Canadian/American Family Freed In Afghanistan

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...tan-kidnapping

If he wasn't in collusion with them somehow, that's a pretty big risk they took that they weren't going to kill his entire family to make a point. This whole story just seems so super fishy.

[llwhiteoutll]

So apparently they decided to get a start on their planned family (they want 5-12 kids) while being held “hostage” because they “wanted to make the best of the situation” and “had time on their hands”.

[Hockeyguy15]

Hard to believe his wife was feeling frisky after being raped.

This is such a weird story.

[stang]

See that just makes zero sense to me. Unless you were one of them.

[BurningYears]

yep. sounds about right:

“The simple truth is that no pious Muslim and no pious Christian and no pious Jew has actually questioned our actions at all,” Boyle wrote.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/joshua-...ible-1.3647836

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by BurningYears

yep. sounds about right:




http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/joshua-...ible-1.3647836

I can see the Socrates rolling in his grave.

Anyone who does not question us must be pious, therefore people who are don't question us are pious.

[chemgear]

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...in-ottawa.html

Joshua Boyle, the Canadian man who was held hostage with his American wife and children for five years in Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been arrested and charged with assault, unlawful confinement and other offences that are alleged to have occurred in the weeks since his dramatic rescue from captivity in October.

Boyle, 34, appeared in Ottawa court on New Year’s Day and remains in police custody.

There is a court order that prevents publication of information that would identify any of the alleged victims.

Boyle faces 15 charges, according to a court document outlining the allegations.

These include:

Eight counts of assault;
Two counts of sexual assault;
Two counts of unlawful confinement;
One count of uttering death threats;
One count of causing someone to “take a noxious thing, namely Trazodone;” and
One count of misleading police.

[CliffFletcher]

Safe to say his lawyer is going to blame PTSD?

[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Safe to say his lawyer is going to blame to PTSD?

Wife already planting those seeds.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

Wife already planting those seeds.

Unless she's the victim?

[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Unless she's the victim?

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...in-ottawa.html

In a statement to the Star, Caitlan wrote, “I can’t speak about the specific charges, but I can say that ultimately it is the strain and trauma he was forced to endure for so many years and the effects that that had on his mental state that is most culpable for this.

“Obviously, he is responsible for his own actions,” she wrote, “but it is with compassion and forgiveness that I say I hope help and healing can be found for him. As to the rest of us, myself and the children, we are healthy and holding up as well as we can.”

Boyle’s brother, Dan, told the Star in an interview Tuesday that his family wants Joshua to receive mental health treatment. Dan said that Boyle has been living with his wife and children in east-end Ottawa and was arrested Monday morning.

“I’ve spoken with his wife, Caitlan, she’s fine. The children are fine,” Dan said, adding that Caitlan’s parents, who are from Pennsylvania, are in Ottawa.

[guzzy]

I am sure that Justin Trudeau is already the signing the $10MM checks for both of them.

[lambeburger]

Great company that Trudeau keeps:

https://twitter.com/BoylesVsWorld/st...12626522931200

[Reaper]

nm: fire's out.

[metallicat]

Originally Posted by guzzy

I am sure that Justin Trudeau is already the signing the $10MM checks for both of them.

[pylon]

Yeah, already seeing the PTSD defense being built. Tantamount to the old "My parents beat me, therefore I beat my children" defense.

This dude has seemed like a massive weirdo from day one, hope they throw the book at him.

But I'm sure JT has no problems with this, and will give him his blessing of sympathy, even as heinous as these charges sound.

[dino7c]

This story seemed off from day one

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by guzzy

I am sure that Justin Trudeau is already the signing the $10MM checks for both of them.

Originally Posted by pylon

Yeah, already seeing the PTSD defense being built. Tantamount to the old "My parents beat me, therefore I beat my children" defense.

This dude has seemed like a massive weirdo from day one, hope they throw the book at him.

But I'm sure JT has no problems with this, and will give him his blessing of sympathy, even as heinous as these charges sound.

Some scorching hot takes here.

[Bagor]

Already have an early frontrunner for understatement of the year.

A lawyer for Boyle, meanwhile, called the situation “a completely new experience for Mr. Boyle, as he has never been in trouble before.

http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-...le-confinement

[CaptainCrunch]

Something about his story never felt right to me. I'm still convinced that he decided to go and join the group, they found him to be a idiot, and decided to make some money off of holding him hostage.

Any guy who takes his pregnant wife to Afghanistan is doing it for a pretty strong reason.

Or is an idiot.