While it's likely he never engaged in combat with US forces, he must have known after 2.5 months of fighting that the US was backing the Northern Alliance.
Yes, but I doubt he had accurate information regarding the situation, and I highly doubt he had any choice in the matter. He couldn't just pack up and say goodbye.
And the involvement of U.S forces has been very minimal. They are barely even there. Even if he wanted to, he wouldn't have had many chances to engage Americans. Most Taliban fighters have never come in contact with any. (Remember, it's largely a proxy war) Furthermore, there has been no evidence to suggest that he ever had any oppertunity to engage Americans. So, until some hard evidence is produced, he cannot be held accountable for fighting Americans.
Shortly after the bombing of the USS Cole, where 19 lives were taken, this piece of trash told his dad that he was happy it happened. He also said he supported the 9-11 attacks.
Emotional support does not equal participation. He had very little to do with Al-Queda in the sense of being an operative or offering support. His relationship with Al-Queda seems to be similar to that the one between a National Gaurdsmen in Vermont and the paramillitary wing of the CIA.
In fact, his background would make him someone to be distrusted by the Al-Queda hirearchy. It's actually quite amazing that he made it into the Taliban. With legions of Arab supporters in the region, the #1 target for CIA inflitration is not exactly eager to bring in some American. They don't really need fighters that badly, and the damage he could do were he an operative, would be immense.
Which is probably why they sent him to the one place on Earth where he could do virtually no damage.
Kashmir.
The conflict there is something that the CIA studies but does not participate in, and has little interest in inflitrating. Even if they did, they have no agenda to persue. They are not particularly in favor of any one side in the conflict and even if Walker
was an operative, he would not have any relevent information to report in the first place.
So, it is abundantly clear to me that he was diliberatley kept out of the loop, so to speak. Sent to where he couldn't do any damage while still proving useful to the Taliban.
I believe there is zero evidence to suggest he had any part in any terrorist operation and there is quite a bit to suggest he was not trusted enough to be given access to any information regarding such acts.
You know what? I was wrong about this guy. I'm sure he's a decent fellow. He was just a bit mislead. Poor guy. Actually, he's the one who is the victim here, not the American troops whom he was fighting. This guy didn't mean any harm to America when he joined the biggest anti-American group in the world. This guy didn't mean America any harm when he rejoyced after the Cole bombing where 19 sailors, mothers and fathers, were killed. Like some of you have said, he just didn't know any better.
As I said above, his emotional support of the attack does not indicate any involvement.
Don't know why he was one of the last to surrender at the prison
Probably because he was in the basement after having walked 100 miles on foot through the desert. He couldn't even get up onto his feet, much less run out waving a white flag.
Also don't know how people can say he had no idea that he was fighting America when he saw the two CIA men in the prison
Given his conditon, I'm surprised he even realized they were Americans. He was immobile, severly ill and semi-lucid at best.
Heck, he even witnessed the murder of one of them.
I doubt that. He was in the basement, unable to move. The fact he was at the prison when the CIA agent was killed does not indicate he had any involvement, or even saw it happen. It would have been impossible for him to participate in it anyway.
But how was he supposed to know that they were American?
He could barely remember his own name, at the time.
Poor kid. Let's clean him up, bring him home in time to celebrate Christmas and get him started on some kind of social program right away.
God Bless Humanity
