Gabriel

I don't care about those treaties. I know what's right and what's wrong. There's nothing convoluted here. This man and his entire family are knee-deep in extremist ideology and actors in supporting terrorism. Omar Khadr was pinched among his fellow Taliban terrorists. He killed an American medic (this is the one crime we KNOW he committed, surely there are many other crimes he's been involved in as he was in Afghanistan working with the enemy for YEARS). My agenda is for JUSTICE. I don't hide that desire. Nothing more, nothing less. Treaty or not, working with the enemy and murdering our allies requires justice. He will have his day in court with one of the fairest (re - most left-wing, lenient, and absurd) legal systems in the world - American justice. Let me get out my violin and play it for you while you shed tears for the enemy. READ THE SUMMARY - Him and his entire family are terrorists.

Yes, yes, yes... such a vicious personal agenda of his to desire that Canada keep itself safe from animals. How right-wing and extreme of him to not show compassion to terrorists and their families! He's right, though, Khadr won't be returning to Canada. Holder's just being diplomatic by keeping his options open. I really don't anticipate them dumping this case on Canada out of fear of offending the extreme left-wing by prosecuting a man who committed murder when he was 15. As soft as the Americans are, I don't think they'll be SO sympathetic to this murderer just because he was 15 when he was caught. There are MOUNTAINS of evidence against this guy. His entire family is made up of terrorists and he was involved in terrorism from a young age, and pinched fighting for the Taliban. This is an open and shut case. Make bets on his innocence and you'll lose your money.

Here's a somewhat candid timeline of this whole affair. Clearly the entire Khadr family is of questionable loyalty, and in the eyes of most people, clearly enemies of this country and full-blown terrorists. Anyways, to anyone with a brain, this is an open and shut case. Omar's been a terrorist from the cradle and will be to his grave. He'll get his day in court, he'll get a chance to make his argument. But he'll be convicted. Unfortunately, I'm betting he will not receive the death penalty he deserves due to absurd sympathy towards his age at the tie of his crime. Clearly there is a large amount of naivety in the minds of left-wing Canadian extremists who simply refuse to believe how sick this extremist/fundamentalist Islamic terrorism culture relly is. They just can't believe that such hate and such venom and such reverence for death and violence is possible - news flash: it's possible, and it's happening right now (and has been for decades).

It's Arab/Muslim land, remember? We stole it from them, apparently. I guess the terrorist supporters won't be happy until every square inch of the Middle East is turned into a tyrannical religious dictatorship, unified under a homogenized culture of extremism and terrorism and resistance to freedom of democracy. Nevermind that Israel is the one candle lit in the sea of darkness - naomi (a coward deserter to ran away from his responsibilities, assuming he's telling the truth about growing up in Israel) and his terrorist friends want to extinguish it.

So you left in order to avoid serving the country, obviously. Typical behaviour of a terrorist supporter. That being said, I'm not sure I even believe you (about 99% of what you say is a lie). It is a deliberate misrepresentation to describe Israeli-Arabs as fully accepting the State of Israel, as it completely overlooks major integration and loyalty issues that are known to affect them. Like you, the avoid serving their country, are disloyal, and support the enemy. Did you convert to Islam, as well? As for me, I've been to Israel several times, and am in regular contact with friends and family there. I know a thing or two about the internal issues in the country. I also find it interesting how quickly and easily you are able to generalize Israeli settlers (not that I disagree with your assessment), yet will never levy the same generalizations to segments of the Arab/Muslim/Palestinian population. Anyone who is honest and partially knowledgeable recognizes that anti-semitic/anti-Israeli/pro-terrorism opinions are common and strong among thee Palestinian population (and indeed, among the Israeli-Arab population). Of course you'll never acknowledge these facts, however, as these facts can't be reconciled with your beloved "innocent" civilians.

What a surprise - you know nothing about internal conflicts within the Israeli population. The Arab-Israeli population's feelings towards Israel can hardly be oversimplified to "acceptance of the country of Israel". Why do you speak so arrogantly about things you know nothing about? You don't have any contacts in Israel, so stop speaking as if you understand the social dynamics of the country.

Have you no idea why it takes so long? You can't figure it out?

