Bin Laden is dead.

Comment. Link to the News of the Day thread.

Better response in that thread, but holy hell....

At least can and will be said from this but I do feel good for the families, friends and loved ones of all the thousands and thousands killed. All innocent people, from many different regions. Not just from 9/11 but all the terrorist attacks conducted under Bin Laden's watch.

All those who have suffered, all those who have sacrificed can at least feel it was for something.

Coupled with the current wave hitting the Arab World...I hope to any and everything a new, good decade is ahead of us.

He deserved it. Hope it ends up being worth the billions of dollars and thousands of lives.

Spoiler: it won't.

I just can't look at this event with a completely go-America vibe like a more naive me would have. Osama served as a very convenient boogeyman for so many American political and military sins.

"We got him."

"What changes?"

Exactly Drew, it's silly to think he's been the "head" for a while now. Obviously he's not been, and anyone who honestly think "terrorism over" "we won" or "it's over without him" is...unintelligent.

I already am fearing the uber pro American sentiment that will flood but I can't believe how many are already going on about Obama's second term, leave the middle east, and coming up with conspiracy theories.
There will be time for all that, and we do need to leave the Middle East NOW, but jesus christ.....for one day let's feel something good.

Because until this moment...what the f**k have we had to feel good about?


Edited by JJLehto - May 01 2011 at 22:22

Just remembering that Al Qaeda killed innocent people around the world including in poor countries like Kenya and Tanzania, and also Spain and the UK. Even in the rich countries the majority of the victims were common people, simple workers...

I think Bin Laden has been irrelevent over the last few years. The Moslem world, particularly the Middle East has figured out the thier own governments are the infidels, not the west.

stonebeard wrote: JJLehto wrote: but jesus christ.....for one day let's feel something good. Better do it fast. Obama's speech will be a shining pillar of opportunism.

Absolutely right you are, but f**k Obama.

I'll hold onto it for a day, and those who were directly affected I hope will also look past the wave of BS coming and hold onto it for as long as they can.

Like I said, it is largely symbolic and it's known I don't go for that but I am only human Pat..an unimaginable amount of hell has come over the last 9 and a half years. So for one day I'm taking comfort, and I don't care.


Edited by JJLehto - May 01 2011 at 22:29

Wow they interrupted my baseball game for this stupid speech. 

The findings of the 9/11 commission report would disagree with you.