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No joke -- it's on CNN right now. Here's a link.
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It's on every station I think...worse than that wedding thing that happened...but at least this one has some meaning.
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I am concerned that this will make him a martyr for those radical Islamists. Otherwise, I would say this is nine years too late.
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It's too early to evaluate where this could lead.
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Yeah, he was our bestest buddy-- until suddenly he wasn't. I am long over the idea that this country is interested in fomenting peace around the globe rather than war. Oil companies and munitions manufacturers want all war all the time, so that's what we get.
I see nothing here to celebrate. So many other criminals that have done as bad or worse than Bin Laden will never even see the inside of a courtroom.
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I, for one, am not cheering, PB, but it's certainly major news with significant ramifications for the entire world.
I hate to approve of the death of anyone, and I would rather bin Laden have been captured and placed on trial. But, at the same time, I think it's good to have some closure over bin Laden's fate. So long as he was out there, a perception existed that he had gotten away with 9/11. This is no longer the case.
CNN is currently airing footage of people outside the White House chanting "USA! USA!" I've gotta admit, it feels good to see people excited about being Americans again, in this political climate, although, perversely, this excitement comes over a person's death. And yes, there may be repercussions from Islamic radicals (but every time an American sneezes, there are repercussions from fanatics), but I think, for the moment at least, that it's good to feel the victory.
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Well, this country was built on violence, so I suppose it's consistent that people would cheer about this.
Luckily my allergies are so bad right now that I don't have to actually exert the effort it would take to hold my nose.
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On a theoretical level, I agree that it is wrong to cheer the death of anyone. But at the same time, there are some people in this world whose death I will not mourn. Osama bin Laden's actions has brought pain and death to countless people.
I also agree that him being brought to trial would have been preferrable to this.
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A trial that would go on for years with the ACLU declaring his rights with millions more dollars spent. And the terrorists trying to capture people to trade for him, school buses, towns, airplanes of people?
Sorry, I'm glad they got him and we can deal with the reprecussions as they come.
And as far as I can tell, ALL nations on this Earth have violence in their backgrounds. The Earth is blood soaked.
For me, it's a difference between the blood of innocents or the blood of psycopathic murderes. No contest.
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cleome, America was no more built on violence than any other country in the world.
Bin Laden was a friend of America before he attacked it, and an enemy after he attacked it. Is that such a hypocritical manner in which to define a relationship? The one who turned around was him, not the USA.
Let his death stop terrorists from using him as an inspiration that one can attack America and not get caught. The USA is no paper tiger. There are teeth.
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I remember crying as I watched the horrifying spectacle of innocent people jumping to their deaths on 9/11. Bin Laden deserved his fate. I think a trial would have been fairly pointless considering he had already (proudly) taken credit for his actions. Furthermore, besides providing him with an opportunity to spew his hate and intolerance, it would have just stretched out the suffering of all those families who have been patiently waiting for justice.
Still, I won't be cheering, and I definitely won't be acting as if we just won some sort of hellish soccer match.
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quote:Originally posted by Chaim Mattis Keller: cleome, America was no more built on violence than any other country in the world.
"The other guy does it, too!" is not my idea of an excuse.
quote:Bin Laden was a friend of America before he attacked it, and an enemy after he attacked it. Is that such a hypocritical manner in which to define a relationship? The one who turned around was him, not the USA.
The American "leadership" who cultivated a relationship with the man knew all along what he was. So, yes, it is hypocritical. It happens over and over again.
quote:Let his death stop terrorists from using him as an inspiration that one can attack America and not get caught. The USA is no paper tiger. There are teeth.
His death stops nothing, CMK. The war machine rolls on. There will be more Bin Ladens and more U.S. dollars and lives thrown away cultivating them.
And I'm really not into patriotic lectures about "tigers" and whatnot. Last I heard, a tiger has enough common sense to not devour its own young. A tiger can't raze a whole community or a whole country. Our foreign policy, OTOH, sends misery all around the world and bankrupts this country in the process. It uses my money to foment death and perpetual warfare. I don't believe that it's our place to play world policeman so the power elite can continue to get rich on our backs. I see no reason at all to be happy about this.
Bin Laden was a symptom, but the disease isn't stopped just because he's gone.
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