What was a Canadian-born guy doing living with and fighting for our terrorist enemies? Case closed, if you ask me. He's probably guilty of many more crimes that we'll never know about. "Innocent until proven guilty" doesn't mean I put my head in the sand and ignore the facts. I'll repeat myself - perhaps you think we're all jumping the gun when claiming that Major Hasan is guilty, although he hasn't yet been convicted. What extremists we are! Jumping to conclusions! In your fantasy world, nobody can have an informed and accurate perspective of the truth until a jury has decided on the case. Absurd.

This isn't a court of law. This is an internet forum. We don't turn our brains off in favour of the philosophical ideal of "innocent until proven guilty". I suppose you think we're also presumptuous for wishing for justice in the case of Major Hasan, as well. We still "don't know all the facts, yet", eh? Perhaps we're too brash and subscribing to mob mentality in wishing for his execution! Ridiculous.

We'll take the good news as it is so far. Hopefully he will face just punishment for his crimes. It's too bad he probably will not be executed due to mercy because of his age at the time of the crime. I think his whole family should be thoroughly investigated - what kind of family sends their son to Afghanistan to fight alongside terrorists? There is so much of this story that remains unreported in order to shield the absurdity of Khadr's actions (what the hell was he doing in Aghanistan killing American soldiers and fighting alongside our enemies?) and those of his supporters (i.e. his family).

Hahaha! Better late than never. I love this country!

I'll just come out and say it, bush_cheney2004 is either an extremely simple person (likely) and/or an extremely dishonest person (also likely). Illegal immigration doesn't benefit the American economy on the whole. Instead, it benefits certain small groups of people (certain business owners, the illegal immigrants themselves, some of us who buy products that may have lowered prices due to lower labour costs, etc). WITHOUT QUESTION, illegal immigration is a massive economic burden on America. Do I even NEED to list the ENDLESS costs associated with illegal immigration? Are the frequenters of these forums THAT ignorant? I have no intention of dumbing down the discussion to the point that I have to spoonfeed someone the endless dimensions through which illegal immigration bleeds the American economy. Basically, bush_cheney2004, at least with respect to this issue, isn't worth talking to. Shady - Did you really refer to Glenn Beck as "talent"? Come on, he has got to be one the dumbest guys on the news circuit. I think if you combine his IQ with Larry King's you might round out near 90. Although I think he's on the right side of many issues, his understanding of things is so primitive and simplistic. Simpletons like Sarah Palin also come to mind. You can't really respect that guy... right?

Yes, and perhaps I should adhere to that principle in the case of the Fort Hood massacre. Basically what you're telling me to do is to turn my brain off and not use common sense. Let's put the "innocent until proven guilty" blinders on and ignore the massive red flags of this case. I never said he was guilty of anything, anyways. What I *DID* say was that the circumstances surrounding this case cannot justify his release on bail. You don't gamble with national security. Anyways, I cannot continue this exchange with you. This isn't a complicated issue - he shouldn't be free to run around in Canada. The judge released him for unknown reasons (perhaps the judge is an ultra-leftist?) and compromised Canadian national security as a result. This isn't debatable.

And obviously the judge made the wrong decision and gambled with Canadian national security. Again, nothing to do with the law (which you rambled on about nonsensically for a few posts), and everything to do with a judge who doesn't grasp the CLEAR realities of the threats we're facing from fundamentalist/extremist Islamic terrorism. This case also has nothing to do with precedent - it's an entirely unique case. You can be sure security officers (law enforcement, NCIS, etc) are CRINGING at the absurdity of this decision.

Keep on rambling about the law... it has nothing to do with the law. It's judge's discretion. There's no precedent for a man crossing the border (with citizenship from a semi-hostile country), lying about nearly a million dollars on his person, while having on his person paraphernalia from a terrorist organization and political disparaging scarf denigrating our allies (which is often in line with anti-Western pro-terrorist ideology), as well as 9/11 conspiracy theory DVDs/tapes. This is a unique case. The judge could have (and SHOULD have) denied him bail. Yet you insist on babbling about the law as if you know what you're talking about.

What are you even talking about? The judge had complete discretion to deny bail based on the circumstances! The judge clearly made an irresponsible choice by allowing this man to go free. You don't gamble with national security. If what this man did and had on him DOESN'T justify detention until a thorough investigation has been done, what does? What does a man like this have to do or have on his person to justify, in your opinion, a denial of bail? Perhaps if he had a firearm on him you'd also support a judge releasing him on bail. Don't be ridiculous. Turn your brain on, this man should NOT be walking around freely. And to top it off, he's blaming these events on unjust racial/ethnic profiling!!!

