Vox Populi On Khadr Khrap

The Toronto Star sheds crocodile tears trying to portray Khadr and his terrorist family as victims. Yet most of those who commented on the article don't buy into the politically correct media lies - even if the article is illustrated with a picture of a veiled woman crying. It's sure encouraging to see that there are lots of people out there who understand that when it comes to "reasonable accommodation", terrorists deserve none.

The article mentions "public outrage over the revelations contained in the documents". Excuse me, what public outrage?

Colin Perkil, please point out the evidence to support your claim that there is "public outrage" over these revelations. Most Canadians I know want the whole lot deported. I have heard absolutely ZERO outrage against the CDN Govt over Khadr, other than outrage that we still have to listen to any of them.

(Posted by eastern at 9:21 AM Tuesday, July 15 2008)

And even if there is a public outrage - it's not exactly over the the way some Taliban combatant is being treated:

But the Canadian Government has, until now, not listened to Canadians who are sick and tired of supporting these terrorists through our taxes and easy immigration policies. It's about time outraged Canadians told the government to tighten immigration and revoke citizenship for people like the Khadrs. There are plenty of people who will come to Canada and lead fruitful lives here. The Kahdrs are a blight! Be gone!

Posted by Proman at 8:09 AM Tuesday, July 15 2008

Some other commenters add that if the situation was reversed there wouldn't be many politicians and journalists supporting pleas of mercy for a Canadian immigrant held in captivity for a similar crime (MJT, Etobicoke) and that if Khadrs were in Egypt, their son wouldn't even be alive (Hamzakoya Malabari).

And what about the other side? Their response is typical: apart from saying that the comment thread has been hijacked by a right wing group, they claim that Khadr should be entitled to all the rights available to Canadians - just because he was born on Canadian soil.

So what if his parents' citizenship had been obtained by fraud? So what if Khadr-junior had not only abandoned Canada as a country of his permanent residence, but willingly fought on the enemy side? Those guys need another Maher Arar, another "victim" of those "intolerant" "right-wing" "bigots". All the rhetoric we've heard from an unelected Liberal Senator Roméo Dallaire is nothing but partisanship:

Khadr was captured in 2002. Wasn't the liberal government in power then? Why wasn't he freed then? On September 10, 2002 The Right Honourable Jean Chretien was Prime Minister. He turned the reigns over to Paul Martin Jr. who held power from December 2004 until 2006 when Prime Minister Harper took over. The kid was in Gitmo for 4 full years before the current PM took over. What did the Liberals do about it? Nothing. As I've always said, easy to point the finger when you sit in opposition. With luck, the Libs will continue to sit there.

Posted by Walt at 2:28 PM Thursday, July 17 2008

Apart from noting a small mistake (Paul Martin became PM in December of 2003, not 2004), I can't agree more. If Liberals really cared about Khadr - they would bring him to Canada while they were still in power. Too bad they choose to use Khadr for their partisan interests nowadays, rather than joining forces with the government to ensure that terrorists and mercenaries can no longer use their dubious Canadian citizenship to escape prosecution.