"America, you lost, I won"

I'm more than peeved right now. The only reason we lost is because these 12 Americans decided for the rest of us that we'd all lose together. It feels like I went to sleep last night and woke up in France.

A jury today spared Zacarias Moussaoui from the death penalty, deciding he should instead instead serve life in prison. ABC News suggested "Defeat for U.S. Government?" but didn't report what Moussaoui said upon leaving the courtroom. However, CNN did, and Moussaoui's own words tell us who really lost: "America, you lost." See that? America. We all lost here because of a jury too cowardly to do the right thing.

Look at this moron who gave a soundbite to ABC News: "he's not the real problem. The real problem are the terrorists who do want to kill us, like Osama bin Laden who's still not captured." Number one, it's pointless to focus on capturing Osama, not because he can't be captured, but because he's so neutralized and not worth much bother. We don't need a tourniquet, only a little pressure, and that frees up our military and intelligence personnel for other things. Number two, what reality does she live in, that she thinks Moussaoui never wanted to kill Americans? What was he doing with al Qaeda, serving as goodwill ambassador? Number three, she actually thinks he'll reflect upon his crimes while serving a life sentence? That's just liberal garbage about "rehabilitation."

The next moron says we've proven that "we're not gonna stand for terrorists to come to our country and to be let loose. He will be in confinement, he will not be released...we will treat [terrorists] with respect no matter how much they disrespect us." Good lord! I don't want to treat criminals with respect. I want to treat them with justice. Moussaoui is one of the last people on this planet who deserves respect of any kind, evidenced by everything he said to the court.

And how will we demonstrate "we're not gonna stand for terrorists," by deciding we're going to feed, clothe and house Moussaoui for the rest of his life? The least he deserves is a daily spraying with pig blood, or better yet, a weekly drop-off at an NYPD precinct -- they'll know what to do with him in the basement.

Little Green Footballs notes that, no doubt, Moussaoui will be given every comfort he demands:

Note: in radical Islamic ideology, being captured by infidels and executed does not equal martyrdom. It equals humiliation. The ‘72 virgins/raisins’ fantasy is reserved for those who die ‘gloriously’ in battle.

And Zacarias Moussaoui will game the system to the best of his abilities. Don’t be surprised to see him get his own Koran, halal food, a prayer rug, and an arrow pointing toward Mecca.

I'd already said that toward the end of April:

Besides, I find there's a peculiar characteristic to Islamofascists' martyrdom versus that of other faiths. For example, Christian martyrs for two millenia have accepted their deaths -- any deaths -- as God's will. Islamofascists, however, don't just seek any death, but suicides on their own terms. If Moussaoui is executed, it would be at the hand of "infidels," not his own, nor would he have killed anyone else with his death. It would be futile, and perhaps even ignominious that he was caught so stupidly.

How long until there's a hijacking or kidnapping, with the price of the victims' freedom being Moussaoui's release (and a hero's welcome in Gaza)?

How many American children will die because they couldn't get a life-saving operation, or suffer dental problems because their parents lacked the money, while Moussaoui gets free health care for the rest of his life? How many American families won't be able to buy the food they'd have liked to have, because their taxes went to pay for whatever food Moussaoui wants?

It's said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. I suppose today demonstrates that a country is only as intelligent as its stupidest citizen. At least an economy's strength isn't dependent on its lowest producer.