Faisal Shahzad, Criminal

Adam Serwer on Shahzad's guilty plea:

Unlike those individuals who will be tried by military
Shahzad can make no credible claim to being a soldier. He is a
an attempted murderer, and a hapless terrorist whose fragile ego
clinging to a warrior narrative because it's the only way he knows
hold on to the last shred of dignity he has. With the sharp knock of a
judge's gavel, that meager comfort was denied. That's exactly how
should be. 

The question now...