formerlyrbfromcalgary: If you actually do take the time to "look it up," you realize there is considerable doubt Khadr was "fully engaged in combat operations." His parents made considerable effort to shield him from fighting -- one account had his mother dressing him in a burka to pose as a woman -- but he was useful as a translator. So he accompanied Taliban fighters on the operation that led to his capture -- and his father was afterwards reportedly irate that his son had been placed in such a situation.

(Obviously, being in Afghanistan in the first place hardly qualifies as the best option to avoid combat . . . but I digress.)

And really -- is there a lawyer in Canada with nerve enough to prosecute treason perpetrated while the accused was a minor?