A U.S. judge on Friday sentenced John Walker Lindh, the American captured in 2001 by U.S. forces during the war in Afghanistan, to 20 years in prison for fighting in support of the Taliban. "You made a bad choice to join the Taliban and to engage in that effort over there," District Judge T.S. Ellis told Lindh as he pronounced the sentence. Before being sentenced, Lindh broke down in tears as he told the court that he regretted ever joining the Taliban and said he condemned terrorism.
Somehow it ain't quite as romantic when you're on your way to jug. There aren't any virgins waiting for you there. But the mullahs and the imams and the muftis don't put that part in those videos, do they? |