This is also a clear case in the sense that Omar was the only living being in the compound when allied forces entered. He is accused of killing a medic, and his family is claiming they were doing charity work? All they are doing is wearing our Canadian flag as a pair of pants to cover their cheeks and to wipe with it as well. We are Canadians and we were doing charity work? I commend our leaders for leaving him to be persecuted by the Americans as he deserves. I'm glad he's distraught, he should be, he killed a medic with a grenade and got shot for it. As Canadians we have better ways to spend our money than to try to bring him back to Canada.
July 18, 2008 - 2:22:27 AM

Personally I don't think the US has any right to be charging anyone for what happens on a battlefield. War is hell, and in war, people are killed, period.

However, he is a traitor, and should be treated as such. Exile him and his family to the nearest country that will take them. They are only Canadians because of what citizenship can do for them, they have no love or respect for Canadians or Canadian values.
July 18, 2008 - 12:29:14 AM

What was once a strong country in defending freedom, Canada has allowed or even encouraged suppression. We have allowed multiculturalism and our justice system to be a source of division. We have become a people of weak thought and mediocre actions.

No this is not the country my ancestors came to, but the one the Khadrs came to.

...and I would also like to have my tax dollars pulled from the CBC please. PM Harper, please pull the unwarranted tax dollars from the CBC.
July 17, 2008 - 10:18:47 PM

I was in someone else’s   car this afternoon and had the misfortune of hearing your on air comments today (July 18th) with respect to the Omar Khadr matter.   As a rule, I do not listen to your radio show or any other talk radio so do not misinterpret my posting here as a measurement of success for your business model. I have since convinced my co-worker to avoid talk radio as a source for real information.

Talk radio and tabloid TV are nothing more than a business model and like any the dollar is the real end game. As you well know, RATINGS are the most important criterion in your type of business. The more people that tune in, the more money you and your business partners make from the corporate advertisers who’s only purpose for advertising is to convince the masses to BUY their products. Since you too are solely driven buy profit as a proud member of the private sector, the primary issue for you is how to maximize profit. In other words, how to get the largest number of people to tune in to your show. Integrity, objectivity and intelligence are not important. But then of course, how could you be objective when your very existence depends solely on advertising revenue?   You evidently believe the largest constituency you can appeal to is the uninformed non-critical thinker. The stock and trade of Talk Radio is to be outrageous in order to play on people’s personal frustrations, lack of information and then conclude by erecting straw men. An objective discussion is not purpose on Talk Radio. Sadly, this constituency is large for various reasons; not the least of which is the sorry state of mainstream journalism (CBC included) since the deregulation of the public airways by corporate stooges like Brian Mulroney and Ronald Reagan. Fortunately, there are better sources of information available for the increasing number of people that want to understand an issue.

As for the Omar Khadr issue (a.k.a . your product of the day), the issue is far more complex then the simplest analysis you promote.   Here are a few facts that the majority of people in the western world are well aware of; notwithstanding the existence of businesses like "Adler On Line".

1. The war on terrorism is illegal according to the United Nations Charter.

2. The two main players in this war and in breach of the UN Charter are England and the United States.

3. These two countries are two of the main founding members of the UN and are primarily responsible for the content of the UN Charter.

4. As founding members of the UN, England and the United States have the power to veto democratic positions taken by the members of the UN because the organization was designed by the founding members to respect the rule of law, but to not be truly democratic.

5. The Bush administration lied to the world about the need to start a war in the Middle East.

6. It is the policy of the Bush administration to breach domestic and international law it is legally bound by on various matters; not the least of which is torturing people.

7. Given the torture policy of the Bush administration, various other illegal actions in the past numbers of years, and its willingness to lie, any reasonable person would have probable cause to take serious claims of torture and the aiding and abetting of same by the United States.

8. Given the above facts, what should the Canadian Government do when one of its citizens is tortured by another government or claims they have been, particularly where that government has previously agreed in international treaties to not torture or aid and abet torture?

Finally, what about the “rule of Law”?   I am sure it will not hurt your profits to provide an honest and unbiased explanation of the concept.

