Settlements like this are what happens when governments flout their own laws. Don't blame Mr Khadr, or 'lefties'. Blame governments who buckle to popular opinion - apparently including yours - and then have to pay out later with my (and your) 'hard earned tax dollars'. $10 million of them, including reimbursement for 10 years of legal expenses. Not cool, Joe. 

We are a country of laws, thank God. Khadr was legally (and morally) a child, under the complete control of his father at the time. You don't have to love him, or ignore the death of the US medic. You just have to respect the rule of law. A little Christian charity for a 15 year old child wouldn't hurt either.