Treason!!!
John Philip Walker Lindh, 20, of Fairfax, Calif. (a.k.a. "Abdul Hamid")

Where do I volunteer for the firing squad?

A traitor to his country, and certainly needs to be charged with treason.

A traitor to his country, and certainly needs to be charged with treason.

I say he be first up in the military tribunal!!!!!

He supported September 11 meanwhile his family continues to praise him. SICK

Hang the SOB. NO drop. Sell the video for millions.

I read somewhere that he was "raised Catholic." His divorced (and no-longer Catholic) parents were both quoted regarding his conversion to Islam. Both of them took the attitude that choosing a religion is a matter of meeting one's various needs. Neither one said anything about finding the truth.

I read somewhere that he was "raised Catholic." His divorced (and no-longer Catholic) parents were both quoted regarding his conversion to Islamofascism. Both of them took the attitude that choosing a religion is a matter of meeting one's various needs. Neither one said anything about finding the truth.

When pressed about the 9/11 attacks he said ...
"Yes, I supported it."

He supported the terror attacks against his own country. He fought with the terriorists defending the town and then was with those forces who killed an American and fought against US personnel.

Hang the bastdardized SOB, he is a traitor and guilty of treason ... and do it publically and do it quickly.

Try him, convict him and then execute him. He is nothing more than low-life scum stealing our oxygen.

I scrolled right by your story. The only thing I want to hear about this Taliban soldier is that he is DEAD!

I wouldn't piss in this guy's mouth if his tongue was on fire.

He's a waste of DNA...the product of a hand-job on a hot rock in August.

It is unclear what will happen to Abdul Hamid, who says he lost his U.S. passport in Konduz. But he may well be headed for a U.S. military tribunal.

Between his recent conversion and his age, something tells me this guy could spill some valuable information to us about other terrorist sympathizers here in the states, terrorist recruiting methods, etc.. I'm all in favor of the military tribunal; I just don't think we should be too hasty about his execution.

If there's evidence that that he collaborated with terrorists, I'm all for a trial. If not, I'm not sure what this wretch can be charged with, other than fatal gullibility and the gross misfortune of having addle-brained hippies for parents.

I am dismayed at the lack of displayed intelligence here. This man has made his decision and, as an adult, must face the consequences of that decision. I don't think he is technically a citizen anymore because of his service in a foreign armed force. Other than Israel I believe it is one of the few ways you can lose your citizenship.

Regardless of that fact(??). In a way I respect this man for having the courage of his convictions. Wrong as I might feel he is, he still had the courage to stand up and do something. Of course, on the other hand, he is now claiming a relationship to ease his incarceration time right now. He would rather be in US custody than in the custody of the Alliance.

Unless he can be linked to the 9-11 attacks he is simply a POW afforded the same rights as any other POW. As far as his family supporting him, why do many of you condemn that? Are there none of you with a family member that you would rather not be associated with, but still consider them family? I am glad none of you are related to me.

I know I am going to get blasted for this response because I am not calling for his head on a spike at the city gates. The last time I checked my GPS I was still in the USA. The greatest most generous nation in the world. We are so great that we allow idiots to voice their opinions for everyone to see and read. I have seen many of that ilk here.

I would urge all of you calling for blood and revenge, to stop and reflect on what punishment you deserve. Judge not lest ye be judged does not mean that we are not to judge, but that the measuring stick we use is the one that is used against us. I am guilty and ask for mercy rather than justice and certainly not revenge.

The very name of this post should remind all of you of what made this country what it is. It wasn't retribution and revenge, it was courage and charity.

OK you can fire away at me now.

If there's evidence that that he collaborated with terrorists, I'm all for a trial.

Thanks for the clarification. My first thought when I was reading this story in yesterday's New York Post was of the guy they caught in the Pacific NW with explosives trying to cross the border from Canada in time to cause mischief at the faux-millennial celebration. I think it's worth investigating a possible connection. My gut tells me there's a network in Cascadia.

My comment from another thread:

"Men have a hunger to believe. If that void isn't filled with truth, it'll be filled with something else. This wretched young man is responsible for his choices, but he would never have made them if he'd had proper guidance as a child.

What's clear to me is that the Muslims this boy stumbled across at the age of 16 were the first believers he'd ever encountered, and the first ever to treat him as a being possessed of a soul worth winning.

Unless it can be shown that he's implicated in terrorism, I don't see how he can be called a traitor. Just a pathetic fool and another late casualty of the 60s' hippie culture and its curious conflation of moral vanity and moral indifference."

If there's evidence that that he collaborated with terrorists, I'm all for a trial

He crawled out of a rathole in Mazar al Sharif filled with al Queda and Taliban.

I think that qualifies on the face of it as "collaboration."

You've got me thinking about Patti Hearst (aka Tania) and the SLA. John clearly wasn't kidnapped, but then again I've always had my doubts that Patti was kidnapped. I agree, however, that the SLA and the Taliban gave Tania and Abdul a sense of self-worth at a critical time in their lives. I'm just not so quick to write off Abdul's involvement with terrorism. Remember this pic?



Tania