Justice was swift, but Allah is still great.
After being sentenced to life in prison Tuesday, Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-born attempted Times Square bomber, said he was pleased with his sentence and believes that “God is [still] great.”
Handing down the toughest sentence allowed by law, Judge Miriam Cedarbaum threw the book at a terrorist who could have, if successful, thrown the United States back into a tizzy fit of terror and fear not seen in nine years since the twin towers toppled before our eyes.
And luckily for Americans and the world, the Nissan Pathfinder Shahzad used as a car bomb turned out to be an epic fail and never blew.
Shahzad’s lack of remorse and desire to actions show just how little the success or ultimate failure of his actions mean to the outcome.
His desire, ultimately, was to show Americans the worst side of a religion marred by the few radicals who choose to speak for the billion other peaceful members across the globe.
And his lack of remorse was no less notable when he entered the courtroom Tuesday and warned Americans more attacks were imminent and unavoidable.
“This is the first droplet of the flood that will follow,” Shahzad warned.
With the ambiguous, kind-of-sort-of-stay-away-from-Europe travel advisory the U.S. Department of State recently issued, Americans and the rest of the world should realize, unfortunately, we live in a world where we’re told to be perpetually fearful of everyone around us to ultimately better protect ourselves.
