Times Square Terrorist Should be Charged With Treason
It was only a matter of time. A coward drives a car packed with
explosives into Times Square and slithers off to safety while innocents are
left to die. What is most shocking
is that this terrorist and would-be slaughterer is an American citizen.
This is treason, pure and simple. One of our own citizens, someone our
great nation welcomed with open arms and afforded all the rights and privileges
his home country mocks and tramples on, has betrayed us in the most cowardly
fashion. I don't care about his
story. I don't care what drove him
to commit this spineless and thuggish action. I only care about justice.
The US government must make a strong example of
Faisal Shahzad to assure our citizens and the rest of the world that these acts
will result in swift and severe justice.
Faisal Shahzad is an embarrassment and abomination
not only to his adopted country, but also to the millions of peaceful Muslim
families who came to America seeking the religious tolerance our nation was
built upon. As a United States
citizen he deserves a fair and speedy trial. As a traitor to our country he deserves a speedy execution.
If the Obama administration is serious about
winning the war on terror this act cannot go unpunished. While they continue to analyze the
postmortems, the terrorists who trained Faisal Shahzad continue to plot against
America with impunity and no fear of retribution. These people must be found, and they must be ended, with our
without the aid of the Pakistani government. A message needs to be sent by this administration, and it
must be undeniable: An attack on
our home soil is an act of war, and we will stop at nothing to keep our
citizens safe.
