Pollard is a traitor
Yes he is. But I think that 24 years imprisonment is enough and, providing he is stripped of his American citizenship and deported immediately upon release, we should let Israel have him.
I do not condone in any way shape or form what he did, but enough is enough. Nobody died, the secrets he passed to Israel were not that critical, and we have plenty of other fish to fry.
Giving up Pollard would be a low-cost goodwill gesture that an incoming Republican President could make to Israel by way of apology for the four years of hell they have had to put up with during the despotic, Jew-hating Obama regime.
Newt supports amnesty for illegal aliens. Why not amnesty for traitors too? LOL
Treason is defined in the constitution as waging war against the USA, or aiding and abbetting those who are. Israel and America are not at war.
Pollard is guilty of spying for an ally, and was sentenced to life. Compare that to Jose Padillo, an actual Al Qaeda member, who truly should have been charged with treason, and got 17 years. Of course if he had been a Soviet spy, Pollard would have been exchanged a long time ago. The lesson is if you are going to betray our country, make sure it's for an enemy, not an ally.
Yes, and Newt is typically delirious.
Gingrich, listen up. Traitors are very, very bad people who do not deserve clemency of any sort. At all. Ever.
Draft dodger Gingrich has never worn the uniform, and from his softie view of treason, it shows.
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Pollard is a traitor
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Right: And if weighs the same as a duck, he is made of wood, right?
Okay: Pollard did wrong; he was tried and convicted; and he has paid more than enough time.
Besides, do you know that the day the (seriously ailing) Pollard is pardoned, he is on a plane to Israel — never to return to these shores again? Pollard’s wife and family have already emigrated to Israel. And, no, I do not admire Pollard.
I hear people on this forum rail constantly that Bill Clinton or Barack Obama are traitors. I would argue that Bill Clinton’s supplying the Chicoms with (among other things) rocket telemetry skills far outweights ANY damage that Pollard did (not that Pollard did not do damage).
How much harm has Obama done (with the help of many — in both parties) to undermine this country?
How much time have Clinton and Obama done?
Your raving that Pollard is a traitor when the likes of Soros and Bill Gates do far greater harm without paying any price reminds me of a cop working over time to send a black guy to jail for holding a kilo of pot while ignoring the Mexican Mafia suppliers (because they play hardball).
How about Senator Lieberman virtually single-handedly resurrecting (successfully so) the repeal of DADT from our military’s code of conduct. Do you think perhaps he deserves some jail time, as well? (Trust me: He is not doing any.)
Furthermore, it has been pretty well established that Pollard took a plea deal — was offered a deal in return for pleading guilty. Pollard kept his side of it, but DoD welshed on its end of the bargain.
Not only that, but it has been stated by at least one former high official of that era that the ONLY reason Pollard got as severe a sentence as he did, was because Cap Weinberger (a man I admired and whose hand I once shook) was so anti-Semitic.
Finally, let me assure you that the treatment our Government affords the cut-throats living in Club Gitmo FAR more privileges than they have Pollard these past 30-or-so years.
What do we gain by keeping Pollard in prison in a time when anti-Semitism is once again rising across both Europe and the US in a fashion not seen since circa 1933.
Newt is correct on this issue: If I were on Newt’s staff (should he somehow win the White House), I should advise him to pardon Pollard.
Now so is Newt.
pollard is indeed a traitor.
LLS