Osama Bin Laden: dead

[ny biker]

People are standing in front of the White House right now singing and chanting. They just sang the Star Spangled Banner and God Bless America.


One of my friends lives near Fort Myer in Arlington, VA -- soldiers assigned to Arlington National Cemetary are based there. He can hear people cheering.

[zoom-zoom]

People are standing in front of the White House right now singing and chanting. They just sang the Star Spangled Banner and God Bless America.


One of my friends lives near Fort Myer in Arlington, VA -- soldiers assigned to Arlington National Cemetary are based there. He can hear people cheering.

This is way cool. If there's any good that came out of 9/11 it's how united everything felt for a while. People just seemed nicer and more patient with one-another. I hope this can happen again, but from a relatively positive event.

[Bike Writer]

Somehow this seems all the more poignant, I live in a small town and one of the owners of a local restaurant lost his son last week in Afgahanistan. A 19 yr old Marine was killed by a terrorist road side bomb. 19 is just way too young. My heart hurts for his parents, I know the dad and he is a very gentle person and I imagine his son was too.

I know I should not be happy that Bin Laden is dead because he was a human being, but I am anyway. He was probably the most hated person in the world in the last 50 years.

[Koronin]

This is very good news. Unfortunately I do not think this means we can bring the troops home. But I do think this is long over due.

[PamNY]

I wondered if people would gather at the WTC site, but there's nothing at the south end which is all I can see without going outside. I am hearing cheering and car horns, so something is going on.

Ironically, I was talking to a firefighter who does wildlife rehab just before this news broke. He's at work tonight. I can only imagine the atmosphere at the fire houses right now.

[ny biker]

They just showed the crowds at Ground Zero on MSNBC.

[jobob]

I know I should not be happy that Bin Laden is dead because he was a human being

no he wasn't

[lph]

I can't bring myself to cheer because a man is dead, but I am happy that he no longer will able to plan or execute terrible actions towards other people. He may well become a martyr and inspire revenge under a new leader, but still, there have been so many martyrs before him, and not many leaders actually to manage to gain as much power and sway over people as he did.

[Owlie]

I can't bring myself to cheer because a man is dead, but I am happy that he no longer will able to plan or execute terrible actions towards other people. He may well become a martyr and inspire revenge under a new leader, but still, there have been so many martyrs before him, and not many leaders actually to manage to gain as much power and sway over people as he did.

^ This.

[crazycanuck]

If you think this will stop 12yr olds wanting to martyr themselves..think again.

I don't buy it..i want to see a body.

[Catrin]

I can't bring myself to cheer because a man is dead, but I am happy that he no longer will able to plan or execute terrible actions towards other people. He may well become a martyr and inspire revenge under a new leader, but still, there have been so many martyrs before him, and not many leaders actually to manage to gain as much power and sway over people as he did.

^ agree. The fight against terrorism isn't over, but thankfully there are few leaders as charismatic as he apparently was. It is good that justice has been done.

[ridebikeme]

Like all of you, I am glad that Bin Laden can no longer do some of the horrible things he has done in the past... but reality is that it doesn't end simply because he is gone.

I also would like to think that there might be a tiny sliver of closure for many people in our country, but somehow partying and celebrating seems as though we are exhibiting the same types of behavior. I am glad that he is gone, but somehow my heart tells me that it's simply wrong to celebrate. Our countrys face in the world is changing, and it's sad that we are now looking like such a revengeful country! Are our actions being looked upon as being any different than some of the more violent countries?

I agree with Crazy Canuck, if this is such a wonderful thing for people to celebrate... where is the body?

It's time that we acted with class...

[kermit]

Shot in the face and buried at sea...fish food, I love it! He wasn't a human being, he was a monster and better off dead!

[Crankin]

I agree that someone will replace him and that Al Queda is not dead. But still, I am glad this happened.
I am a little concerned for my son, who is scheduled to leave Afghanistan in about 10 days. There's going to be a lot more anti-Americanism. That, and the fact that he now is going to be part of the very small and elite Marines Special Ops Forces... just like the Navy Seals who killed bin Laden. He'll still be doing counter intelligence, but, still... in one generation we went from me protesting on the Boston Common to Special Ops .

[KnottedYet]

Shot in the face and buried at sea...

Unidentifiable and missing.

Yeah. Right.

(Let us not forget that the Bin Ladens were visiting their close friends and fellow oil tycoons on Sept 11, and their private jet was the only aircraft allowed to fly during the 3 days. Their close friends had a son with a lot of power at the time... If we had really wanted to catch him, we would have 10 years ago.)