American Taliban

As expected, John Walker Lindh got sentenced to 20 years in prison today. He apparently gave a tearful mea-culpa before the gavel dropped.

I just realized I haven't blogged anything on this before. That's probably because this case never made sense to me; I couldn't fully comprehend why people in this country (led by the media) were in an uproar over his alleged 'crimes'.

Yeah, yeah...I know: the symbolism of fighting for the Taliban, the treason bit, yadda, yadda, yadda. But I don't buy it. This was basically a lynching, in my eyes.