[maximus@Nashville]

Meanwhile, one of the most annoying aspects of the ''American Taliban'' saga - his family's indulgent attitude toward his acts - was on full display at the press conference where his attorney and his relatives discussed the plea agreement.

The parents still do not get it. The "indulgent attitude" they have displayed his entire life is the base cause of all this. As a child, he had as permissive an upbringing as anyone could have. He was a seriously screwed up kid. As a result, he searched for and affiliated himself with what is arguably the least permissive group with the least permissive lifestyle on earth.

I do not think that John Walker Lindh actually hates America. He hates his parents.

[Madame de Winter]

I guess you can love you child for any crime as long is it's not patricide or matricide!!!!!