a terror group, and Great Britain agreed with the removal of the Taliban.
Omar Khadr wasn't some heroic freedom fighter trying to save his homeland, if that's what your saying then he's not a Canadian, oh wait except that whole noxious family are Canadians' by convenience so that their sons could get shot up or their scumbag old man could get shot up and come home and get top notch first aid and take advantage of the Canadian Welfare system.
He was trained by Al Qaeda, and built bombs that were used against Coalition troops that included, you know Canada. Who were there on a legal mission, fighting a "government" that wasn't a "government" that offered aid and comfort and training camps to a terrorist group, that supported them Materially.
Look at the end of the day, what's done is done in terms of the settlement, its unlikely that any money is going to go to Speer's widow or Sgt Morris. Even though Omar is all about reconciliation, he admits that he lied on his guilty plea, which meant that his statement of apology is also to me suspect, and he's never made an effort to apologize to the widow or the Sgt in person
What is going to be investigated is how this government handled this case, and questions are going to be asked about the secrecy of the payout.
I also believe that the government should have enforced a position that $0.00 of his settlement could go to that family of his.