The movie “National Security” was funny, but in the case of Faisal Shahzad, perhaps, we don’t need life to imitate art. Really, who’s minding the store? When I heard this man was on the “No Fly List” and still able to enter an airport, purchase a ticket, board a plane and leave the gate for takeoff, it brought back memories of how well parolees are watched in California.
First, let’s concentrate on the fact that just a year ago, this man became a U.S. citizen and swore his allegiance to this country. I guess we should forget about that. America does that well — forget, that is! Perhaps the Sept. 11 videos of the planes taking out the Twin Towers need to be back on TV, or maybe sent to every cell phone in America. People would remember that for three minutes, and then go back to their Big Macs.
America doesn’t want to be the bad guy. Well, those we’re at war with have no problem with that role, and most likely get a good laugh at our legal system and American justice in general.
Hey, anyone, go over to their country and do what this man attempted, and you wouldn’t see 2011. But Shahzad, he’ll get his lawyer, trial, suit, meals, medical care, appeals and a cell to live in. And then, he’ll most likely die of old age. The money that will be spent on his trial and everything involved will be more than the amount they have spent to kill all of the U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
All that should be given to Shahzad is the open end of a dozen loaded rifles.
He was headed out of the country he became a citizen of after committing a terrorist act — so he’s a terrorist and traitor! Does anyone think he’s worried? I bet not. He’s probably picking his meals off a prison menu as you read this and laughing.
• Editor’s note: Faisal Shahzad is suspected of unsuccessfully detonating a bomb in New York City’s Times Square.
I would think the Commander in Chief should be willing to step in and save the taxpayers a buck.
George Washington would roll in his grave, having read this.
Doesn't the other countries shoot their own traitors?
How can he swear allegiance to USA and in the same breath turn traitorious?
What are the laws about that???
CN
About th only real problem I have with lockin this guy up fer th rest of his life is it's gonna cost th American Taxpayer about $50 thousand per year ta put him up while we only spend about $7 ta $9 thousand per year ta educate our children.
Thair's somethin in that equation that's wrong.
Thank th Sheriff in Arizona has got th right idea. Prison shouldn't be a comfortable place ta spend th rest of yer life. It should be a miserable, bad, horrible place whare no one in thair right thankin mind would ever consider a nice place ta go. Then perhaps these people would do a little more in th way of followin our laws.
If this guy is convicted as a terrorist, who basically have th intent ta kill hundreds if not thousands of innocent people, th sentence should be death, an not one of them thair sanitary an private executions held away from public eye.
If ya simply gotta kill someone then get th most ya can out of it, an nothing says it better than, "If yer plannin terrorism against th Citizens of th US an we catch ya, then this is what ya can expect." Then lop off his head on a weekday in downtown New York at high noon at Time's Square. Then run th execution during prime time infomercials for a week.