'Burn In The USA'

The answer to the Springsteen question below is simple, the Left only blames America. When terrorists strike, or threaten us to either "convert to Islam or die" somehow it's our fault. My question, if they regain power, raise all of our taxes and sell us out, will they allow us a tax credit for prayer rugs?

From IBD:
Posted 4/12/2006

Terrorism: Would-be 9-11 hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui is using his trial to taunt and slur America. But all he does is remind us just how evil our adversaries are.

As yet, there's been no reaction from Bruce Springsteen to the terrorist conspirator's courtroom crooning of "Burn in the USA" to the tune of the rocker's "Born in the USA."

During breaks in the trial, Moussaoui has also yelled things like "God bless Osama bin Laden and "God curse America." His reaction to photos shown to the jury of burnt corpses from the attack on the Pentagon was: "Burn all Pentagon next time."

And earlier this month, when the jury found him eligible for execution, Moussaoui shouted on his way out of court: "You'll never get my blood. God curse you all."

It's up to the jury to determine if Moussaoui's crime of concealing evidence that could have saved thousands of lives warrants the death sentence. Judge Leonie Brinkema has tried to save Moussaoui from the death penalty by way of technicalities, but she's been overruled on appeal.

A Bill Clinton appointee to the federal bench, Brinkema again demonstrated her prejudices this week. She warned prosecutors they're on "shaky ground" for presenting emotional material like the cockpit recording of United flight 93, in which passengers fighting back against the hijackers saved another Washington target from being hit.

Videos of the hijacked planes hitting the Twin Towers, and choked-up testimony from those who lost loved ones, as well as from former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, also were presented.

This misguided judge should be asked how exactly emotions like grief and anger can be separated from an act of war that annihilating thousands of innocent people.

The death penalty is itself an emotional response, reserved for the most gut-wrenching offenses. So as they weigh their decision, why shouldn't jurors be presented with real-life illustrations of the emotional magnitude of the loss of life that took place on 9-11?

As the jurors, and all Americans, witness the foulness of Moussaoui's courtroom antics, we must remember we're looking straight into the eyes of the hate that threatens us.

Moussaoui isn't some street thug or drug addict who decided to shove a knife into someone in a dark alley. He is an emissary of evil, the envoy of an organized, far-flung movement that aims to commit acts of terror that make 9-11 look like a Sunday picnic.

If we allow his sneer of "You'll never get my blood" to come true, we'll only embolden his hate-filled comrades.