P.S.   Was Omar a child soldier? Yes
   
       Should his parents if in Canada beheld to some account? Yes

Should there be any form of Sharia Law allowed in Canada? Absolutely Not! It's medieval thinking much like mentality that supports the death penalty.
July 17, 2008 - 7:24:03 PM

Charles, the entire TV news media is highly biased to the LEFT, and exhibit this leaning only by degrees. The Khadr propaganda blizzard is just another example. Furthermore, these media vermin and their mindless followers amount to an infestation of termites constantly gnawing away at this country's foundation for the sole purpose of bringing about eventual, but total destruction.
The content of their news "stories" amounts to tele-visual pig's garbage good for nothing except being mentally slopped up by the Leftist contingent of Canada.
The Khadr video? Who in their right mind cares about the sobbing, sniveling monstrosity? In fact, send his entire tribe down there and let the Americans squeeze every drop of terrorist information out of them for as long as they care to! How they're disposed of afterward should be of no concern to any THINKING WESTERNER.
July 17, 2008 - 4:02:04 PM

Thanks for your take on this Kadr thing.

First off; I am appalled at the arrogance displayed by the ‘sister’ yesterday and I wonder if this Sweety would be so candid if she were on her soapbox in her chosen country – yeah over there?

The Kadr lawyers sure know how to use the media. Hopefully the people are smart enough to see thru the mess and…..
NO! No one should trust the Canadian media. I quit the CBC years ago, even HNIC. The promotion of their productions (Little Mosque, etc.) during the games made me gag,

I remain a news junkie but I get the balance of my info from Fox, CNN, The internet and the blogs. Those sources can provide anyone with sufficient coverage and diversity to intelligently discuss local, national and international affairs and give you enough balance to see through the bias inherent in the likes of CBC and CTV for that matter. (Jungle Jane Taber, unbiased)???

Great show(s) Charles. My favorite remains the show about guys (and the chick) shooting up their cars a couple of years ago.

Clarence
July 17, 2008 - 3:37:04 PM

Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you for telling the truth about Khadr. His Mommy and sister can blame themselves for his incarceration. They sent him into harms way to fight against people from his birth country. This kid is a killer and deserves to stay where he is and do time. To bring him back here and coddle him would be immoral and insulting to the brave Canadian soldiers who have given their lives so that he and his clan would have the luxury to take advantage of Canada's generosity. Bob Rae, Romeo D'Allaire are totally off base and Kudos to Stephen Harper and any other Canadian who will step up and be counted and not put up with these liberal Whiners who don't appreciate the cost of their freedom by others people..the exact peope that this kid was trying to destroy!

Please keep the message going.

Diane

Thanks

Diane Neve
July 17, 2008 - 2:24:35 PM

I agree that the kid was only 15 and was likely brainwashed into doing what he did, but he did it willingly. It seems to me, that maybe along with keeping Omar in Guantanamo, maybe his parents and the rest of the adults in that family should be there with him.

I also believe that the family should be forced to return their Canadian citizenship and to be deported.

I must admit that I am getting tired of hearing about some young person doing something bad or stupid and not being made to take responsibility for his actions.
July 17, 2008 - 1:58:16 PM

Barry from wonderfully peaceful and safe Red Deer
July 17, 2008 - 1:19:48 PM

I drove without insurance.......this is a little bit worse...boo..hoo!
July 17, 2008 - 12:40:46 AM

The Khadr clan embraces terrorism and all that goes with it, and the lib-left demands we do all we can to help them because they are Canadians.

The more I hear people refer to the Khadrs and their ilk as Canadian, the less I want to be one. Colour me whatever, those are "Canadian" values I can do without.
July 16, 2008 - 10:35:04 PM

You asked what we should do it if it was possible to wave a flag.

The "entire" family should be kicked out of this country. I do not give a hang that they are citizens. What have they done to contribute to this country, nothing. They are just sucking at the public tit and expecting that we as dhimmi's will support them. The public in this country are so naive and such suckers for the for this liberal pap.
I am so sick of
July 16, 2008 - 9:20:18 PM

1)Father and son in a house with weapons in a war zone.
2)Military intervention by opposing forces to the terrorist forces.
3) Young man picks up granade and kills a soldier and wounds another.
4) This is an act of war . plain and simple , now he must pay for that act through whatever measures are required.

