The Bush/Cheney administration let him slip for years so they could create (out of whole cloth) the "war on terror" which, btw, isn't going to end with Bin Laden's demise. They used him to generate fear and scare the crap out of America for their own benefit, and succeeded.
With Bin Laden's death America has won absolutely NOTHING! I noticed the unending coverage on TV today never even touched on that subject. Are we surprised? No! Three words - Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya.
The "Aha" moment for me was when I got to work this morning and none of the Muslims even addressed the death. They knew he was a dangerous embarrassment to their religion, but had nothing to add to the conversation. The gleeful bloviating of the talking heads on TV was a real turn-off for them, as it was for the rest of us. And yet it went on and on and on all day. Was anyone watching all that time?
While I do hope this killing will bring some sort of closure to the families of the victims of 9/11, it is an empty victory.
So, what have we got? The bogeyman on dialysis is no more, but the core beliefs, hate, and mind-set remain in the minds of his followers. Do you think anyone in this world is safer now?
Think again. More to come, I just had to get this off my chest.
And so it goes.
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