Osama Dead!!!

[thir]

I don't think MLK Jr. got it quite right, though. Understanding can drive out hate.

This is true.

I can hate what he has done, and I can hate even more what he has made us do.

Noone was 'made' to do anything. We are all responsible for our own actions, noone else.

What we need to do is to understand why bin Laden hated us, and we'll be one step closer to preventing others from hating us as well.

Well said indeed!

[Thorne]

Noone was 'made' to do anything. We are all responsible for our own actions, noone else.

He made 'us', as a nation, fear him. He made 'us', as a nation, hate him. And ultimately, he made 'us', as a nation, murder him. Which makes me, as a person, sad.

Well said indeed!

Thank you! I guess every once in a while I get something right?

[thir]

He made 'us', as a nation, fear him. He made 'us', as a nation, hate him. And ultimately, he made 'us', as a nation, murder him. Which makes me, as a person, sad.

He wanted US out of the middle East, and used terrorism to try to attain his goal. Those are his decisions and actions, for which he is responsible.

US responded the way it did, for which US is responsible. No one can blame/give credit to others for their own actions, be they right or wrong.

Thank you! I guess every once in a while I get something right?

It happens! ;-))

[thir]

A new twist to this event that caught me by surprise! American muslims getting threaths and hatemail:

"Are American Muslims Safer or Not in the Wake of Bin Laden's Death?"

http://www.care2.com/causes/politics...n-laden-death/

[leo9]

He made 'us', as a nation, fear him. He made 'us', as a nation, hate him. And ultimately, he made 'us', as a nation, murder him.

Or in the immortal words of Oliver Hardy, "Now look what you made me do!"

And he believed that the US made him do what he did. Vendettas only stop when people take responsibility for their own actions.

[Thorne]

Or in the immortal words of Oliver Hardy, "Now look what you made me do!"

"The devil made me do it!"

And he believed that the US made him do what he did. Vendettas only stop when people take responsibility for their own actions.

I'm a big proponent of being responsible for my own actions. Fortunately, I wasn't there to pull the trigger, or even to decide that the trigger needed to be pulled. I wasn't consulted by the political or military leaders of this country about how this whole thing should be handled. I am not personally responsible.

Still, as a citizen of the US, I feel just a little dirtier than I did before, as much for the action taken in my name as for the obscene celebrations which followed. It's a stain which no amount of water can cleanse, I'm afraid.

[MrEmann]

"The devil made me do it!"


I'm a big proponent of being responsible for my own actions. Fortunately, I wasn't there to pull the trigger, or even to decide that the trigger needed to be pulled. I wasn't consulted by the political or military leaders of this country about how this whole thing should be handled. I am not personally responsible.

Still, as a citizen of the US, I feel just a little dirtier than I did before, as much for the action taken in my name as for the obscene celebrations which followed. It's a stain which no amount of water can cleanse, I'm afraid.

Well as an American citizen Myself, I will lose no sleep at all over the death of that guy. I feel clean. I feel happy. I am not going to make excuses for the death of that asshat or the celebrations that followed.

As I said Damn right, I'm a Damn Yankee, and Damn proud of it. I was proud to be an American before 9/11. I am still proud to be an American. Perhaps even more proud today.

Is it over? Hell no. it may never be over. Still I rejoice, and not ashamed at all.