Moussaoui Wins
“America, you lost. I won.” Those were the words said by Zacarias Moussaoui after a jury rejected the government’s argument for the death penalty.
A terrorist never spoke truer words. When a man can stand up in court and openly admit that he was part of the greatest attack on American soil and a jury cannot sentence him to death we have reached the end. When a man can stand up in court and gleefully say he enjoys the suffering of the victim’s families and we think he still hasn’t done enough to deserve the death penalty, that says something. He did win. Whatever celebration Moussaoui is having, either in his jail cell, or in his mind, I hope he enjoys it. It is richly deserved and he has truly earned every right to celebrate. He made no apologies for his crimes or his hatred for Americans and their country. We thought that was ok and that he shouldn’t be sentenced to the ultimate penalty.
The same goes on in Iraq. The war isn’t over in an MTV minute. Pacification is taking years rather than weeks and the group of Americans who see some morality in defeat is rapidly expanding. Similarly, those who see no problem at all in the Middle East sinking into fascism are starting to become the majority.
So Moussaoui won, I raise my glass to him: “well done sir”.
Who knows for whom the death penalty should be reserved? Given our current performance I suppose it will be for all of us, for we have started down the road towards hanging ourselves.
“America, you lost. I won.” Those were the words said by Zacarias Moussaoui after a jury rejected the government’s argument for the death penalty.
A terrorist never spoke truer words. When a man can stand up in court and openly admit that he was part of the greatest attack on American soil and a jury cannot sentence him to death we have reached the end. When a man can stand up in court and gleefully say he enjoys the suffering of the victim’s families and we think he still hasn’t done enough to deserve the death penalty, that says something. He did win. Whatever celebration Moussaoui is having, either in his jail cell, or in his mind, I hope he enjoys it. It is richly deserved and he has truly earned every right to celebrate. He made no apologies for his crimes or his hatred for Americans and their country. We thought that was ok and that he shouldn’t be sentenced to the ultimate penalty.
The same goes on in Iraq. The war isn’t over in an MTV minute. Pacification is taking years rather than weeks and the group of Americans who see some morality in defeat is rapidly expanding. Similarly, those who see no problem at all in the Middle East sinking into fascism are starting to become the majority.
So Moussaoui won, I raise my glass to him: “well done sir”.
Who knows for whom the death penalty should be reserved? Given our current performance I suppose it will be for all of us, for we have started down the road towards hanging ourselves.
posted by R Huse at 6:50 AM
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