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osama bin laden dead - your thoughts?
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Re: osama bin laden dead - your thoughts?
I think this will be a huge blow to the terrorist organization. While of course has back ups... He has been the face of terror for so long I think his successor will have a difficult time... Which is exactly what we need.. Weakness and chaos in order to take down more of them.
My thoughts exactly. I'm glad he's dead. But, just because he is doesn't mean an end to the terrorist threat here in America. If anything, it might fuel retaliation.
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I also fear retaliation.
Also, my first instinct was to join others in celebrating his death, but as a Christian, I have to remind myself not to...he was, after all, human. But I think we can celebrate what his death represents.
it's also great to see so many people saying they are thankful to the troops.
I totally agree. He might be the world's biggest douchebag that killed a bunch of americans but we just killed him and a bunch of other ppl that terrorize us. It is a fine line between standing up for ourselves and acting in the same way our enemies do.
I feel the same way. I have a really hard time celebrating death or even wishing someone would die, but I am sure not going to mourn his death either. I hope it brings peace, but I more agree with Shmoozer that it may bring retaliation and even if it doesn't we still have a long road ahead.
In grad school I took a counter terrorism course and one of the things about terrorism today that makes it more dangerous is that it isn't one collective group with a clear hierarchy. It is more like a bunch of small groups that may occasionally work together, but aren't really co-dependent on one another to continue functioning so taking out the "leader" today isn't nearly as effective as it used to be with old school terrorist organizations.
You explained how I'm feeling much better than I was able to.
I should also clarify that my use of the word "soon" is relative, obviously the war is not going to be over in 2 months since we took out one leader. (As some of the facebook world seems to think)
My initial thought was "what took so long? He's a 6'7" man with Marphans in need of constant dialisis"
Actually, I'm wary to go out of my apartment today. I'm sure there's marching and rejoicing happening in the streets of downtown, and I'm thankful I don't have work today (my job is walking distance to the World Trade Center) I can never rejoice over the death of anyone, no matter how just it may be. I'm sure thousands of souls are resting in peace, and I'm sure millions of people are feeling vindicated.. I just can't be one of them. The Taliban is still strong, and I'm sure there's a sicker mofo out there that's more than happy to fill his shoes. I'd love to have my family come home, but I fear this opened a whole new can of worms.
I agree with you guys too - not really the Christian part since technically I'm not, but I am not celebrating his death. I get why others are excited, but it feels way too strange to me to be excited over someone dying - no matter who they are.
Now, if my loved one was killed in 9/11 I'd probably be jumping and cheering in the street.
Oh, and to be honest my first thought when I was half asleep this morning was "didn't we already kill him?". Then I realized I was thinking of Saddem Hussein and I felt really dumb!