Red herring. This story is about American boys whose Pakistani parents are sending abroad for terrorist training. Your remarks are irrelevant.
No it is not. I was responding to the quote in the article which states that Lindh was "brainwashed". He was not brainwashed and my comment is 100% relevant to the portion of the article that I was commenting to (which I quoted).
Now if you think that I am stealing this thread with a side issue, that may your your opinion, but was not my intent.