I think that his death is largely symbolic. The nasty people who colluded with Osama are still out there doing nasty things. At this stage of the game, I expect he was a figurehead more than anything else.
That said, I think killing him was appropriate in the grand scheme of things. Not good, not bad - just appropriate.
I think the jubilation in the streets is short-sighted. I think it misses the point of everything that *actually* matters about this. Its also more than a bit hypocritical for all those people angry at the mobs on the other side of this issue doing the same thing at us.
That said, I don't hold any animosity for folks who are finding closure in this event, who find some sense of patriotism and a coming together as a country. Good for them.
Well, he was a pretty large figurehead. Of course, terrorists aren't going to be like, "Well, good run you guys, let's pack up and go home!" now that he's dead, but still, this particular terrorist is gone and that's not a bad thing.
I agree about the jubilation in the street, even if I think it could be argued that it is different from the mobs who danced on 9/11, it certainly looks the same and will be pointed at and used as if it were the same and I'd just really like to think that as a country, we're better than being thrilled at an assassination, no matter how deserved it might be. But, then again, I didn't lose anyone on 9/11 and I'm not the police of feelings everywhere, so...you know. People have a right to feel what they feel and express it how they want.
I will just say that while it's nice to come together as a country and feel united, I wish we could do that with, say, health care, or the economy or something other than killing someone.
Can I copy your last paragraph and post it on facebook? Because I have a bunch of dear friends who conservative, and military people, and I want to remind them how it actually works. The boy is a former secrets person and electronic warfare tech for the navy, and his account is pretty much what you just said.
You absolutely can. Out of everything that was going on yesterday, seeing that fucking FB status was the thing that got me the most emotionally riled up.
And, btw, I am totally NOT a former secrets person with any kind of military background or tech savvy. I'm just a person who fucking reads the news. If I can figure this shit out, anyone can. GOD.
And if you do copy it to FB, you may also want to point people in the direction of this article, specifically, the part that says, "The president had to evaluate the strength of that information, and then made what I believe was one of the most gutsiest calls of any president in recent memory."
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I think that his death is largely symbolic. The nasty people who colluded with Osama are still out there doing nasty things. At this stage of the game, I expect he was a figurehead more than anything else.
That said, I think killing him was appropriate in the grand scheme of things. Not good, not bad - just appropriate.
I think the jubilation in the streets is short-sighted. I think it misses the point of everything that *actually* matters about this. Its also more than a bit hypocritical for all those people angry at the mobs on the other side of this issue doing the same thing at us.
That said, I don't hold any animosity for folks who are finding closure in this event, who find some sense of patriotism and a coming together as a country. Good for them.
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I agree about the jubilation in the street, even if I think it could be argued that it is different from the mobs who danced on 9/11, it certainly looks the same and will be pointed at and used as if it were the same and I'd just really like to think that as a country, we're better than being thrilled at an assassination, no matter how deserved it might be. But, then again, I didn't lose anyone on 9/11 and I'm not the police of feelings everywhere, so...you know. People have a right to feel what they feel and express it how they want.
I will just say that while it's nice to come together as a country and feel united, I wish we could do that with, say, health care, or the economy or something other than killing someone.
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And if you do copy it to FB, you may also want to point people in the direction of this article, specifically, the part that says, "The president had to evaluate the strength of that information, and then made what I believe was one of the most gutsiest calls of any president in recent memory."
To conclude: Shut it, ignorant people.
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