10 years

(Disclaimer: I don't want this post to spark any kind of hateful thoughts or comments. They are not welcomed here so don't post them. If you do, then so help you for I will find a way to squish you. These are my personal views and they are not to be misconstrued as unpatriotic or as anything else. ...Just read and respect is all I'm asking.)

I think just about everyone living under the rug has heard about the assassination of Osama bin Laden last night...around this time actually. The majority of Americans are rejoicing and getting all patriotic because well justice has been served and it only took 10 years to get it done. I heard a news anchor actually use the term "double tap" today during a segment.

Myself though, I'm on the fence about it. I'm happy that this man has been killed because of the heinous crimes he has done and encouraged others to do but I can't say that I hated this man. Its hard to explain, I don't even understand it much. My emotions are numb. I want evidence to know for sure that he was responsible for those terrorist attacks, that he or his group orchestrated them out. I want to know for certain, without a reasonable doubt that this was his doing. None of us will ever know what happened then or now with truth and lies distorted by just about everyone. He may be dead and buried at sea but what does that mean for the rest of us? What happens to our troops overseas? What happens to those people serving that I know personally and care for? What are we celebrating for? I'm sure this will just go down in history as another day for us Americans to get drunk...

Leila K says it best on her Facebook, or rather Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr said it best:

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

Not only has she said it but so have others all across the web. Just typing in the first line of the quote generates pages of hits from Twitter, Facebook, etc. I wish more people accepted and embraced this type of thought.

I'm not sure you and everyone else, but I just feel numb and apprehensive like we should be prepared for something else. :(

Just found this via one of my cousin's wife's Facebook and I think I fall in line with his line of thought as well. Responding to the Death of Bin Laden