Of course, Omar Khadr was not directly rewarded for being a terrorist or for killing an American soldier (and wounding another) but because he was allegedly mistreated while a detainee at Guantanamo. How, you may wonder, did Canada become involved? It’s because the younger Khadr was born in Canada, and when President Obama was releasing terrorists from the Guantanamo facility, Omar Khadr was released to Canada.
We feel there is much to say on this subject, but we will start by quoting the sentiments of US Sgt. Layne Morris, who was blinded in one eye by the same grenade that killed Sgt. Speer: “This is the third generation of Khadrs that owe humanity an apology, not the other way around. I shudder to think what $10 million in the hands of an avowed and accomplished terrorist will do.” Here’s another quote, this one from the Trudeau government, which hopes the money "will assist him in his efforts to begin a new and hopeful chapter in his life with his fellow Canadians.” How uplifting. Remember, Omar Khadr was captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan, had killed an American soldier and wounded another. Sgt. Speer’s widow was bringing action to ask Canadian courts to enforce an American court's default judgment against Omar Khadr. What is shocking is that the Trudeau government, by “settling out of court” has effectively undercut Mrs. Speer’s case, because the American judgment was based on Omar Khadr’s confession to the terrorist crimes, and the Canadian settlement apparently states that the confession was forced and thus invalid. Well, Canada is our friend and ally, and Canadian soldiers are fighting alongside Americans to defeat Jihadis in Iraq. Although his predecessor would not have done so, the Prime Minister could have apologized to Omar Khadr. After all, Presidents Carter and Obama apologized for all sorts of things that America did before they took office. But we wonder if, before he awarded $10.5 million to someone who killed an American soldier, Prime minister Trudeau forgot that 159 Canadian soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan.