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Originally Posted by StickMan
I think the politicians responsible should have been held responsible instead of Canadian Tax Payers who had nothing to do with this. But instead they are enjoying their golden pensions on a beach somewhere while the innocent tax payers are paying for their mistakes...they sure learned their lesson.
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We elect officials to run the country. Our only recourse against their actions is to remove them from office. The same argument of why should we pay for this could be made when there is a deficit, it's just not how things work.
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A few more thoughts. Do you think this was the only grenade that Khadr ever threw? For all we know he killed hundreds of people before getting wounded and captured. At 15 aren't boys in that country considered men, he is only a child by Canadian standards? What age do women in that country become wives and start having children? Why do we still consider him a Canadian citizen if he is fighting for terrorists? Shouldn't his citizenship have been taken away long ago? Has Khadr ever paid taxes or contributed to Canada in a positive way, why do we consider him so Canadian? Based on the outcome of this, what do you think American soldiers are going to do next time they come across a wounded enemy soldier?
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You can find the answers to most of this in this thread, in some cases more than once. To clarify one thing though, the number of grenades Khadr may or may not have thrown has absolutely nothing to do with this settlement.