U.S. military officers were flying in Sunday to serve as jurors in war-crimes proceedings as the Guantanamo tribunal system geared up for one of its busiest weeks under President Barack Obama.
As a Canadian, I am ashamed, disgusted, dismayed by the silence of our government on this issue. EVERY other detainee citizen of a western country has been freed or returned to his own country except Khadr. The trial is a travesty- how can you charge someone with murder in the midst of a war? Taking up arms when an invading group is shooting at you- this is a war crime? What was he supposed to do- shoot himself, I suppose?
This trial is a nail in the coffin at the burial of the last vestiges of American credibility. That it happens under a Democratic President reveals to the world what we barely dared to fear: that it was never a question of George W. Bush; GW was not an aberration away from what America truly is and stands for; Obama has proved what the United States really is. A rogue state, a worth successor to Stalin's Russia. God help us all.
Harper's junta has a record of racism and bigotry against "canadians" who are not of Anglo-Saxon ancestry. They go the extra mile to bring back convicted drug dealers, on the other hand Muslim woman has to wait 4 mo. in Somalia and provide DNA sample to prove she is who she says she is, all because she is Muslim. Some claim that Canada has returned to its TRADITIONAL Values.
As a Canadian, I am ashamed, disgusted, dismayed by the silence of our government on this issue. EVERY other detainee citizen of a western country has been freed or returned to his own country except Khadr. The trial is a travesty- how can you charge someone with murder in the midst of a war? Taking up arms when an invading group is shooting at you- this is a war crime? What was he supposed to do- shoot himself, I suppose?
This trial is a nail in the coffin at the burial of the last vestiges of American credibility. That it happens under a Democratic President reveals to the world what we barely dared to fear: that it was never a question of George W. Bush; GW was not an aberration away from what America truly is and stands for; Obama has proved what the United States really is. A rogue state, a worth successor to Stalin's Russia. God help us all.
August 8, 2010 @ 10:06 pm
Harper's junta has a record of racism and bigotry against "canadians" who are not of Anglo-Saxon ancestry. They go the extra mile to bring back convicted drug dealers, on the other hand Muslim woman has to wait 4 mo. in Somalia and provide DNA sample to prove she is who she says she is, all because she is Muslim. Some claim that Canada has returned to its TRADITIONAL Values.
August 9, 2010 @ 1:50 am