The U.S. and Canada have a status of forces, and shared forces agreement, allowing citizens of either to join the military of the other.
Larry Lyons wrote: >> 1. I carry weapons in a war zone when I am there as a LEGAL combatant. >> Not some 14 year old kid, with no uniform, fighting against an ally >> of his supposed country (Canada right?). So will/should he be tried for >> treason in Canadian courts, especially seeing that Canadian soldiers are >> fighting and dying in Afghanistan? > > Probably not. He'd be charged under the Mercenaries act - its a Spanish Civil > War era law intended to stop Canadians from fighting overseas for foreign > governments or revots. Problem is that once that's enacted what's to stop the > thousands of Canadians who served in Vietnam in the US army from being > charged as well, or those currently serving with the US. > > As for treason, it wouldn't necessarily apply. > > Over all I suspect that this is part of the reason why the Canadian > government isn't really involved in the case. They'd rather let the US do > Canada's dirty work so to speak. > > Another point to make, since he is >>from an involved third party country, and continues to claim his >> Canadian citizenship, he certainly cannot be granted Geneva convention >> rights. He was in civilian clothes and not part of any nations >> military. Should we have just shot him down as a saboteur and been done >> with it? >> >> 2. It wasn't a rock, it was a hand grenade. >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khadr >> >> 3. Do citizens of countries that aren't involved in the conflict have >> the right or ability to carry weapons in the area of conflict in your >> eyes? International law say they don't, I'm wondering what you think. >> >> 4. If he is a Canadian citizen wtf was he doing there? >> >> 5. He hasn't been denied medical and psychological care, he's been >> denied outside care, there is a difference you know. >> >> Honestly, the simple fact that you can compare our treatment of >> prisoners with theirs shows just how little thought you've given this, >> or how little understanding you have of our policies in this matter. >> >> >> Dana wrote: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255368 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
