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Re: Announcement on Osama bin Laden? Update: bin Laden dead
RobVG — (archived)

When WWII ended, there was dancing in the streets and non-stop celebration. It wasn’t because Hitler killed himself, it was because the killing and waste of human life and accomplishment had stopped.
Efforts turned towards rebuilding in order to put the past behind.

All of us experienced the cold war. We never knew when flashes and mushroom clouds would fill the skies over our cities. The fear may not have been at the forefront of our everyday lives but we lived under the constant threat of annihilation.

.After 911, we now live in a world where terrorism is engrained on the American psyche.

For the kids of today and generations to come they face the same type of fears knowing that two wars and 8 years has not stopped the “enemy”. There’s simply isn’t an end in sight, even with the death of Bin Laden.

The Taliban started their annual offensive in Afghanistan yesterday. They used a 12 year old boy as a suicide bomber. There was another suicide bombing in Iraq Friday. With no successful attacks on the US, it looks like the “Flypaper” tactic is working. The problem is we can’t bury the trash heap where the flies are hatching.

So yeah, I’m cynical but I don’t mean to rain on the parade. I understand it and don’t condemn it but I also can’t hear the music.

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