I am not writing this post as a response to a comment on my last one. I am writing this because like most rank-and-file Liberals who -- like the vast majority of Canadians -- support due process, I am furious that Omar Khadr was with the complicity of Chrétien and Martin sent to Guantanamo Bay and thrust into a kangeroo court process. I am angry that the UK and Australia were able to successfully lobby the States to have their detainees transferred for trials in their home countries but Canada hasn't lifted a finger all this time -- and that Stephen Harper isn't going to do shit either.
No doubt, Omar Khadr's relatives back home in Canada have said some outrageous things including expressing their support for what happened on 9/11; suggesting those in the Twin Towers deserved to die because they were paying taxes to an interventionist government. One cannot associate guilt from one part of the family and impune the other. The fact he urinated on a family photo should say a lot.
Put Khadr in a real trial, whether in a US or a Canadian court -- not the phony "military commissions" in Cuba. But simply saying one has "reassurances" there will be a fair hearing is not enough. Obviously, the current and former PMs must think that Truscott, Marshall, Milgaard, Morin, Sophonow etc. are still guilty, otherwise we wouldn't have this fucking attitude problem with whomever sits in the PMO.
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2 comments:
I love this post and it's the most honest post we have seen today on liblogs.
However, you're mistaken on a few points.
First, after Omar pissed on his family phot, he lied down beside it and held it.
Next, Khadr is charged with more serious crimes than any other western detaines was charged with.
Even more, liberals should be demanding a full public inquiry as to how Chretien and Martin allowed this to happen.
Maher Arar, Khazamei the jouranlist and Omar Khadr owe their torture to the Liberal Party of Canada.
These last few years has not been kind to the party who think they own the human rights issue.
Time for a 100 million dollar public inquiry as to why Chretien and Martin allowed Khadr to be tortured without telling Canadians.
Thanks for your thoughts, Johnathon. As always I make it a point of allowing alternate views here to show I'm fair minded. I don't pretend to be correct about everything; that would be too pretentious. I just call it as I see it and respect those who may disagree.
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