For many on the left, even Khalid Sheik Mohammed has become little more than a victim of Bush administration abuse, his role in the attacks of 9/11 overshadowed by the rough treatment to which he was subjected after his capture. But it turns out that even the return of the rule of law can’t help liberals from framing terrorists as victims. Here’s liberal web site Talking Points Memo on the the Newburgh Four, who were not only plotting but executing a plan to blow up synagogues and shoot down commercial aircraft:
But, frankly, it’s also hard not to feel some compassion for what looks like a group of struggling, credulous, under-educated men, existing on the fringes of society, who lacked the intelligence or willpower to avoid getting taken in by a government informant anxious to mitigate his own situation, and by their own vague understanding of radical Islam and the hole it might fill in their lives.
Apparently social justice is the only real antidote to terrorism.
