'Taliban American' asks Bush to commute prison sentence
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The man dubbed the "Taliban American" is asking the president to commute the remaining years of his federal prison sentence, according to a statement released by his attorneys Wednesday.
John Walker Lindh is hoping that President Bush will commute the rest of his 20-year sentence.
John Walker Lindh, a 27-year-old Californian, has served seven years of a 20-year sentence after being captured in Afghanistan in 2001.
Let's get one thing straight, right now. This man took up arms against the United States. By all rights, he should have faced a firing squad or a hangman's noose seven years ago. What he did is treason, plain and simple, and the penalty for treason is death. His mother's request for "mercy" has already been granted in the sentencing; that this puke didn't do the Danny Deever seven years ago is mercy enough.
Then again, if this country is so heinous that he felt the need to take up arms against it, perhaps "mercy" would be served with a single .22 behind the ear?
That is all.
6 comments:
Sure, let him finish his sentence with hard labor; pounding sand up his own arse.
Yup, you voluntarily take up arms with a country/group we're fighting a war with and you deserve to be executed for treason.
I don't see what's hard to understand about that?
I like how some folks wanted the prisoners in Gitmo to be subject to the Geneva Convention.
If that were the case, being non-uniformed insurgents, they'd have been shot on sight.
Which, of course, would be fine by me.
What the hell is wrong with CNN and who the hell wrote that crap - they don't even get the reference correct: it's "American Taliban," not "Taliban American" - WTF are they Germans or Italians??
I agree with Mikw W. and Rustmeister. Lindh should have been shot in Afghanistan, and failing that, he should be executed HERE. Commuting his sentence would be a travesty of justice.
Then again, if this country is so heinous that he felt the need to take up arms against it, perhaps "mercy" would be served with a single .22 behind the ear?
It's not too late...
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