Moussaoui As Scapegoat

Nothing sickens me more than the government maneuvering to move blame from themselves to an individual. This is exactly the case with Zacarias Moussaoui, the third or fourth person to be referred to as the "20th highjacker" of the September 11 attacks.

Honestly, I couldn't care less about his guilt. That is far beside the point here. What is absurd is that the government contends that because Moussaoui lied to them about his role in the attacks (whatever that may be) they were unable to stop the attacks from happening. The prosecution claims that if Moussaoui had said "I'm al-Qaida" they would've been able to identify 11 of the 19 highjackers and the FAA would've kept them off the plane. What's wrong with this scenario?

1. How does him admitting membership in an organization suddenly allow the FBI to identify other members? He didn't know who any of these other guys were anyway.

2. The government should not have to rely on perpetrators to tell them about an unfolding plot. How feeble are you when you are unable to break something up without the other side giving you hints about their intentions? Besides, there was ample evidence already that was not acted upon, so why would a nutcase like Moussaoui have made any difference?

The end result here is that the government failed miserably in performing the number-one duty of any government: protecting those underneath it. Now it must resort to blaming others for its problems, just as "terrorism" has become the phantom menace to keep all the meatheads in this country in line behind the President and Congress.