To the Family of the young boy , understand this logic. You didnt want to be in Canada as by your own interviews, you would rather live in a country that suited your beliefs. I have no problem with that. Now when things get tough you come crawling back to Canada because its convienient?? because it suits your purpose?, Because you can find a political party that "Fits " your agenda ??. I have very little time for the manipulation and games you want to play. Perhaps another profession should be in order for you and your family, Perhaps research and development into a fail safe hand granade that will not allow "Innocent" people to pull the pin ??
July 16, 2008 - 8:11:57 PM

Fact:

1) The Taliban did not blow up the twin towers. I don’t think we know enough about who did, but if you assume Osama bin Laden did it, he was a Saudi in exile in Afghanistan at the behest of his family and the Saudi government. The Taliban are not terrorists. Yes, Al Qaida exists within the Taliban but they are not one and the same. Al Qaida exists in nearly every country and in every government.

2) The (Khadr family and Omar Khadr from what I can deduce ) were Taliban supporters. They are fundamentalist Muslims and favour theocracy by a Muslim government as do most fundamental Muslims. Note – the new democratically elected government of Afghanistan is a fundamentalist Muslim theocracy.

3) Omar Khadr is a Canadian citizen. He was born here. He has all the rights of a Canadian citizen.

4) Omar Khadr was a child when the incident in Afghanistan took place.

5) Against international, Canadian and American law, Omar Khadr is being interred in Guantanamo Bay prison.

Opinion
1) The Saudis had more to do with 9/11 than Afghanistan. The Americans were untruthful about their reasons for going into Iraq and the world (and I) don’t trust them for their reasons to be in Afghanistan. I don’t think Canada is doing any good there, other than given aid and comfort to heroin producers and protecting the construction of an oil pipeline. We should leave there.

2) Fundamental Muslims are confused and often get things wrong. Fortunately for them, we here in Canada guarantee freedom of religion and freedom of religious expression. As a fundamental Christian I would prefer a theocracy by a Christian government – much as Canada (and the US) was promised once to be.

3) I think citizenship should not be right, it should be a privilege that you can abuse, lose, and re-earn. But – it is a right and that’s the law. As such, Omar is under the protection of the law as is Clifford Olsen, Henry Morgentaler and almost everyone else I don’t like in Canada.

4) If you think for one minute that a 15 year old is as responsible as the adults that guide him – then I agree with you. I think the youth argument is shite, HOWEVER- again, the issue is what we as a country support – and that is that a child (under 18) is not as responsible as a youth. We have to support our constitution even when we disagree with it. I think you can agree that is has value beyond our immediate thoughts and concerns.

5) Guantanamo is a poor, knee jerk solution to a poorly managed problem. The American government sought to bypass their own rule of law to deal with problems as they saw fit. We did this to the Japanese in WW2 it was wrong then too.

With those facts in mind, without being anti-American (though I am as you can imagine, Anti-Dubya) I believe we should bring Omar Khadr home and try him here for international war crimes. And yeah, he probably won’t get what he deserves from our justice system, but he will get what our country defines as justice – something denied him in Guantanamo. We can’t afford to allow our emotions or our neighbours tell us how to deal with our citizens. The rules are in place for the best and the worst of us.

On a separate note, I applaud the notion that we should have an international discussion on these issues and you’re show is a good place for it. Maybe when you feel strongly on one side, you should bring in an impartial moderator?
July 16, 2008 - 4:39:40 PM

Well done Harper, and you too Charles for furthering the cause of Canadians and our SPIRIT!!
July 16, 2008 - 3:25:00 PM

Thanks for letting me vent, keep up the good work.
July 16, 2008 - 3:06:55 PM

Omar has done something really really wrong, and he should be punished of his deeds, think abt the family who lost there beloved one...
July 16, 2008 - 2:56:11 PM

HOwever,if the liberals require Canada to take responsibility for this terrorist and bring him back, Omar and any other Khadr children should be removed from the Khadr home for putting them at risk (Not to mention Canada)
July 16, 2008 - 2:11:00 PM

I agree with the views of most of your listeners however, I have one comment with regards to bringing Mr. Khadr to Canada.
Yes, I would bring him back and make an example of him and send a message to the rest of Canada that we Canadians do not tollerate this kind of behaviour. I would strip him of his Canadian citizenship and send him packing.

I am an imigrant myself and would never disrespect Canada. I thank Canada every day for allowing me to be here!

Thanks,
Constance
July 16, 2008 - 2:08:56 PM