The scapegoating of John Walker Lindh is really fucked up. I think to the right-wing he represents anyone who opposes US foreign policy and therefore an example must be made of him:
Also, after the video aired, Pelton was interviewed by CNN about his impressions of Lindh.
At one point, he said of Lindh: “His goal was not to fight against America. He got caught up in a war when it started shortly after Sept. 11. So I don’t think he deliberately went to fight against American interests…. At no time during my conversation with him did he give me negative opinions about America or say anything bad about our country.”
He also recalled that once U.S. Special Forces realized Lindh was an American, “one of the Green Berets guys offered to shoot him.”
These Green Beret sickos need to cut down on the bloodthirst. We need to have these psychopaths doing something useful like building roads or something.