The Con Porkers and the Omar Khadr Farce

I'm not surprised that the Con porkers have decided to launch yet another appeal delaying tactic in the case of  Omar Khadr.

Because the only thing more piggy than what's happening in that ghastly gulag called Guantanamo, is what's happening right here in Canada. And these AmeriCons would eat their own excrement to satisfy their rabid base, or create another wedge issue.

But speaking of excrement I really can't let this steaming pile of pig poop go unanswered.

The case of terrorist poster boy Omar Khadr -- his only upside being the luck-of-the-draw of being born in Canada-- has reached another crescendo...

Khadr was 15 when he ended up in the American prison camp at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay, and he is now almost 24. Boo-hoo. And la-dee-dah.

Boo-hoo yourself you racist bastard. Omar Khadr is not a luck-of-the-draw Canadian. He was born and lived in this country for years, and should have the same rights as any other Canadian citizen. 

He was also a child soldier according to the U.N. Protocols that we were the FIRST to sign. So he never should have been imprisoned and tortured.

We, unlike too many, remember terrorism is bred in the bone of Omar Khadr.

Wrong. Terrorism is not genetic you ignorant asshole. Omar was just a young boy when his crazy terrorist father dragged him off to the badlands of Pakistan and Afghanistan. He was victimized by his own family, then by the Taliban, then by the Pentagon, and now by the Harper government.

And since when do we punish people because we don't like their family? What kind of a jungle society is Canada becoming?

And, oh yes, after allegedly tossing the grenade that landed him in Gitmo for killing a U.S. medic, Sgt. Christopher Speer.

When was the last time anyone cried for Speer?

Wrong again you idiot. Many tears have been shed for Sgt. Speer. But he was a special forces soldier, where unlike other units medics carry guns and kill people, and he knew what might happen to him.

And Omar Khadr couldn't possibly have thrown the fatal grenade because he had been badly wounded in a series of air attacks that happened as much as an hour BEFORE Speer was killed.

He was riddled with shrapnel, blinded in one eye, and was facing away from the action slumped against a bush, when he was shot twice in the back.














And the grenade was most probably thrown by another Taliban fighter who was still alive in the rubble.

The one the Pentagon tried to cover-up, because this whole case is nothing but a travesty of justice. The Sun editorialist may be too dumb and Con to recognize that. But Omar Khadr does.

Oh boy. As I've said before this is such a depressing story. Some of my gay friends still wonder why I am defending a Muslim extremist, who could be a homophobe.

So I tell them there is no evidence he is an extremist. His guards all say he is a decent young man, a model prisoner, who prefers Disney comic books to the Koran, and dreams of returning to Canada and becoming a graphic artist. Even though he's half blind.














But even if he WAS an extremist I'd still defend him because he WAS a child soldier. The way he has been treated is unforgivable. And demanding justice be done is the only right, decent, and Canadian thing to do.Period.

But still I admit it's discouraging to see how many Canadians, including some so-called progressives, are starting to think like Amerikans.

So it was really nice to receive this comment the other day from the guy who refused to shake Harper's hand.

 Hi Simon,

You are such an inspiration.
The case of Omar Khadr is one so completely overlooked by the majority of Canadians, and just another thing that makes me ashamed to be Canadian.
I've organized an Amnesty International group a few years ago, and have been involved with the organization ever since. The main focus of our group over the past few years has been that of Omar Khadr. Through having multiple campaigns, it has always exposed me to some pretty horrible ignorance, but it's when meeting people like you that I realize there is still hope. You give me hope, You give me strength.

Jeremy

Forget what Jeremy says about me because I'm not THAT great eh? But isn't it really great to see a young Canadian in Newfoundland doing all he can to fight this injustice? In a country that's starting to smell of pig shit.

Because the erosion of civil liberties in this country didn't start with the G20 or the Afghan detainees story. It started with the case of Omar Khadr. When a Canadian child was locked up and tortured, nobody cared, and justice became a FARCE.

So isn't it also great that Jeremy refused to shake Harper's hand? Because after what that hideous Con is doing to Omar and Canada, and what our country is becoming.

I wouldn't either...


















h/t Pogge.

Omar Khadr: When Hope is Finally Lost

I know most Canadians don't care about Omar Khadr. I know I live in a country where many people actually hate him.

Even though he almost certainly didn't throw the grenade that killed an American Special Forces soldier. Even though he was a child soldier.

I've written so many post about this shameful travesty of justice, I don't know what more to say. Except that this really bothers me.

“He is a young man in an adult’s body now,” Edney said. “He appears to have given up hope. He doesn’t wish to participate in a process he sees as not only illegal but going against justice.”

It has always amazed me how that Canadian kid managed to hold on to hope for so long, after all the terrible things they did to him.

Dragged off to Pakistan by his crazy terrorist father. 

Horribly wounded.

















Tortured over and over again.  Locked up for years in the cages of that hellhole called Guantanamo. Betrayed by his own government.

Through all of that he managed by all accounts to keep hope alive. Now this horribly traumatized young Canadian is apparently losing it. And that makes me both sad and angry.

Because this case is so cruel and unjust it's beyond travesty.

The Federal Court has given the Harper government until Monday to intervene in Khadr’s case. If Ottawa did ask for his repatriation at this late date, there is no certainty that President Barack Obama, under his own domestic pressures, would agree. But it is time for Harper to show confidence in the Canadian legal system and make the request.

Stephen Harper should do the right, decent, and Canadian thing and make that request. But I doubt he will because he knows a wedge issue when he sees one.















And this sinister, inhuman, authoritarian would rather appeal to the basest instincts of the population. The kind of people who are shrugging their shoulders at the massive violations of human rights that occurred during the G20 summit.

Oh boy. What more can I say? Except hurray for Jeremy Dyer.

Because my parents taught me to try and be a good and kind person, and to stand up for my rights and the rights of others.

So I wouldn't shake Harper's hand either.

And of course, whatever they say, or whatever they do.

Omar Khadr lives HERE...