08 May 2008

Have we no decency left?

No matter where one stands on the invasion of Iraq, the "Eternal Global War on Terra" or the use of military tribunals to bring "justice" to those we define as "illegal combatants" it is hard to imagine that one could support the use of these tribunals to try someone who was a 15 year old boy at the time of the alleged crime. This is, of course, unless one is a member of the American government.

US military judges see no reason why Omar Khadr, a Canadian, should not be found guilty tried at the tribunals in the resplendent Guantánamo Bay Beach and Leisure Club. Mr. Khadr has spent over 25% of his life in (probably illegal) US custody.

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