I would agree with the comments that very few people are going to change their minds following this settlement. Indeed, I think the positions will only harden. The patronizing claims that minds will change "once people learn more" will, I think, prove to be hollow. It is interesting that Mr. Khadr, now the recipient of such a massive award, hasn't taken the opportunity to really address the division which his actions and subsequent imprisonment occasioned. One would think that, being aware of the outcry, he or his lawyers would have fashioned some sort of reaching-out to the widow of his victims, or done something to convey an understanding of the continued turmoil his case has presented. Having experienced suffering himself, so vigorously advanced by his proponents, why is he not sensitive to the suffering of others.  Also noticeable is the fact that he fails to criticize his parents and his upbringing, so repeatedly adduced by his lawyers and others in his defence.