bike riding wasn 't on the list :)

I'll bet Dip rips up Guitar Hero too. Rock on dood.

rjp

Cool! He did kill a soldier right?

That has yet to be proven. While it initially appeared clear-cut, there is more and more doubt about the events.

I have no problem with giving him a military trial, but get it done.

Detaining anyone for that period of time without a trial or due process is nothing to be proud of.

Nor should the Canadian government feel any pride in their selective defense of citizens rights.

There is nothing cool about killing a soldier Mule. Get your head checked.

He's just taunting. My guess is the Mule thinks he should be executed prior to a trial.

The best outcome for everyone, probably including the kid, would have been for the medics to let him die.

For those of you who don't know the background, this kid came from messed up family that lived in Canada while working as terrorists. The kid had no chance.

Now it's down to technicalities, is he a 'child soldier', just a 'soldier', an 'enemy combatant' , and is there enough evidence to convict him of murder?

It's touchy. Half the people I talk with bemoan the fact that he was 15 years old, brainwashed by his family, was a "child soldier" etc

On the other hand, the whole Khadre family is so outspokenly loathsome that I can't sympathize at all. Some of the family members have publicly praised the 9/11 hijackers. I assume this has influenced the Canadian government's inaction.

FWIW, it's not clear-cut that Omar threw that grenade. At least one soldier stated that it was someone else.

Tons & tons of info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khadr

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khadr_family

My gut says that even if he is a loathsome murderer terrorist, he was a child soldier when it occurred. After years in detention though, hard to imagine any rehabilitation (like in Sierra Leone, Rwanda etc) could be beneficial

EDIT: One thing that comes to mind every single time this pops up in the media (which is a lot): Here's the single survivor of the raid where soldiers were injured and killed (a medic, no less) and yet they saved this kid's life. I know a lot of people think he should have been killed, or at least left to die, but the fact that they treated him speaks to the professionalism of the soldiers on the ground. Can't imagine that would have been easy. I don't think that's pointed out nearly enough.

I thought it was cool that a guy who killed a soldier got shot. Is that hard to grasp? I wish he had been killed.

There isn't anything "Cool" about killing, assh0le. What are you 12?

Being 15 and trying to kill American troops takes a bit of the warm fuzzy stuff away.

No reasonable person can side with this 'family'. But citizens have rights, and our government can't pick and choose who they defend. They are obligated to defend Omar Khadre. Just like they defend killers on death row in the U.S.A.

The alternative is to revoke citizenship, which, if done legally, would be fine by me.

problem is Mule probably wasn't planting land mines when he was 14-15. Not that I'm defending Mule's position... it's just a really messy, complicated scenario. I don't think there are any easy answers WRT child soldiers.

I dunno, seems like a cheap way out. Then again, so is ignoring the whole thing.

Let's not make assumptions here.

Seriously, this is one messed up kid. Have a trial and be done with it.

And he's one of hundreds (thousands?) sitting there. What is the solution?

The government is slowly releasing them, most if not all without charges.
1/3 were released in 2006 and now 1/2 have been released.

A lot of them were rounded up because neighbors who had a grudge against them, turned them in. Whoops.

All those years of torture and imprisonment, just to be released. Christian over-zealousness at it's best......Crazy.

In 60 years the republican party, in the middle east, is going to have tons of potential candidates.
Better order more seats for the straightjacket express.

Accepted?????? Do you make the rules?
I doubt that, but you do sound like you follow them.

Good boy,,,, sit.

Nope, but as you're reminded daily of - not only myself, you're just a pest.

No offense, but you're an immature jackoff.

rjp

EDIt: another way of explaining the age vs. taste is having a standard. If being a "boy" fits you, well great.

I like how you gloss over the facts in #34 and go straight to shooting the messenger.

You're funny.

A bald, skateboarding 40-something that refuses to grow up.

LOL, just what this board needed.

You're an expert? How the hell would you know?

I remember being 15. I knew better than throwing hand grenades when I was 15. Germany had kids fighting. Should our soldiers have not shot at them 'cause they were too young?