Reply #108: no they are NOT- they are treating him like a citizen from their

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Nation, who is returning home from a foreign land where he was found guilty and imprisoned for a crime they do not believe him to be guilty of. They are welcoming him home to DIE you fool.

Imagine how the families of the victims of Iranian flight 655 shot down by mistake by the USS Vincennes felt when the Captain and crew of the ship returned home and received medals for their service. The US expressed regret over "the loss of human lives" (it was a civilian flight, an Airbus w/290 passengers and crew) but we have NEVER apologized, or admitted wrongdoing. We did decide to pay reparations in 1996 to settle a suit brought against us in The International Court of Justice.

I'm amazed at how quickly some people jump to judgment based on nothing other than their emotions, and a few snippets on their television screens- and profoundly saddened.

We, as Americans should be better than this, with all our posturing and pontificating- there is no excuse for such willful ignorance, or blatant hypocrisy and deception.