[Piedra79]

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

I may believe that this man was foolish for doing what he did, but I have to respect him for believing in something so much that he put his own life on the line.

[WorkingClassFilth]

I have to respect him for believing in something so much that he put his own life on the line.

This line of thought is the same basis of Bill Mahr's statement of respect for the 911 terrorists.

[SpyGuy]

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Traveling into a combat zone to disparage and disrupt your own nation's military service members, while simultaneously giving sympathetic aid and comfort to enemy COMBATANTS, does not fit ANY definition of "peacemaker," biblical or otherwise.

I have to respect him for believing in something so much that he put his own life on the line.

By that argument, you must also respect suicide bombers. Or the 9/11 hijackers. Or "Rat Boy" (Jihad Johnny Walker Lindh). How about spies and traitors within our military and government who aid our enemies because they believe America is evil?

[Steve_Seattle]

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."

This man was NOT a "peacemaker." He was a man who made common cause with terrorists; he tried to make a deal with the devil, with the usual consequences of such a pact.