Categories: Current Events

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past few weeks, you know about the Moussaoui verdict. Zacarias Moussaoui, one of the engineers of the 9/11 tragedy, was sentenced to life in prison. I’ve been following every detail of the trial. Ok, not every detail, but the more interesting ones. This ain’t no O.J Simpson case after all. His lawyers tried to make him look like a bumbler, a low ranking Al-Qaeda member who had little involvement in the plot. But Moussaoui insisted that he was a high ranking member, and played a major role in 9/11 (Talk about taking pride in your work). He was defiant and remorseless throughout the trial, even during the tearful testimonies of the families of the 9/11 victims. He said that he expected no mercy. Understandable. If you caused one of the greatest catastrophes in recent history by sending thousands of innocents to their horriffic and fiery deaths, you wouldn’t expect any mercy either. He also said that he did not expect a fair trial.

The jury’s decision was a tough one indeed. Kill him and he becomes a martyr. And letting him live would seem too lenient for such as heinous crime. So they chose the greater of the two evils: life. As the judge delivered the sentence, she said, “Mr Moussaoui, you came here to be a martyr and die in a big bang of glory; but to paraphrase the poet T.S. Eliot, instead, you will die with a whimper.” Short sighted people might ask, “Why let him live?” Well, as the Judge Brinkema said, he will be denied martyrdom, the greatest honour for a Muslim. So he won’t be inspiring any future generation of terrorists. Plus it will teach Muslims that the evil Zionist empire is capable of mercy, hopefully giving them less reason to hate America. So suck that Moussaoui! You’ll spend the rest of your life caged like the monster that you are. Don’t drop the soap now, or else you’ll be the one that gets bombed.