Who lost?

Posted on May 4, 2006 | Filed Under Politics

After being sentenced to life in prison yesterday, Zacarias Moussaoui left the federal court room and shouted, “America, you lost!‚  I won!”‚  But did he really?

Moussaoui could have received the death penalty from the State.   Did he deserve to die?‚  By the laws set forth in our country, yes, he deserved death.   He knows it, America knows it.   That is why he chose to chide America with his “victory.”

But Moussaoui is not only a terrorist, but a radical Muslim.   To him, his greatest acheivement would have been to be martyred.   Receiving the death penalty from America for his role in 9-11 would have brought about that martyrdom.   We have denied him that.

So who really lost?‚  (hint: not America)


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