(Saturday, November 7)

The Toronto Star had an exclusive last week — front page, three bold-face headlines — about how Toronto's Omar Khadr, the product of terrorist family, was innocent of killing the American commando that now has him residing in Guantanamo.

Below it, in much tinier letters, was a throw to a Page 7 story about how Canadian soldier, Lieut. Justin Boyes, had just been killed in Afghanistan, 10 days into his second tour.

The Star must have hated the timing of that one.

I couldn't give two hoots about Omar Khadr, but I do care greatly about losing another Canadian soldier — the 132nd at the time — to the very terrorists in Afghanistan that Omar Khadr and his family so wholeheartedly embrace.

Omar Khadr may have been 15 at the time, but he wasn't in Afghanistan on a school field trip, or a student exchange program.

He was there to follow in his father's deadly footsteps, the only good news being that his father is dead and will not be passing on his gene anymore.

Harsh? I don't think so.

The Star can bleed all it wants over the so-called wrongful imprisonment of Omar Khadr, but not me.

I rather save my tears for easy-going Canadian Prairie boy Justin Boyes, and his wife, Alanna, and their three-year-old son, James.

Omar Khadr may not have thrown the grenade that killed that American soldier, but he wasn't in Afghanistan on a peace mission either.

Let's be certain of that.