tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post745941592122048740..comments2023-10-19T12:25:15.143+01:00Comments on The Osterley Times: For A Mastermind He Sure Acts Retarded!Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14466059072530968330noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-49578664830311535402008-12-10T08:47:00.000+00:002008-12-10T08:47:00.000+00:00Larry, you might very well have hit the nail on th...Larry, you might very well have hit the nail on the head. <BR/><BR/>Maybe that's what they want.Kelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14466059072530968330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-15958932755822721362008-12-10T04:13:00.000+00:002008-12-10T04:13:00.000+00:00That was, of course, supposed to be "guilty pleas....That was, of course, supposed to be "guilty pleas."Lotushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774266443353774752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-59093063445489401142008-12-10T04:11:00.000+00:002008-12-10T04:11:00.000+00:00I really don't understand the confusion about the ...I really don't understand the confusion about the guilty please or their timing.<BR/><BR/>These people want to be martyred! The do not want to be seen as being treated with dignity and respect for their rights in a fair trial. That not only undermines their image of themselves, it detracts from the image they have (and want to reinforce) of the US as a brutal and bloodthirsty regime that does what it does because it hates Islam.<BR/><BR/>Put another way, they doubtless feel (not without some cause) that any trial would be purely a show trial and their attitude is "you're going to kill me anyway, so I'll be damned if I help you try for some kind of propaganda victory as part of that."Lotushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774266443353774752noreply@blogger.com