Many like me, who complained about the premature judgment of Jill, did so not because they knew she was a true blue American, she may not be. I complained because the press made a HUGE misrepresentation of the video she made. It was a coerced propaganda piece, filled with obvious contradictions, made at gunpoint (it was later revealed) at Sunni Party HQ, made BEFORE her release, not after, for which her cooperation was a pre-condition of her release.
This is the ONLY fact that I have disputed here on FR, in the face of a bevy of uninformed patriotic haters.
I continue to say, wait for the real FACTS not the hearsay:
because she knew Arabic, woop-ti-doo! That proves?
because she knew Marla Ruzicka? that's guilt by association
because she was employed by a Jordanian newspaper? do we have any samples of her articles?
I say we follow the FACTS not the hype!
---do we have any samples of her articles?---
Ah, but none have called for that, have they?
On the contrary, I think her personal views were well known prior to her kidnapping. Unless she has had a battlefield conversion, she may well hold the exact same views, which are pro-arabic, anti-US and anti-Israel.
I would like to think she has seen the real nature of the beasts who kept her captive, but time will tell.
Honestly, though, I expect to see statements from her along the lines "I am angry about being taken captive, BUT...what we are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan is wrong..."