When Johnny Comes Slinking Home Again

It seems we have a traitor in our midst -- sort of. America has difficulty
with traitors. Johnny was found with various names among the Taliban,
fighting against the good guys. That is the Northern Alliance and certain
British SAS and, notably, CIA operatives, i.e., his own government. Ezra
Pound was another wayward American. He broadcast regular anti-American radio
addresses during Mussolini's reign in World War II Italy. Mussolini fell.

Italy fell and Ezra Pound ended up in a chicken coop outside of Pisa. The
U.S. military deported him on charges of treason. At the trial, T.S. Eliot
spoke on his behalf. No doubt due to the intercession of this noted American
man of letters, Pound found himself confined to a New York insane asylum
instead of being shot. Eliot continued his efforts, succeeding in freeing
Pound and having the U.S. government consent to deport him back to Italy.

Pound left on a cruise ship, offering a farewell fascist salute to America.
But then, he could write. Johnny's talents are less well known.

Treason has an uneasy history in this country. Witness the reluctance of the
media and those in political office to condemn Johnny outright. With an eye
to the Founding Fathers, our current leaders are squeamish when it comes to
treasonous acts by U.S. citizens, outside the realm of intelligence agencies.

Consider that from an English view the Founding Fathers were themselves
traitors to a man. A nation rose on the basis of insurrection against a
legitimate parliamentary democracy. Little Johnny's actions, played out far
away amid foreign fanaticism, strike a chord rather close to home. Whether
he knew his history or not, it is his ally these days, when he needs one the
most.

James Clark

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