[fatnotlazy]

I think I saw a piece of this on 60 Minutes, or at least it was a similar story. His mother wants him to come home. Blah, blah, blah. Sorry, no sympathy here either.

[Flintlock]

Ya mean that iffen a 15-year old shoots you, your’re DEAD??
Iffen he sets off a bomb, it can KILL YOU?
Even if he’s fifteen?

Yer just a buncha meanies.

[thegreatbeast]

You got it right. I posted a link to the 60 Minutes piece; I hope it's kosher.
They ran right back to Canada, didn't they? Wheelchairs don't fare that well in the backwaters of Afghanistan, I guess. Mom has gone liberal and stopped covering her lower face, and was decidedly uncomfortable with her son's lust for his 72 virgins. I think she wishes there was more Allah in her son's version of paradise.