Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: WMD Charge

As of September 11, 2012, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been a U.S. citizen.

Because he was allowed to pledge his allegiance to our country and become one of us, he has the protection of the Constitution.

From the Washington Post:

Federal prosecutors announced terrorism charges against the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing on Monday, outlining a chilling plot in which the man and his brother allegedly used low-grade but deadly explosives timed to detonate a block apart.

As he lay seriously injured in a Boston area hospital, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property, counts that could bring him the death penalty. He made his first court appearance in an unusual, non-public proceeding in which a federal judge and several lawyers went to his hospital bed.

The toll from the two blasts, according to court documents and interviews on Monday, could have been far higher. Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan, 26, who was killed Friday after a firefight with police, had a homemade arsenal of explosives. Some law enforcement officials said they think the brothers were planning more attacks.

"Weapon of mass destruction"?

One can't help but be struck by that term.

For years, Democrats/Leftists insisted there were no "weapons of mass destruction" found in Iraq. Saddam Hussein supposedly had no "weapons of mass destruction."

If a pressure cooker bomb is considered a "weapon of mass destruction," then it's impossible to continue that narrative.

When it comes to the terrorist being charged in our criminal justice system rather than treated as an enemy combatant, I never had any doubt that would happen. Remember, we're dealing with Obama. He wanted Osama bin Laden to stand trial in a civilian court.

Both terrorist brothers, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan, applied to be U.S. citizens. Tamerlan's application was on hold, and with good reason. Dzhokhar was accepted to become an American, to join this nation of immigrants.

I wonder how many other Islamists are playing that game. It's a scary thought, especially given the incompetence of authorities in identifying terrorists and monitoring them.

It's so important that we don't let political correctness cloud reality.

From AP:

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother appear to have been motivated by a radical brand of Islam but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, said the U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.

We can't be afraid to address the reality of the killers' actions and intentions.

We can't ignore the religious element here. It appears Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's adherence to radical Islam led him to employ a "weapon of mass destruction" against his fellow citizens.