While I don’t intend to offer a defence of the Khadr family, Mr. Leugner’s comments (Sept. 7th) can’t go unchallenged. Those of us who served in the military did so to help uphold the rights, including human rights, and values of our country for our citizens, and, on occasion, citizens of other countries.
As Canadians, I anticipate that we try to hold ourselves to a higher standard than others, not to do so means that we are in danger of lowering our standards to those of the people who we may face as an enemy.
When we as a country are complicit in the torture and illegal incarcerating of a Canadian citizen then there is a price to pay for breaching our own high standards. Sometimes it’s tough to be Canadian - but it’s a price worth paying to ensure that by upholding our values we continue to be an example to the rest of the world.
CJ Seidel
