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I agree that celebrating the death of a human being is disturbing. I like to think that the celebration was a celebration of what this means in terms of the wa

I agree that celebrating the death of a human being is disturbing. I like to think that the celebration was a celebration of what this means in terms of the warn on terror. We all know that it Al Qaeda wasn't just Bin Laden himself and that absolute victory won't be achieved until all of Al Qaeda is stopped, but removing Bin Laden is a huge step in the process of achieving that goal.

jtheory 15y ago
Was removing bin Laden, in fact, a huge step in the process of achieving that goal? Was it a step at all? Putting two bullets through bin Laden's head (and then singing & cheering about it very publically) doesn't seem to me like it will cause the large numbers of people who think very poorly of the US to change their minds. Will they really be more convinced, now, that the US is a place of justice, due process and lawfulness, freedom and all that? Bin Laden was a leader, but he only succeeded because there were plenty of people to lead who felt as he did. I don't think he would have hung up his hat if he had peeked into the future and found that he would be martyred by the US military. There are already other leaders, and they aren't likely to find the fear of eventual martyrdom terribly intimidating either.