Authors at the Globe really need to quit calling this terrorist a child soldier.  He was not a soldier.  He was not sent by Canada.  He did not have a commanding officer.  He was not given weapons from any military or militia.  He was not forced to do anything by anyone - he decided on his own to go to Afghanistan and kill American soldiers.  He is exactly the same as someone going to Syria to join ISIL.  He is a terrorist.  This is a total insult to the poor children who have been abducted and forced to be soldiers at the threat of death to them and their families.  Khadr's family are known Al Qaeda supporters, not the poor victims Trudeau is trying to make them out to be.