Article: A nation's anger toward John Walker Lindh softens.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

John Walker Lindh, 21, former Taliban member, felon.

John Walker Lindh, a.k.a. Abdul Hamid. Johnny Walker Yellow. The American Taliban. "The Rat." The hippie Benedict Arnold. Currently a convicted felon, awaiting formal sentencing next month to a 20-year plea-deal prison term.

Is this the outcome we wanted?

The nation was still white-hot with anger and sadness when we saw the images of a begrimed, wounded Taliban fighter, revealed under long hair and malnutrition to be the pampered son of upper middle-class Californians. Solemn and certain was Attorney General John Ashcroft, promising retribution for waging war against fellow Americans. "Youth ...

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