He was treated in a way that was shameful to our country. |
I think we all have to realize that the odds are against it. It is difficult to envision a situation where all those hotheads in Washington can turn around and recognize the kid got a raw deal and should be released. |
In simple terms, this is the story of a decent and honorable young man embarked on a spiritual quest. |
In simple terms, this is the story of a decent and honorable young man who became involved in a spiritual quest and became the focus of the grief and anger of an entire nation over an event in which he had no part. |
The ethical thing to do ... would have been to stop filming at that point. But he (the CNN reporter) didn't. |
The silver lining in this whole cloud is that we have wonderful visits with our son. Ordinarily a son who is 25 doesn't have much time to spend with his father. But we have a lot of time. |
What happened unfortunately for John is that the United States made an abrupt change after the 9/11 attacks. We switched sides. John was on the ground there when that happened. He certainly didn't go to Afghanistan to do anything against America. He never fought against America. He never fired a gun at an American. He was simply rescued. |