When I first read about the Khadr settlement yesterday, the first thing that immediately came to mind was a scene from the excellent, underrated 90s flick, A Bronx Tale.
In it, the local mafia boss, Sonny (Chazz Palminteri) watches as Calogero (a.k.a."C," played by Lillo Brancato), runs and jeers at a deadbeat across the street who owes him $20 (a tidy sum in the 1960s Bronx). As C starts after him, Sonny yells and calls him back.
C protests that the guy's been giving him the slip for 2 weeks. But then Sonny asks if he's a friend of his. C says no, he doesn't even like the guy.
"You don't even like him? There's your answer right there," says Sonny. "Look at this way: it cost you 20 dollars to get rid of him. He's never going to bother you again. He's never going to ask you for money again. He's out of your life for 20 dollars. You got off cheap. Forget it."
A bargain, if ever there was one. And so is $10 million if we don't have to see or hear the words "Omar Khadr" ever again.