In my opinion, Walker had one chance to prove he was an American. If, upon capture, he was forthcoming and helpful, he should have been transferred to an intel unit until they didn't need him any more, then a ticket home.
If he was an unhelpful jerk, then a quick trip to the wall for Northern Alliance justice.
This whole trial is unseemly.
Agreed. There was no doubt about who he was and what he was up to.
He was young, but older than many of our soldiers. And certainly a lot better off and better educated than many of them. He had no excuse.
But he also clearly has no guts, and since Americans are "infracanophiles"(lovers of the underdog), he and his attorneys are trying their best to make him look like the victim, the underdog. And they'll probably get away with it, too.