Tel-Chai Nation

Faisal Shahzad has been sentenced, and I agree with the brave vendor who alerted the police:

The Times Square vendor who alerted police to Faisal Shahzad's explosive-packed sport-utility vehicle said the failed bomber deserved the electric chair.

Shahzad instead got a life sentence Tuesday.

"Hopefully he'll make it into a supermax [prison] and never see the light of day," said Duane Jackson.

He still needs to receive the death sentence. I'd be very glad if the prosecution could make an appeal to modify the life sentence to one of death for that jihadist.

And there's another sad thing besides Shahzad not getting sent to the chair: as Diana West tells, the judge has no clear knowledge of what's in the koran:

“Allah Akbar,” Shahzad said, following a rant of jihad labeled “defiant” in the headlines.

“You appear to be someone who was capable of education and I do hope you will spend some of the time in prison thinking carefully about whether the Koran wants you to kill lots of people,” the judge said in reply.

It's a real shame this appears to be the norm of "enlightened" thinking on Islam today. This is exactly why it'll be very difficult to win the war on Islamofascism if the justice system continues to act as though Islam has nothing to do with it.

Update: what makes this really surprising is that, as Seth Mandel reports at Big Peace, the villain told the judge, “We do not accept your democracy or your freedom because we already have shariah law and freedom.” Does that not tell, if anything, that many Muslims do not accept the western concepts of democracy?

Labels: anti-americanism, islam, jihad, New York, terrorism, United States