May 2, Connersville.
I am just as stunned as the rest of the world, and ecstatic.
Bin Laden off the face of this earth, at last. Only I wish they had captured him alive, and made him pay for his crimes. He had it too easy, dying in a firefight, a quick and violent death, the stuff of martyrdom.
He is dead, but his extremist madness lives on, and I am glad that President Obama took pains to say that this operation should not be interpreted as a move against Islam or Muslims. This is simply an important blow against the poisonous philosophy al-Quaida spews to young minds made susceptible by poverty, injustice and distorted, fiery religious demagoguery. That venom is sure to go on killing and terrorizing, but now is still a time to rejoice in a powerful symbolic victory.
Monday, May 02, 2011
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3 comments:
AMEN !
So will said in so short of a paragraph. If only our politicians could express themselves without going overboard.
Say what you mean . . .and then know when to stop.
It's always a pleasure to read your "Thoughts".
(pictures ain't to bad either :-)
Jon from
Spencer, Indiana
"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
So true (Anonymous #2.)
Please sign your name.
Thanks, Jon.
Let's say relief instead of rejoice, then, even though was casualties are unfortunately a reality and this is a war, one that was declared on the West, and the US in particular, by Bin Laden himself.
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