I'm not saying that I'm not glad(1) Bin Laden is dead. I was just disheartened to see the video of Americans dancing in front of the Whitehouse waving the flag.

I'm not saying that I'm not glad(1) Bin Laden is dead. I was just disheartened to see the video of Americans dancing in front of the Whitehouse waving the flag. It just seemed too much like what happened after the 9/11 attacks. Remember, to those celebrating American deaths, there really is no such thing as "civilian". If we act like they act in victory, they can feel like they have our attention and are in a "real war"(2). It is not (I think) as demoralizing to this enemy to see Americans dancing and celebrating this event as it would be to see Americans shrug their shoulders in a "well it had to be done" kind of way and get back to business with nothing more than a blurb on page 3 in the newspaper the next day. (1) In the same way I'm glad my pantry doesn't have rats because my traps worked, not the jubilant "I hate the bastard and everything he stood for" way we're going to see a lot of in the next few days. (2) I fully accept that we made it one and think that we shouldn't have. Its all part of the same course of error.