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"Alleged" Airline Bomber Pleads Not Guilty
January 8, 2010There's not much else at the link above, and normally I avoid blogging about anything even remotely political, but this news caused a mini-aneurysm.
First is the absurdity of actually trying this man in a court. He should be dropped in a hole somewhere until he wants to talk about anything he might know that could save American lives.
Second - "alleged" bomber? The article actually states the following: "Abdulmutallab also confirmed he had taken medication to treat injuries." What injuries, do you ask? Those acquired by setting your underwear on fire, that's what injuries. But wait, he didn't do that did he? He's not guilty.
Finally, there's the whole courage-of-your-convictions thing. If you were willing to blow yourself up to kill a planeload of passengers, shouldn't you be willing to plead guilty and send a message to the whole world that you're a dedicated man? Isn't pleading not guilty at this point a little cowardly? I can understand that you're going to be a financial and emotional drain on the courts and American society, but that doesn't seem worthy of someone of the flaming undergarments ilk.
Just makes me nauseated. I can't wait for the trial, let alone the appeal. Hopefully the authorities are treating him with kid gloves and helping him get over his "injury."