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?
Common sense in this country say's it stinks. But hey it's a Muslim...