Osama Dead!!!

[Thorne]

I'm glad he's dead, but I don't think it justifies the celebrations I've heard about. Just another terrorist/mass murderer put down.

I expect there will be attempts at reprisals by Al Qaida, which will no doubt result in even more innocent deaths. I suspect that his capture would have been worse, though. The terrorists would likely have taken hundreds, even thousands, of hostages in an attempt to free him. And they would not have hesitated to kill those hostages when the government refused to release him. And dumping his body at sea is brilliant. No relics to enshrine, no grave to turn into a mosque. His body will be forever lost and as food for the fishes will finally serve some useful purpose.

But sadly his death won't make a damned bit of difference in the continuing abominations of world politics. It'll just be another 7 day wonder before getting back to the same-old-same-old.

[thir]

I'm glad he's dead, but I don't think it justifies the celebrations I've heard about. Just another terrorist/mass murderer put down.

Me neither.
I think the advantages of his death are not that great, in that it will not stop Al Qaida. The shouting represents a propaganda scoop more than anything else, and is not without its back draws.

I expect there will be attempts at reprisals by Al Qaida, which will no doubt result in even more innocent deaths. I suspect that his capture would have been worse, though. The terrorists would likely have taken hundreds, even thousands, of hostages in an attempt to free him. And they would not have hesitated to kill those hostages when the government refused to release him.

I belive that if that was possible, they would already have done this.

And dumping his body at sea is brilliant. No relics to enshrine, no grave to turn into a mosque. His body will be forever lost and as food for the fishes will finally serve some useful purpose.

I fear that it will make him immortal, in a manner of speaking, since there is now no actual evidence of his death.