Osama Bin Laden is dead… wow. Almost 10 years after 9/11 and the so-called ‘world’s most powerful country’ and all of its military and technological might finally killed the dude. Congrats. Guess they want a medal or something now, huh?
Seriously, the reaction to this is ridiculous. Obama is clearly milking the situation for all of its political goodness (Fair enough, he needs something to get the people rallying behind him in the lead up to the next election). What really confuses me is the images of people dancing and celebrating in the streets. What the fuck? Yeah, he was a cunt that used his extremist religious views to kill lots of innocent people, but celebrating someones death by having a party seems a bit excessive.I mean in terms of killing people/being a generally bad person, I can think of quite a few recent examples of people that I would consider worse than him. You don’t see the American public/media celebrating their demises? (Oh, I guess it’s different if the evil dictator is selling America oil).
I just don’t get it. Especially after such a long time. Shouldn’t the American people ask why it took a whole nation/army almost a decade to find one dude? (Might have something to do with fighting two unjustifiable wars in the Middle East). Or how much money was spent (wasted) searching for him? And now he has been killed, what’s the deal with the ‘War on Terrorism’? And when will America leave Afghanistan? Sigh. American foreign policy is depressing.
Totally agree. In all honesty I found the reported american reaction to be a little sick. Droves of people waving flags and getting drunk in the streets in celebration of killing someone.. Sure he was a bad dude, but I would have thought a little humility in this situation would be called for. Ah well.
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