When you're cleaning up other people's messes, you're bound to get dirty.

Peter Kent was part of the problem.    If he or his party had any courage, they would have done what Chretien's and Martin's Govt didn't - demand a swift trial (or at least bring public charges) for a Canadian citizen being held in a foreign jail.    That doesn't mean Khadr's let off - just that he had a right (like any Canadian) to have his Govt advocate for justice.    Instead, both previous Liberal and Conservative Govt's did the wrong thing because it was easier to do what was popular.

Laws are meant to be applied equally - even if that means they protect somebody you can't stand.    And the last thing any Canadian (or thinking American) should be doing is cheering a Govt that ignores laws on a whim.