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Originally posted by Pathfinder
That is a personal opinion. Do you think the Admistration would have hesitated to charge him with treason, if a case for treason could have been made?. So yes, your point is moot.
In addition, I did not argue that he didn't wage war. I assume that he did wage war against the "Norhtern Alliance". When he entered Afganistan the Taliban was not an enemy, and he wanted to assist the Taliban in their war against the "Norhern Alliance". In 1999 the al Qaeda was declared to be a terrorist organization, but I don't know what, if anything he knew about the al Qaeda, or Bin Laden.
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He could have been brought up on treason charges and convicted... the reasons are all in my previous post.
The reason that he wasn't brought up on treason charges is because the "administration" didn't want to be the first to convict and sentence an American citizen for treason since 1952...
that would be bad PR!
The case could and should have been made.
It does not matter what he knew about anything -- he took up arms or assisted others in taking up arms against US soldiers and CIA agents. -- at least on US fighter died.
End of story!
Ignorance is not (nor ever has been) a defense for breaking the law!
If anyone had any balls they would have tried and convicted him for treason!
Your original point was "I personally do not understand why Walker is guilty of any serious crime, if any crime."
He was -- if you don't want to see it -- I guess you never will.