Tuesday, May 3, 2011

What will happen now Osama bin Laden is dead...

I am so glad that I am alive for a special moment in history like this. I don't take great pride as an American, nor glorify bin Laden's brutal downfall, but because this epic historic moment will lead to branches of ideas and opinions from the politcal and international world. It all goes back to why we are in war in the first place, because of bin Laden, the founder of al Qaeda. What will happen now? Will we pull troops out? Will we always be at war with al Qaeda?

So many questions to answer, but we must wait to gather more opinions.

But first to address the ignorance of people with Obama taking credit for the death of Osama bin Laden. In his speech on May 1, 2011, he was briefed a couple weeks back about the whereabouts of bin Laden, that he was hiding in a mansion 40 miles outside the capital of Pakistan. The Navy Seals involved were under a  covert operation and keeping close watch on the mansion. After weeks of briefing, they Seals found the perfect opportunity to capture and kill bin Laden: Operation Geronimo. As a commander-of-chief, President Obama gave the go ahead to kill bin Laden. He took no more credit than that, and as the commander-of-chief, he did his job, just like any president would. Let me repeat, as the commander-of-chief of all U.S. conventional armies, President Obama did his job.

Will write later..

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