My husband and eldest son told me of Osama Bin Laden’s death this morning and how SEAL Team Six did the deed. I didn’t share in their enthusiasm. It wasn’t apathy on my part but cynicism. My response was, They (al-Qiada) will just replace him with someone else.
I didn’t believe that eliminating one person would make a difference.
It’s been almost 10 years. Will eliminating one person bring all of our troops home from Afghanistan? Will eliminating one person end the threat of terrorism against the United States?
At work I overheard some co-workers discussing the news. So I went online and read about it. The first article I read mentioned 9/11, the US Embassy bombings in Africa, and the USS Cole. I experienced a flash of the fear I felt on September 11th. How dare they come into our country and attack us on our soil?
Later in the morning my Sweetie called me to say hello. He must have heard the emotion that made my voice thick and heavy. We talked for a few minutes and then he said, You know, taking out Bin Laden was more symbolic than anything.
I agreed that the families of all the victims over the years needed closure and hopefully this event will provide it.
Curiosity got the better of me and I read a few more news articles online. I read about the compound in which Bin Laden resided. After 10 years of being on the FBI’s most wanted list, he still lived in a fortress. He must have been either a) full of self-importance or b) paranoid. But then I thought, Maybe he really was a huge cog in the wheel and eliminating him will make a difference.
Then I remembered what every Joe and Sailor in the US military knows…
Take the fight to their backyard so they can’t come to ours.
I must admit that I’m extremely proud that the US Navy SEALs were the ones to show up at the party.
1 comments:
I think in the big picture, killing UBL won't matter. But it's a nice symbolic victory, although the whole "killed him, know it's him, dumped the body" is very suspicious. Without proof, the claims aren't worth much. And others will step in, claiming to be UBL, and carry on with their terrorism.
Totally agree, though - take the war to them, to occupy them there, rather than have them come here.
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