I'll bet his hero is Johnny Lindh.
"I'll bet his hero is Johnny Lindh."
The only thing those two have in common is/was a young wanderlust. Any comparison between the two ends there.
Not likely. Lindh, a Muslim convert, allied himself with the Taliban and fought against U.S. troops. Hassan, who professes "no religious affiliation" wrote, "Those terrorists are not human but pure evil." Sounds like they are on opposite sides.
I doubt his hero is Taliban Johnny. From the article:
His father, Redha Hassan, a doctor, said his son is an idealist, principled and moral. Aside from the research he wanted to accomplish, he also wrote in an essay saying he wanted to volunteer in Iraq.
He said he wrote half the essay while in the United States, half in Kuwait, and e-mailed it to his teachers Dec. 15 while in the Kuwait City airport.
"There is a struggle in Iraq between good and evil, between those striving for freedom and liberty and those striving for death and destruction," he wrote.
"Those terrorists are not human but pure evil. For their goals to be thwarted, decent individuals must answer justice's call for help. Unfortunately altruism is always in short supply. Not enough are willing to set aside the material ambitions of this transient world, put morality first, and risk their lives for the cause of humanity. So I will."
"I want to experience during my Christmas the same hardships ordinary Iraqis experience everyday, so that I may better empathize with their distress," he wrote.