Doug wrote: > Tell me, its there any reason to treat this Johnny Walker guy ( the > American fighting with the Taliban) as anything other than a > prisoner of war - a captured foot soldier? I read a report that he > could face charges of treason, murder and conspiracy, but that > sounds way out of line to me. If an American kid had enlisted in > the Nazi army, would he have been charged with treason and murder? > How many Confederate soldiers (just about all of whom were U.S. > Americans) were tried for such crimes?
I have conflicting opinions on this one. He did in fact fight against American soldiers and interests, but on the other hand, isn't "freedom of choice" what America is all about? He chose to fight for the ideals of the Taliban. So be it. Now he can suffer that same fate as other captured Taliban soldiers. I think that he should at least lose his American citizenship and be banned from the US for life, but I would say allow him to stay, and treat him like other Afghan soldiers that have been captured. Gary
