A Time to Cheer?
Unless you have been living under a rock, in a cave in Pakistan, or a certain compound in Abbottabad, you have probably heard that the United States special forces killed 9/11 mastermind and all-around al-Qaeda big shot, Osama bin Laden, late last night.
Overall I guess this is a good thing. Glad that our troops got in and out without any casualties. Good to see bin Laden receive his earthly punishment for his part in the 9/11 attack.
However, at this point…my response was basically, meh…time to go on with my life.
A few observations:
- The wall-to-wall coverage seems out of line for the significance of this event. Killing OBL is not the same as VE or VJ day. During my two-hour drive to work this morning every news story NPR ran was about OBL’s death, even during the President’s inauguration they ran other stories in the news.
- The President’s speech to announce the death was one of the more poorly written and executed speeches President Obama has given. Working the pledge of allegiance into his speech? Really?
- Revenge does not equal Justice
- Dumping OBL’s body in the ocean?
- These “celebrations” of OBL’s death were really unbecoming of people in a First World Country. “hey hey goodbye”? Honestly?
- Speaking of the celebrations…chanting “Yes We Can” and “O-Ba-ma”? Just more stuff to add to my “cult of the office of president” file.
Now that OBL is dead hopefully we can start dismantling the War-on-Terror/security/industrial complex that we have erected over the past decade…I won’t be holding my breath until the first TSA agents are fired or GITMO is closed…I prefer to live.
Evil Out
