Posted on 04/01/2002 1:38:53 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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| U.S. Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh returned to federal court on April 1, 2002 as his lawyers battled with government prosecutors over what kind of evidence can be used in his conspiracy trial. This picture, released by Lindh's lawyers on April 1, 2002 as part of the evidence, was taken by the US government when Lindh was at Camp Rhino in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in December 2001. Photo by Reuters (Handout) |
We can just torture our citizens in other countries.
He was captured taking up arms against our armed forces. Do we not have the right to tie him up upon capture?
Perhaps you would sing Kumbaya at him to prevent him from further attempts at killing you.
I see you have taken the bait from Johnny Walker Lindh's lawyers.
And you certainly do not retain them on a battlefield against US soldiers.
Would you also allow him his first amendment and second amendment rights too, you twit? That way he could tell others where you are or he could kill you himself.
Especially for traitors, huh?
We can just torture our citizens in other countries.
Grow up.
He allied himself with "people" who are dedicated to the destruction of the U. S.
And he was too cowardly to align himself with them totally by denouncing his citizenship, because he figured the day would come when he could hide behind the U. S. Constitution and be supported by "thoughtful" citizens like yourself.
Boo-hoo.
If you remember, it was not known in the beginning whether he would be tried by a US Courts Martial (as an enemy soldier), or as an American citizen aiding and abetting the enemy.
Maybe you should have gone in and retrieved him?
Ahem... he's dangerous.
Of course, considering the crime, there is no such thing as excessive bail, nor excessive fines, nor has the guy experienced excessive punishment.
Being taped up buck naked in the battlefield is rather light. Too bad the rest of 'em weren't taped up buck naked- if they had, they wouldn't have snuck weapons into the compound and Mr. Spann would be alive today. Johhnny the traitor should have been shot for joining in the prisoner rebellion and not coming out of the building when ordered to do so.
When they fight for the enemy?
Since he has been handed over to the civil authorities he has been treated like any other prisoner in the US court system.
Military personnel don't have civilian constitutional rights. I hope I'm wrong but that's the way it was explained to me way back when.
It doesn't look cruel to me -- what it looks is unusual, which, if they did this more, it wouldn't be.
Amendment VIII: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Are you implying, based on the photographic evidence, that cruel and unusual punishment was inflicted on Mr. Lindh?
"I read him his rights...he's alive and I'm dead...tell my wife and kids his rights were violated you idiot."
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