The Father Of American Taliban John Walker Lindh Wants His Son Freed

Bin Laden’s Gone. Can My Son Come Home? -- Frank R. Lindh, New York Times

ON the evening of May 1, we learned that Osama bin Laden had been killed. The following dawn, I left my house in the Bay Area to catch a bus to Oakland International Airport. I flew to Indianapolis for a scheduled visit with my son, John Walker Lindh, at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind.

I love my son. I enjoy our periodic visits and our weekly telephone calls, but this visit felt different. “If Bin Laden is dead,” I kept thinking, “why can’t John come home?”

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My Comment: After reading the above post from John Lindh's father who now wants his son released .... I felt like throwing up. But what I can say .... he is in total denial on who and what his son is.

1/3 Of Saudis And Egyptians Support Jihad

Funding For Jihad Troubling, Scholar Says -- UPI

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- More than 35 percent of Egyptians and Saudis interviewed in a recent survey considered it their duty to back regional mujahedin financially, a scholar notes.

Private polling of Egyptian and Saudi citizens reveals trends regarding the public sentiment toward jihadi groups like al-Qaida.

David Pollock, a senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said the polling shows more than 35 percent of those interviewed considered it "an Islamic duty" to support Islamic fighters around the world.

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My Comment: These results are more than troubling .... they lay bare on what is the problem within these Muslim communities, and why perpetual war will probably be the result. Coupled with the fact that many in the Islamic world are in denial with the concept that blow-back will be the result if they should continue to support Jihad against the West, retaliation and war will always be the response from the West against these same communities.

It is easy to always say that one is the grieved party .... that their actions are just and honorable .... a point that both sides are always making. But in the eyes of the West Jihad has a horrible history .... a history that has resulted in the deaths and enslavement of millions, and a legacy that has not earned any supporters among non-Muslims in today's world.

So as long as many in the Islamic war believe that Jihad is just and right .... perpetual war and conflict will always be the result whether we would want it or not.