Poor guy! All he wanted to do was to accompany his girl to the airport, give her a last minute hug and kiss, and then see her off. The last thing in the world that Haisong Jiang, a Rutgers student from China intended was to create the international stir that occurred after he walked inside Terminal C at Newark’s Liberty International Airport.
The world’s gone a little crazy lately. Governments mimic the craziness also: Like, for instance letting a Nigerian board a plane bound from Amsterdam to Detroit, even after his father, a prominent Nigerian, alerted the U.S. Embassy that his son might try to pull off some jihadist trick.
Not to be outdone by Amsterdam security, the U.S. Government booked the alleged jihadist in a civil court in Michigan after his failed attempt; gave him no-charge premium medical care; and let him have an expensive civilian lawyer.
The alleged Islamic terrorist will be tried in a U.S. civil court with full U.S. Constitutional protection. We may never find out who the jihadist’s possible Yemeni associates were. All of this thanks to Eric Holder, the legal front man for President Barack Obama.
Meanwhile naïve Jiang – legally here – incurs the wrath of our two U.S. Senators, especially that of Frank Lautenberg who, I initially thought, might favor placing him under the guillotine. But cooler heads prevailed, and Mr. Jiang is now subject to “only” 30 days in jail and a $500 fine.
Too bad there are not more loving Jiangs in this country and fewer potentially malevolent jihadists.
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