Not So Distant

I try to avoid political topics on this blog as much as possible, but with the death of Osama bin Laden yesterday I thought I have to make a post about it. I think it’s good news – he is responsible for a huge number of deaths to innocent people around the world – but I think the way it was celebrated by some people in America is way over the top.

Whenever something bad happens in America you regularly get footage on the news of small groups of people from the Middle East celebrating and proclaiming that America deserved it. If Americans then do this in return, surely they are just as bad? Obviously it is slightly different, but for people to rejoice in anyone’s death just doesn’t feel right.

I want to be clear that I don’t think he didn’t deserve it, because he definitely did and I’m happy that he is dead. I just think that the way it’s been celebrated hasn’t been right and we should be above the chants of “USA, USA”.

It’ll be very interesting to hear exactly how he had managed to stay in Pakistan in the same place for so long. Some reports are saying he’s been there for over six years. Considering how close the compound is to a Pakistan military base, I don’t see how he could have survived there for so long without anyone realising.

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