This is a fascinating story I think. There was no chance to hear it during '9/11 fever' when crazy gender malcontents like Anne Coulter were calling for the kid's summary execution ("to show liberals what they have to fear".) Those were dark days. Kind of like when, during WWI, people were kicking Dachshunds on the streets because they were 'German dogs'. There's a lot of historical parallels. Attacks on Jews in Nazi Germany, attacks on Palestinians by Israeli 'settlers' (this very minute no doubt), lynch photos with all those smiling faces.
When did jingoistic insanity come back into style? Reagan I'd say, like so much else that stinks about the current USA(USAUSAUSAUSA!)
Sieg f__kin' heil.

The Real Story of John Walker Lindh
By Frank Lindh,
AlterNet
Posted on January 24, 2006, Printed on January 24,

Editor's Note: The public has heard little about John Walker Lindh since the media frenzy over his capture in the winter of 2001. On January 19, John's father Frank Lindh delivered an address at The Commonwealth Club of California. Lindh explained that he and his family have avoided the press for nearly four years; he now wants the public to understand the truth about his son, who he says didn't stand a chance of getting a fair trial in the emotional days following 9/11. Immediately characterized as a "terrorist" by the press and politicians, Lindh faced a jury in Northern Virginia, just a few miles from the Pentagon. The trial date scheduled by the judge was the anniversary of 9/11. Initially facing 11 criminal counts -- most relating to terrorism -- the only charge that John Lindh was found guilty of was violating economic sanctions by supporting the Taliban government, for which the 20-year-old was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The following is excerpted from Frank Lindh's speech.... http://tinyurl.com/almac
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