Henry Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 Interesting. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6499-2002Jul15.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 Lucky Bast@rd. Plea bargains suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 I think this is actually a marvelous result. The plea establishes harsh penalties (as 20 years is certainly harsh) for those who would join groups like the Taliban, and it is accomplished without the huge, ugly spectacle of a trial to drag everyone through the mud. I think if the government felt Walker took part in the uprising that killed Spahn, they would not have dealt. This to me is a winning situation for the government, and really, even for Walker as he will know the consequences of his actions, and something tells me he may never see the end of his sentence unless he finds a Muslim group in prison that will protect him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackC Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 I knew if I hung around here long enough Art would be correct! Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsLegacy44 Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 I thought he deserved more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 He does deserve worse. My guess is he will have a very unpleasant tenure in jail though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTerps2002 Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 I'm sorry but this is wrong he was a confused kid who made a mistake .... I am not saying that he should not be punished but this is not fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Yea, I don't see this fellow winning a popularity contest in prison. Interesting development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 This is the biggest crock of monkey dung. 20 years is gettin off real easy in my book. How much time will he actually do of the twenty? I doubt he'll be in the general population so he could have an easy stay. May a very hairy three hundred fourty seven pound non -bathing biker in for sodomizing brama bulls take a shine to him.:moon: :moon: :moon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by Pete May a very hairy three hundred fourty seven pound non -bathing biker in for sodomizing brama bulls take a shine to him.:moon: :moon: :moon: I hear they have his cell-mate already picked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn X Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by RTerps2002 I'm sorry but this is wrong he was a confused kid who made a mistake .... I am not saying that he should not be punished but this is not fair. Lindh is 21 years of age. He's been old enough to make legally adult decisions for himself for 3 years now. He's no babe in the woods. Our military is filled with men and women aged 18-21. Should Uncle Sam cut all of them loose and send them home now because, hey, they're all just a buncha youngins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Every criminal is guilty of making a mistake. However, he is not innocent. His mistake wasn't the accidental innocent kind. His was a mistake in judgement. He is guilty of being part of a terrorist group that actively planned and participated in murdering many. Not to mention treason. His judgement and the evidence of his actions that must have existed convinced him and his lawyers to accept twenty years. He was simply a pilgrim dishwasher on the road to discovering Allah and was completely ignorant of the doings of Al Qaeda I doubt he would have settled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince62 Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 i guess the penalty for treason has dropped precipitously....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted July 16, 2002 Author Share Posted July 16, 2002 I think perhaps the fact that he is now helping the government against Al Queda was taken into account. Anyway, I remember being 20. It's not that young. A 20 year old is an adult. A 20 year old can vote. A 20 year old can be drafted. A 20 year old can go to jail. And a 20 year old can commit treason. Which is certainly what this guy did, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSkin Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 What happened to the days when traitors got hung? That's what should happen to this piece of $hit. We should torture every bit of info out of him that we can and hang his sorry as$ out to dry. What really pissed me off was seeing his family saying that they still "support" and "love" him. Oh, the evil US government is taking away my big brother! Please stop them, Mr. bin Laden! If my kid EVER joined the Taliban or even thought about going anywhere near that $hithole, I'd disown him. Show's what liberal parenting will do for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomar Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by Burgold Every criminal is guilty of making a mistake. However, he is not innocent. His mistake wasn't the accidental innocent kind. His was a mistake in judgement. He is guilty of being part of a terrorist group that actively planned and participated in murdering many. Not to mention treason. His judgement and the evidence of his actions that must have existed convinced him and his lawyers to accept twenty years. He was simply a pilgrim dishwasher on the road to discovering Allah and was completely ignorant of the doings of Al Qaeda I doubt he would have settled. I could give a rat's *** about this guy, but what you are saying is completely ludicrous...as far as I know he is not a terrorist...a shmuck maybe, but you really think he was hanging out with Bin Laden? This kid was a foot soldier in the Taliban (not Al Qaeda, small but important difference). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn X Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 I'm not so sure, Yomar. One of the media reports I'd heard a while back suggested that Lindh, in his quest to find a "purer" form of Islam, did eventually make his way onto the grounds of one of Bin Laden's terrorist training camps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomar Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 If this kid was really a terrorist, he wouldn't have been hanging out in a ditch in Afghanistan. Could you think of a more ideal sleeper agent for a terrorist group? They could have easily got him out of the country after 9/11 under the guise of an American fleeing Afghanistan as it stood on the brink of war with his country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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