I was all ready to write a review on Game of Thrones after watching it tonight. We switched it over to the news for a second to see what was going on and the first thing I hear is that the President is about to make some big announcement.
A few minutes later, the anchorman stated, though not confirmed, the announcement had something to do with foreign affairs. Minutes after that, I heard it had been confirmed that Osama bin Laden along with his oldest son had been killed with a US missile, just outside of Pakistan. Almost an hour later, President Obama spoke. Here's the speech, in case you missed it.
I'm happy to learn that justice has finally been served. I'm even happier that Osama bin Laden was not simply captured. He's dead. His body is in the possession of the United States.
To those who lost a loved one at the hands of this man:
I'm so sorry for your loss.
I'm so sorry it's taken this long for justice to be served.
I'm so sorry your loved ones are still gone and this does nothing to bring them back.
I do hope that you find some solace in knowing Osama bin Laden is finally dead and no one else will die because of him.
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Hi Marianne.nnnI love your blog :)nnnOne thing I have noticed on this whole Bin Laden thing, however, is that people are constantly talking about the tragedies of loved ones lost at the hands of Al Qaeda. How very true! What most seem to forget, sadly, is the huge innocent (civilian) losses in Afghanistan and Iraq by our forces (coalition forces, I mean). The lowest credible estimates show the number of civilian deaths in Afghanistan at the hands of our people as 8,813, with nearly 16,000 seriously injured. In Iraq the number of civilians killed by people representing us is 864,531, with over 1.5 million seriously injured. And let’s not forget that the we invaded Iraq illegally. If the shoe was on the other foot……nnnI’m glad Bin Laden is dead, but more for the fact that this might stop our people murdering thousand more civilians whilst searching for him. Sorry if I’m leaving a ‘downer’ message :/ I just feel that we should spare a thought for the families over there who lost loved ones at the hands of our forces. To them, we are surely the terrorists.nnnAll the best,nncsj :)n
It’s tragic any lives were lost at all. :(
The thousands killed by bin Laden and his ilk were premeditated, calculated and with all intent to kill us. We retaliated in an effort to stop them, our enemies. THEY hid behind civilians. THEY threw there women and children at us. If there was any way we, as Americans, could have stopped this threat without the civilian casualties, God knows we would have. Cry for our innocent, for our dead, before you shed a single tear for theirs.
Absolutely agreed Marianne :(nnn@ Kim: That’s what’s called media spin, I’m afraid. An interesting documentary from the BBC called ‘The War You Don’t See’ by respected journalist John Pilger sheds some light on the media’s integral part in hoodwinking the general public in times of conflict. Sadly, this is not a conspiracy theory – it’s absolute proven truth :( I’m a print journalist and, although I’ve never been involved in reporting that particular subject, I know quite a few who have, both in print and on screen. I’m not disrespecting or nullifying your opinion by any means, I’m just suggesting that people who hold the views you’ve expressed would really benefit from watching that documentary. It’s an eye opener. At the end of the day, we got Bin Laden (or Bin Lindy as my grandmother thinks he’s called, hehe) and and that is a true victory. The tragedy, however, is the amount of civilians lost – on both sides – throughout the conflict. An innocent life is an innocent life, regardless of where the person lives.nnn