Parents of 'American Taliban' ask Bush to free him

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Boo hoo hoo… What do you guys think? I don’t think his sentence was enough, for one. :wink: It was also a plea ‘agreement’…key word there.

Parents of ‘American Taliban’ ask Bush to free him

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The parents of American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh are asking President George W. Bush to set their son free before Bush leaves office next month.

Lindh was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in 2002 to serving in the Taliban army, which violated U.S. economic sanctions against Afghanistan at that time.

At a news conference in San Francisco Wednesday, Lindh’s mother, Marilyn Walker, asked the president to show mercy during the Christmas season by commuting her son’s sentence.

Lindh initially asked for a commutation in 2004 and his lawyers have renewed the request each year.

The U.S. Department of Justice has never acted on the petition and a spokeswoman didn’t immediately return a telephone call.

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F that POS,he should hang in public :mad:.

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He fought against American troops in Afganistan.

Let him rot in prison. No parole, NEVER!

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Do Taliban fighters celebrate Christmas? :rolleyes: What a douche! May he rot in HELL!!!

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He should have been executed.

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Please sign a petition to have this douche bag released. I will then look him up and thank him for his service in Afghanisatan- personally.

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If anyone should rot in prison it should be John Walker Lindh :mad:

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What prison is he in?

If it is a non MIL prision, is he is GP?

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I have a great idea. Let’s have Michael Spann’s parents vote on it.

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jmspann.htm

As far as I am concerned, Lindh is a traitor that helped kill a former Marine and current CIA officer. Ask Mike Spann’s parents if Lindh should go free.

I was always good with knots, and I’ll even pay for the rope.

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He should hang as a traitor.

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Choices have consequences - at least they should.

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Let him free, just go ahead.

American taliban, never; Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos, NOW!

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Let him f$^&in’ rot…

He should have been executed…

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He should be let go for good behavior and move in and live with Jane Fonda. They would have so much to talk about.

Then again I could be talking out my ass LOL

I think he should try to escape and get to other side of the fence. Then the guards can deal with him.

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Another vote to let him rot. Free Ramos and Compean.

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I think I see a trend developing in this thread.

Nobody seems to like John Walker Lindh.

President Bush will not pardon him.

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Agreed…The parent’s pansy a&$ attitude is probably what made poor little johnny so mentally fouled up in the first place.

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Just remember he was a normal American kid, his father went fag and left his mother. He was about 13 if remember correctly. Islam may be the answer for a young boy who’s father went fag and abandoned the family. No excuses just a little perspective.

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I vote free him. He wouldn’t last long. In our current economic crisis it makes financial sense to eliminate the cost incurred by keeping him locked up. Free him, then, whatever happens, happens.

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I’ll come with ya