Taliban murderer of U.S. medic awarded 10.5 million by Canadian courts

Classic example of Islamophobia.

You fear Muslims lying more than anyone else lying. It's hysterical.

Come on wrote:

Classic example of Islamophobia.

You fear Muslims lying more than anyone else lying. It's hysterical.

As an agnostic, there are aspects that I dislike about all monotheistic religions, but Christians are far more accommodating of non-believers, in the 21st century than Islam is; let's not kid ourselves ! If we were discussing somebody of a different faith, whose religion caused harm to others, I would have no problem bringing their faith into it. Many would attack Christianity relentlessly if a social conservative were to stir up hatred towards gays, for example. People like myself utterly condemned Bush for using his faith to justify attacking Iraq so, assuming your views fall on the left side of the political spectrum, why the double standard when it comes to criticizing Islam?

In general, I dislike people who consistently take moral stances on issues and are unwilling to change their beliefs when confronted by evidence that they are wrong. These moral stances are something that the religious right has in common with SJWs. It makes them easy to control.

There really is no justification for Khadr receiving 30 times the amount that a soldier would receive for having both of his legs blown off by one of Khadr's IEDs. That is why the CBC has to shut down the likes/dislikes and comments on its youtube videos. They are taking a moral stance - not a stance that can be defended when confronted by opposing viewpoints.

A poll conducted by Angus Reid Institute shows that 71% of Canadians are Islamophobes for disagreeing with Trudeau's issuance of an apology and compensation to Khadr ;)

http://angusreid.org/omar-khadr-compensation/

Good job by the Harper conservatives to turn their head while a citizen was imprisoned and tortured against his chartered rights. The Supreme Court of Canada did exactly what they should in this situation.

Your 'opinions' mean D1ck all

Canadian liberal wrote:

Good job by the Harper conservatives to turn their head while a citizen was imprisoned and tortured against his chartered rights. The Supreme Court of Canada did exactly what they should in this situation.

Your 'opinions' mean D1ck all

Well... at least I know that it was Liberal Party Prime Minister Jean Chretien who was leading a majority government when Khadr was arrested and taken to Guantanamo. Both Chretien and future Prime Minister Paul Martin (Liberal Party) turned a blind eye and failed to intervene during the first few years of his capture, which is when he suffered sleep deprivation and possibly other "advanced interrogation" techniques. I don't feel a lot of sympathy for Khadr but, if you do, blame the Liberal Party!

"While other Western democracies, such as Australia and the U.K., obtained the return of their adult citizens from Guantanamo, Chretien did not try to have Khadr returned. Neither did Martin, who was in power from December 2003 to February 2006 when Khadr was still a teen. They just kept on kicking that political stink bomb down the road. In 2010, when Harper was PM, Khadr pleaded guilty to charges of murder in violation of the rules of war and was sentenced to another eight years, but said later that he only pleaded guilty as a way to get out of Guantanamo."

Also, let's not forget that it was Chretien's government who helped return Omar's terrorist father to Canada after he was suspected of being a major player in the Egyptian Embassy bombing in Islamabad.

"It had been revealed shortly after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 that during a trade mission to Pakistan in 1996, Chretien petitioned then-prime minister Benazir Bhutto on behalf of Ahmed Said Khadr, Omar’s Egyptian-born father, who was suspected of being a major player in the bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad.

Ahmed Khadr — a known associate of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden — was released shortly after Chretien’s intervention. He repaid Canada for his freedom by eventually moving his family to Afghanistan and enrolling his sons, including 11-year-old Omar, into terrorist training camps."

Also, I should point out that the Supreme Court only ruled that Khadr's rights were violated. They never once ruled that he should be payed any amount. They also never ruled that he should be repatriated to Canada, in the first place. For all we know, they may well have ruled that his repatriation and early release from prison are reparation enough for his rights being violated, especially when the full story is taken into consideration. Even if he were eventually awarded money, fighting the settlement until the very end and refusing to apologize to a traitor, who fought to kill Canadians and their allies, would have been a small moral victory.

Nice try, though... and note how the following article didn't remove/disallow comments.

embarrassed to be Canadian wrote:

Canadian liberal wrote:

Good job by the Harper conservatives to turn their head while a citizen was imprisoned and tortured against his chartered rights. The Supreme Court of Canada did exactly what they should in this situation.

Your 'opinions' mean D1ck all

Blah blah blah

Also, I should point out that the Supreme Court only ruled that Khadr's rights were violated.

That's the part the matters. It was either 10.5 mil or 20 mil as Khadr would win the suit thanks to Harper. Nice try though.

Canadian liberal wrote:

embarrassed to be Canadian wrote:

Blah blah blah

Also, I should point out that the Supreme Court only ruled that Khadr's rights were violated.

That's the part the matters. It was either 10.5 mil or 20 mil as Khadr would win the suit thanks to Harper. Nice try though.

Bullsh*t!

By that logic, if Khadr and his lawyer had claimed damages of $100 billion, it would have either been $10.5 million or $100 billion.

Just an update: The Rebel Media and like-minded Canadians have raised $231,000, through crowd-funding, for Christopher Speer's orphaned kids.