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Originally posted by Just the Village Idiot
He could have been brought up on treason charges and convicted... the reasons are all in my previous post.
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I repeat if the government could have made a case for treason, it is my opinion that they would have.
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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.
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I think not.
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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.
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I don't know that. I don't know that he fired his weapon at US forces, as for that matter I don't know if he fired his weapon at any forces, at any point it time.
He wanted to assist the Taliban, at the time he was shipped to the front in Agust of 2001, the Taliban was not our enemy. We were providing ecomonic aid to the Taliban prior to 9/11 and if I remember correctly sent them an aid package in October.
He is guilty of being a soldier when the USA decided to make an enemy of the Taliban and invade Afghanistan.
I repeat, I view him as a "dumb fuck" that was caught up in events, not of his making.
As for firing a weapon: In combat one of the problems encountered is to get the troops to fire their weapons, and only around 30% engage. Another problem encountered is to get the troops to stop firing their weapons.