American Taliban Wants Out

Our own American Taliban thinks his 20 year prison term is too long:

The lawyer and parents of American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh asked President Bush to commute his 20-year prison term, citing the case of an Australian man who was sentenced to less than a year for aiding terrorism .

Lindh, 26, was captured in Afghanistan in November 2001 by American forces sent to topple the Taliban after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He was charged with conspiring to kill Americans and support terrorists but pleaded guilty to lesser offenses, including carrying explosives for the now-defunct Taliban government.

Lindh's lawyer and father said the lighter sentence given to Australian David Hicks should be reflected in Lindh's case.

"It is a question of proportionality. It is a question of fairness, and it is a question of the religious experience John Walker Lindh had," attorney James Brosnahan said. "And it was not in any way directed at the United States."

Baloney. First of all, the Hicks case should have no effect on Lindh's treatment. Hicks is not an American citizen.

Lindh took up arms against his own country, which should have been charged as treason for which he could have been executed. He's lucky to have 3 hots and a cot for 20 years and not an appointment with the needles.