As we wll hear everyday for the next two weeks, Osama Bin Laden is dead. For many this must be a similar feeling to those affected by Hitler during WWII and the subsequent jubliation after his suicide. This jubliation of sorts differs from person to person as some have taken to the streets loudly celebrating another man's death; others sat in their homes, teary-eyed realizing that they now have the much needed closure which seemed but a lofty dream. Me? How do I feel? The best answer to anything, "It is what it is." My beliefs recall the verse Matthew 5:38, but unfortunately understand the necessity in "rendering unto Caesar." To celebrate the death of any man, especially a man I never knew, is morbid to say the least; however to celebrate the lives of those this man helped plot to kill and the closure being given to their families is something many conspiracy theorists and cynics forget.
Speaking of conspiracy theorists; I'm not the judge and sure, there can be cases made for why Bin Laden had nothing to do with September 11th, or how 21 hijackers from the middle east got American visas and decided to take flying lessons, or how no building has ever just collapsed like the twin towers, or how its stil unclear if building 7 was "pulled," or how a plane simply dissapeared into the Pentagon, or how he's not really dead, or how it was a fake body, or how the Bush family has a connection to the Bin Laden's, but today, on a day of closure, I think its best we put those theories aside and keep in mind those who lost loved ones and reenergize our beliefs in the idea America represents.
(On that last paragraph/run-on sentence...keep up)
P.S. The price of freedom is constant vigilance. Stay aware.
P.S.S. Pray for our troops
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