Posted on 07/15/2004 9:43:26 PM PDT by Bobby777
It might depend on how much information he gave the CIA.
And how much information he gave the terrorists....
Okay, I'm I the only guy on the planet that thinks this whole thing is a bizzare fraud? Jeez let's add this mystery to Johnson's body then no body in SA. The Middle East is the new Bermuda Triangle of truth. Freeps I'm sensing a pattern that is not good news for the truth.
From my perspective he doesn't have many redeeming qualities.
I think we will know by what action the military takes. That should settle the matter and they are definitely taking a close look at this thing. It is very strange.
What is the standard process for deserters, &/or staging a hoax? Seems to me it would be different from being captured or detained.
One thing for certain; he wasn't released because he was a fellow muslim like the media are suggesting. The terrorists in Iraq kill their fellow muslims every day with impunity; anyone whom they deem the "enemy" is a target, whether Iraqi police, politician or American sypmathizer. A captured U.S. Marine is a big trophy for these hooded cockroaches, and I doubt they'd ever release him as some sort of goodwill gesture. There is MUCH more to this story than meets the eye.
Okay I'm I= Okay Am I..
Nope. Doesn't seem like he does.
Yep, it is very strange. I would love to know the scoop on this one.
on the surface, it looks like he was AWOL and the family cooked up the story. Given the bizarre shootout over there anything is possible. I don't buy the "ferret mission" because any U.S. soldier in the hands of terrorists is not likely to return alive. Not impossible, just not likely. And to wind up 500 miles away is another story.
I know he is Muslim and Lebanese, but I can't imagine the likelihood that he "volunteered" to ferret out the terrorists. But it all is going to play out and we'll see.
then we'll know, eh?
Plus he has very hairy forearms. (Eeewww)
the UCMJ is pretty strict. I can't speak to the details though I used to screen U.S. Marine SRB's (as a civilian employee) in the Ready Reserve and the Page 12's are pretty explicit on how things are done.
Being AWOL would be one thing. Faking a kidnapping would be another matter and only make it worse.
Of course, we will have to wait and see what the result is before we can know for (reasonably) sure.
IOW, Hassoun will be interrogated, be given his legal rights being being tossed into a Leavenworth brig, then told to say goodbye to his family for a looog time.
Common sense in this country say's it stinks. But hey it's a Muslim...
yep, I think he went AWOL and then couldn't figure out how to get out of it. Seems that way, IMHO.
The reason I say that is the military is shown very early on reporting that he was AWOL at time of capture, and this was long before he was found, or they knew of his fate.
He looks pretty strong and fit for a man held hostage.
"SRBs"? "Page 12s"? Are you going to translate from the Arabic?
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