John Walker - Taliban POW Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : John Walker - Taliban POW

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (9)	12/5/2001 7:34:54 PM
From: Robert Scott	Read Replies (1) of 67

He's more than an enemy soldier and that's the point. Here is a man who took up arms against his own country. The stated purposes pre-9/11/01 may have been different for the Taliban but post our attack on them, it changed. Mr. Walker did not turn himself in and swear allegance to the US - instead he stayed with the Taliban against the US. He's more than a POW. He's a traitor and should suffer the penalties. POWs are interrogated, perhaps tortured, and then released when the hostilities are over. That won't happen to Walker as a traitor. I personally believe he's a very misguided young man who really didn't consider all the way through what he was doing. But that does not excuse his behavior. The law assumes that by 20, you know what you're doing and unless he can show some serious mental defect (other than the point made by the medical community that he's either an asshole or a douchbag :)), he's is deep do do.

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next