I must say I'm really glad to see so many folks in here of the right opinion on this issue. I'm again having this feeling that I've found a small island of sanity on the internet - the vast majority of forums I've frequented are filled with VILE and REPREHENSIBLE people who hate America and Canada and Western values, and who support terrorists and our enemies. Cheers to this forum - God Bless Canada! I'm also glad that nobody's labelling this as some sort of inappropriate profiling. This man should be booted out of the country regardless of his ethnicity. Failing to declare nearly a million dollars? Being a supporter of terrorists and our enemies? Being a snake that abuses our free system/society and sues people to get rich? We don't want you here! Unfortunately, we've got some stupid judges who can't see reality.

It's not worth the risk! Get him out of here.

Lou Dobbs isn't a xenophobe. Do you enjoy mischaracterizing the perspectives of those whose opinions you don't like? Regardless, Lou will obviously move on to bigger and better things. I think he'll end up on Fox with a bigger salary and a much larger audience. Lou perhaps began to feel out-of-place with the increasing Obama love-fest that emanates from CNN. He really is the only guy on the network who is ever critical of the Obama administration. Although I found the non-stop reporting of illegal immigration repetitive, Lou Dobbs has always been spot on - illegal immigration is a massive financial burden and national security risk. There's nothing controversial or incorrect about that simple observation.

The story at CBC. The short version of this story is that we have a man named Khaled Nawaya coming from the USA (not a citizen of the USA) into Canada not declaring that in his possession he had nearly $1 million worth of gold Canadian minted coins. He lied and said he had about $10K on his person. Additionally, he had a scarf that depicted an American and Israeli leader as monkeys, had 9/11 conspiracy DVDs and a ring featuring the insignia of Hizbollah. The best part of this story? He was released on bail. I watched an interview with his lawyer on CBC this evening, where the explanation for his massive amount of gold was a fear he had that American banks would collapse and that he wouldn't be able to recover his money in such an event. Apparently he successfully sued a school he was attending in the USA (something regarding flight training/aerodynamics) for wronging him in some way, illustrating that he is playing the system. His visa in the USA (I think it was a student visa) has since expired. The lawyers basically pleased ignorance across the board. This man needs to be be arrested, thoroughly investigated, and most likely deported. What is wrong with this country? Look for more stories about the guy from other sources, as this CBC article is very thin and weak (as usual).

I blame the opinions of those like yourself who seem to play down the seriousness of the threat we face from fundamentalist/extremist Islamic terrorism. This obsession with fighting a war in a half-assed manner out of a misplaced sense of mercy for our enemies is why the war has drawn on for so long. There never was shock and awe, what we've seen are half-measures and extreme restraint. The enemy only continues to exist because of our mercy for animals. I made a clear distinction between fundamentalist/extremist Islam (followers and sympathizers and supporters of whom must be annihilated without prejudice) and other forms of Islam. Unfortunately for civilians, it will often be difficult for us to discern between the various forms during a war. Again, the blood of all civilians in this war (and indeed, the blood of ALL the victims of this war) is on the hands of our enemies. We don't make policy based on what a few "dupes" might perceive. This obsession with not saying anything that may be taken the wrong way by idiots is a huge problem in our society, and is exemplified with Obama's choice to drop the word "terrorist/terrorism" from his lexicon. Who is he afraid of offending? Let's identify our enemies for what they are - terrorists. You're also insulting the common sense of America and its allies. Americans and Canadians and the Western world knows the difference between extremist/fundamentalist Islam and other forms of Islam which can coexist with our values. We know the difference, but you apparently think we're too stupid to make the distinction. Excuse me? Are you disputing what I'm saying? I'm calling you out on your absurd suggestion that negotiation with our fundamentalist/extremist Islamic enemies can yield us any benefits. Our enemies must be destroyed. You advocate negotiation with animals who are opposed to every value we hold dear. I don't recall him saying that, but he's not entirely off with that remark. This is a battle between the free and modern world and those who wish to return us to the dark ages. It appears that you are the one who is unable to discern between extremist/fundamentalist Islamists and other types of Muslims. Perhaps you're the dupe that you warned me about earlier? President Bush clearly made the distinction between extremists and other types of Muslims, MANY TIMES. Apparently you missed all of those statements. That being said, President Bush was hardly the tough guy his detractors disparagingly described him as. He exercised extreme restraint in these conflict, and he is guilty of prosecuting half-assed wars. If he had the courage to do the right thing he would have annihilated our enemies and shown true shock and awe. That's not the impression you're giving us all in this thread. You seem to have your head in the sand with respect to the threats we're facing from terrorism. What's your point? The animals see weakness, and they attack. This is the result of us not eradicating our enemies and showing mercy. If we would simply take the handcuffs of our servicepersons and let them do their job, we'd have much less resistance. Forget about winning the hearts and minds of animals, BREAK their hearts and DESTROY them until there's nothing left. We cannot compromise our security by attempting to win over the hearts and minds of those who believe that suicide bombings are legitimate resistance. Our enemies are animals. Period.

