Why John Walker Lindh Should Be Freed– And Why He Wont Be

The semi-regular circus that might as well be called the John Walker Lindh Commutation Pledge Drive trotted itself out again Wednesday. It will probably do so every time any penny-ante terror suspect pleads guilty and gets a slap on the wrist from the American government– an event that has occurred with some frequency and which occurred again last week in the case of Australian David Hicks. It will do so until some president, some day, realizes that what happened to Lindh in the federal court system back in 2002 was not justice or fairness or anything other than an unusually harsh result for an unusually pathetic young man. No one argues that Lindh didnt deserve some form of punishment for fighting with the Taliban before 9-11 and then not abandoning his “colleagues” once the Twin Towers fell. This was a terrible mistake in judgment and for it Lindh deserves plenty

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