[null and void]

Hear! Hear!

We sure as sh!t don't want this non-citizen pond scum in our fair country.

(no offense to pond scum intended)...

[Amerigomag]

First reasoned piece I've seen out of the liberal British press (taken as a whole).

[f.Christian]

he was taught everything - from Buddhism to Malcolm X - except what it means to be an American citizen.

[TroutStalker]

Mark Steyn Bump.

[RepublicanChick]

Wow, I am stunned speachless by this column, and where it came from, great ideology. I agree, denounce his citizenship and let the pieces lay as they fall!

[Tarheel]

Steyn, as usual, is right on the mark--a real 'keeper' editorial.

The Tarheel

[phillibuck]

Last year, John e-mailed home to say al-Qaeda's attack on the USS Cole was justified - oh, and by the way he was off to enrol in a Pakistani madrassa. So Dad wired him a couple thousand bucks, which goes a long way in Bannu.

Red flag anyone? Monumentally huge red flag draped over your eyes, Mr Lindh. Here's a clue. When your son sends you an email stating that the killing of a bunch of young US servicemen and women is a GOOD thing, you may want to start a little dialogue. And don't send him money.

[Salman]

Yeah, man, Yemen. Cool.

The usual destination for a Muslim "spiritual journey" is Mecca, not Yemen. Something fishy here besides the obvious. I think he was already preparing for Jihad when he left the United States.

[pcl]

This young man has the right to choose treason. I would never take that away from him. He also has the right to be tried, convicted and executed for his choice. I would never take that away from him.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The only distinguishing feature about John Walker is that he's such an obvious compendium of clapped-out cliches from America's Left Coast the wonder is the mullahs didn't automatically take him for a CIA plant.

I'd have to assume the mullahs overseas asked him to do something akin to a gang initiation, i.e. go kill an American or something like that. They may be fanatics and absurdly wrong about who Allah is or what he can be expected to do, but they aren't total fools.

[fly_so_free]

"Mr Walker wants to be Abdul Hamid. Mr. Bush should honor his wish. Let us leave him to the Northern Alliance"

I don't understand why we are even debating about the fate of Walker. To me it is 100% obvious he is NOT an American. People need to learn that actions have consequences. He chose to join the taliban. Bringing Walker back here and letting him be tried as an "American Citizen" would be a slap in the face to Mike Spann, our military, and everyone killed in the Sept 11 attacks. Let the Afghani people he brutalized decide his fate.

I'm disappointed and saddened that President Bush wants this barbaric killer to have the priviliges of Amercan citizenship returned to him after he(Walker) has so clearly spit on this country and everything it stands for.

A trial here will be a disaster It will be the mother of all media circuses. It could also be used as a spin-fest for the DemacRATic party. We'll get to hear Johhny's life story about how unfair we (the U.S.A) are to other countries and that we deserved Sept 11. UGGGHHHH gaggggggg BAAAAARffffff (I'm feeling sick just thinking about it.) I can't see why President Bush thinks any good will come out of bringing Walker back here.

[spycatcher]

This is the only solution that makes any sense. Just like any other American that causes serious trouble in a foreign country.

[yoe]

"But there is another way: on page four of John Walker's US passport, it states that any American who enlists in a foreign army automatically loses his citizenship."

This is what you won't hear from the babbling pundits. Turn off the tube on this one, the man is a traitor and should be tried in the country he gave up his own for.