[yonif]

I agree with many of these view points. As a sign of good will and friendship between these two great allies, I believe Pollard should be released. He has spent enough time in prison.

You can expect Israel to do the same if it catches a US spy operating in Israel. The US probably has spies in Israel in the first place as well.

[SJackson]

I agree with many of these view points. As a sign of good will and friendship between these two great allies, I believe Pollard should be released. He has spent enough time in prison.

I agree, so does Ted Olson.

Of course, if you'd said he should have been shot after his conviction, I might have agreed too.

This is history.

[Illbay]

How disingenuous. The point isn't that Israel had spies--that would be bad, but not horrifying.

The point is that a U.S CITIZEN spied for Israel, and sold out his own country.

How would YOU like it to find out that an Israeli citizen, a veteran of the IDF in fact, was in fact selling secrets to the U.S. who in return was giving the information to Hamas in exchange for Hamas' leaving American targets out of their outrages?

Don't even bother answering; the screams from you and others would be audible from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

That's why we spit on you and anyone else who tries to make Pollard into this pathetic martyr to your stinkin' cause.

Pollard's going to rot in prison and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

[RossA]

We would have been happy to trade Pollard for his boss(es). The Isrealis chose to promote them and let Pollard rot in jail. (I enjoy watching his wife cry)

[AlaskaErik]

...I believe Pollard should be released. He has spent enough time in prison.

No he hasn't. The debt will be paid in full when he dies in prison. Until then, let him rot with all the other traitors.

[Jhoffa_]

You can expect Israel to do the same if it catches a US spy operating in Israel. The US probably has spies in Israel in the first place as well.

Maybe, and yes we are allies, but as a matter of policy I don't think it's in either nations interest to just start turning a blind eye to spies.

Besides, the political fallout would become unbearable at some point.

[Ronin]

If the Israelis catch an Israeli citizen spying on behalf of the United States they have my permission to shoot him/her.

Regardless of his sudden (following his conviction, of course) embrace of orthodox Judism, Pollard is and American citizen who betrayed his country. He should not be released. He betrayed his country -- for money. Treason should be punished.

[Jhoffa_]

I mean, can you imagine explaining to the Israeli people that you caught an Israeli traitor, spying for America but it's okay and you really don't see what all the fuss is about?

Wouldn't you consider such a statement to be a blatant insult to your intelligence as an Israeli?

I would. It would anger me.

Frankly, I think it would anger most anyone.