They killed Bin Laden, not Al Qaeda. It's not like Victory Day over the Nazis. Bin Laden ceased being relevant years ago. He's barely been heard from - amazing considering where he lived. There must be a sense of catharsis with this guy's death. I'm thinking Obama may use the moment to push for an end to the Patriot Act, which is set to expire in 27 days. I say let it expire, it's time to dial back to the good old days of freedom.
Popular sentiment in the Arab/Muslim world seems to have turned away from Al Qaeda. Arabs instead desire to throw off the shackles of tyranny and have risen up to demand freedom and individual rights across the region. I'll celebrate that. They earned it by risking their lives in peaceful protests against their regimes. I'll celebrate our troops who freed Iraq of Saddam and helped build a democratic model, however flawed, that clearly inspired the rest of the Arab world. I'll celebrate our troops in Afghanistan fighting against the Taliban. And I will note that there is still much to be done on the freedom agenda. We got in this fight to protect our own freedom against an Islamic terrorist meance, but we will find our greatest security in helping the people of the Muslim world fight for and protect their freedom as well. We're all in this together. On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Earlier, a friend of mine posted this on Twitter: > > Celebrations are happening when humility is called for. > > That sums up exactly how I feel. > > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> "Somewhere in Saudi a young Muslim terrorist is watching footage of >> people cheering in America and thinking to himself, "Those Christians >> are not so different from us after all." -- Chad Holtz >> >> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:07 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I am kind of disappointed by the 'celebrations' that occurred (maybe >>> still occurring) around the country. >>> >>> I know this will help bring closure to a lot of people, but to carry >>> on the way some have...well...to be honest...it disgusts me. >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337398 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
