Well, the US (as far as we know if you don't believe the endless conspiracy theories) finally tracked down the hated Bin Laden and put an end to him. As Jim Lampley excitedly yelled out when George Foreman, a heavy underdog, knocked out undefeated Michael Moorer at the age of 45 to win the heavyweight championship, "It happened! It happened!" It needed to happen and it's an operation that ranks with the great military operations. That his death occurred doesn't solve the dilemna of terrorism but it is a strong step in the right direction and sends an important message that those who think they can harm the US and its citizens and get away with it, are wrong. Bin Laden could not be allowed under any circumstances to get away with the acts of violence against this country that he was partly, maybe even mostly responsible for. Another major player in the terror atrocities of 9/11, Ayman Al Zawahiri still remains unpunished and should meet the same fate as Bin Laden at some point.
It boggles my mind, however, that there are people who would justify these acts of extreme terrorism. They downplay what happened or take the attitude that "America had it coming", an attitude that I find despicable and unacceptable. On a particular forum that I frequently contribute to had a discussion about Bin Laden's demise. I posted:
"Oh, I am sure there will be plenty of conspiracy theories about this one. This is great news, though. The only good terrorist is a dead one and now he will be able to join Hitler, Stalin and other reviled figures on the roller coaster ride to hell. Next stop, Ayman Al Zawahiri!"
To which some person from Iceland responded:
"And who will be next after him, and after him and after him...Ohhh, just kill em all right?" (Brilliant, as if Bin Laden should just be allowed to get away with contributing to the murder of thousands of innocent people)
I responded:
"If they conduct mass carnage for their demented purposes, then yes exactly."
He came back with this lame distraction from the point about whether US policy in Iraq since 2003 was mass carnage as well. Unfortunately that post was removed from the thread. We went back for awhile with some threads that were removed and then he backed off from his sympathetic toward Osama views. I finished with this before the thread was closed:
"Sorry then that I don't want to hug those who would try to destroy my country or inflict pain on my countrymen. There was no justification, I don't care how many pretzels someone might twist themselves in to try, there is NO justification to turn a great plaza like that with its skyscrapers into a hole in the ground. With Bin Laden's money he could have used it for great good, unfortunately he had other purposes in mind. Hurray for him leaving this earth, too bad it didn't happen before Sept. 11, 2001."
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