Perhaps you have reading comprehension issues. I didn't dispute that an ideology cannot be completely annihilated. I clearly conceded this, and stated that we should put as much effort as possible into crushing the enemy as much as possible. With respect to your Obama-esque diplomacy approach regarding engaging our enemies in dialogue, what's there to talk about? Our enemies have been consistent with their message: destroy America and her allies and kill all non-believers. They're talking to us, and they're telling us that they want to kill us and establish an Islamic empire. They're already murdered thousands of civilians around the world, from NYC to Mumbai to London to Tel Aviv to Islamabad. Their intentions are clear. Their message is clear. What's to talk about? These enemies of ours are animals who must be completely annihilated. There is no negotiation with extremist/fundamentalist Islamic terrorists. Even those that claim they only want to be extremists within their own territories (i.e. certain Afghani tribes that want the permission to be left alone so they can brutalize their own populations within a limited area, without expansionist desires) must be destroyed. Hearts and minds? Break their hearts and destroy their minds. We have sacrificed IMMENSELY for the freedom and emancipation of Afghanis and Iraqis. Clearly there are populations within these countries who insist on viewing us as the infidels/invaders (despite our massive sacrifices largely on their behalf) and equate the war on terror with a war in Islam (an extremist position). They must also be destroyed. Take no prisoners, stop fighting this war half-assed, and kill the enemy. I am also unsurprised that you were opposed to our defensive military actions. Clearly you are naive about the threat of fundamentalist/extremist Islamic terrorism. I implore you to reflect on your statements - specifically where you recommend that we talk to these animals. The same vermin that beheaded Daniel Pearl. The same garbage that send suicide bombers into busy Baghdad bazaars. The same subhumans that take hundreds of children hostages in Beslan, resulting in the murder of almost one thousand people. Our enemies are already talking to us, you're just refusing to listen.

Wrong. Any enemy can be destroyed. An ideology may not be completely wiped off the face of the face earth, but we should try our best to get as close to its complete annihilation as possible. Nazism as an ideology was fought during WWII. Fundamentalist/extremist Islamists should be fought with the same zeal. Why don't you just take your argument to its logical conclusion - we can't defeat extremist/fundamentalist Islamic terrorism through force, so let's just acquiesce and learn to live with them. let's accommodate some of their demands, even. It is those who have attitudes like you that extend the duration of this war and lead to more casualties among our armed forces and those of our allies.

More dishonesty... you suggesting that Islam is not to blame is implying that I blamed Islam for anything. You are so desperately trying to paint a picture of me as some sort of Islamophobe when I have clearly explained that the threat we face is from fundamentalist/extremist Islam, which isn't to be confused with other forms of mainstream Islam. It is advantageous for you, for some reason, to intentionally confuse the different types of Islam, and attack any criticism of extremist/fundamentalist Islam as an attack on Islam as a whole. Why are you such a compulsive liar? And who the hell is talking about Mecca? Where did you get Mecca from ANYTHING I've said?

Also, that interview between Jon Stewart and the Palestinian negotiator/activist Barghouti was ridiculous. Completely one-sided, with the typical left-wing no-nothing Western Jewish arts student to add some sort of credibility. Barghouti will obviously never acknowledge that the terrorist enemies of Israel are completely embedded within the Palestinian civilian population, and will never acknowledge the extreme lengths that Israel goes to to minimize civilian casualties. Israel is always fighting the most difficult war - against terrorists who exploit its mercy for civilians by operating amongst them. Barghouti and the warped Jewish girl NEVER acknowledge this fundamental component of this conflict. But I digress, getting into and Israel/Palestine debate online with enemies like naomi is the last thing I want to do... talk about UNINTERESTING and PREDICTABLE.