Kicking the Dog

Because you can't kick your boss. That's what the bloodlust in the Moussaoui case is all about: we can't catch bin Laden, so let's get this guy instead. Any Haji will do.

No Delivery from Evil

Don't expect the looming trial of confessed Al Qaeda trainee Zacarias Moussaoui to answer your remaining questions about the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. Do not expect it to satisfy your desire for revenge, or justice, or whatever people mean when they use the word "closure." He's the wrong guy, and this is the wrong case, to accomplish those meaningful things despite the collective cathartic exercise we all are about to endure.

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