Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Omar Khadr - Future Liberal MP!

July 1, 2013 - Toronto - After a disastrous defeat by the Conservatives in 2009, the reconstituted Liberal Party of Canada, announced it newest candidate today. Omar Khadr, once an alleged al Qaeda terrorist and Guantanomo Bay prisoner, announced his candidacy today in the riding of Toronto-Danforth.

Liberal leader Bob Rae started the press conference by introducing Khadr: "Once an innocent child, illegally incarcerated by the American government, Omar has fought a righteous campaign in support of human rights for all ethnicities. Five years ago, when I was instrumental in freeing him, I must confess that I didn't know him very well. But having spent much time with him and his family ever since, I am now proud to call Omar a key member of the Rainbow Coalition that is the new Liberal Party of Canada."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I agree with you to some extent, but you're forgetting that he WAS a child when he allegedly committed the crimes and he has been incercerated for the last 8 years. Torture or not, we have to repatriate him and guide him back to humanity, ie. reform him and show him a better way of living. If he proves to be obstinate, then we need to keep him incarcerated and under close supervision until such time as we can feel safe to allow him back into society. Just because his parents or family were crazy, doesn't mean we should punish a child for being taught, then following his crazy family's way of thinking. We need to fix this to for ourselves and to show the rest of the world that our way is better than theirs and we're better than them.

Anonymous said...

"he has been incercerated for the last 8 years"

Your argument is just as valid as your math