I would like to comment on the 9/11 memorials that occurred on Sept. 11, 2024, 23 years after the attack on our country. My sympathy to all the families that suffered a tremendous loss from the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City and Shanksville, Pa.
My family has been to Shanksville and it is truly a beautiful memorial to a horrible event. However our U.S. government has never given peace and closure to the families that deserve this by never handing out the appropriate punishment to the scoundrels that perpetrated this event.
The following is an excerpt from CNN News:
“CNN—August 21 news report: The US has reached a plea deal with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants accused of plotting the 2001 terror attacks, according to the Defense Department.
The pretrial agreement – reached after 27 months of negotiations – takes the death penalty off the table for Mohammed, Walid Bin ‘Attash, and Mustafa al Hawsawi, prosecutors said in a letter, obtained by CNN, sent to the families of 9/11 victims and survivors shortly before the Department of Defense announced the news in a press release Wednesday evening.
After beginning negotiations in March 2022, the three men agreed to plead guilty to all charges, including the murder of the 2,976 people listed in the charging sheet, the families were told.
Mohammed and his co-defendants will enter guilty pleas at a plea hearing that could come as early as next week, according to the letter.
“The decision to enter into a pre-trial agreement after 12 years of pre-trial litigation was not reached lightly; however, it is our collective, reasoned, and good-faith judgment that this resolution is the best path to finality and justice in this case.” prosecutors wrote in the letter.
“This is the least bad deal in the real world that would ever happen,” said Peter Bergen, a terrorism expert and CNN national security analyst who has written extensively about Osama bin Laden.
So this is the best our government can do??? Shouldn’t they be executed instead of being in prison and receiving three meals a day?
The government ought to ashamed of themselves. Just my thoughts.
Ed Rahn
Ossian
