Justice Has Been Done

Been very busy lately, not much time to blog. But I wanted to comment on the killing of Osama bin-Laden and had a few comments over the weekend about Poets and Madmen. So here it is.

I guess it was only a matter of time. It just took a longer time than what we were hoping for. Nearly a decade after the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, a group of Navy SEALS killed Osama bin-Laden, the mastermind of the 9-11 terrorist attacks.

It seems like every generation, there's an incident in which we remember where we were at at the time of the occurrence. Pearl Harbor and the JFK assassination to name a few. For our generation, the 9-11 attacks were one incident where we remember where we were at.

I was working at my day job. Tony, a co-worker of mine walked up to me and said "An airplane hit one of the World Trade Center Towers." I went to the radio at my work station and changed the station to WBZ, a Boston news station. By then the second tower was also hit by an airplane. Soon we heard that another plane hit the Pentagon and news of a fourth plane crash in Pennsylvania. Of course we remember seeing both of the World Trade Center towers collapsing. We also learned about the heroic actions of the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 who attempted to regain control of the plane from the terrorists before the plane crashed in Pennslyvannia.

Wanting access to a place that had television, myself and another co-worker went to T.K O'Malley's, a nearby restaurant and sports bar. Instead of having sports on, all of the televisions were tuned in news reports of the attacks. I couldn't believe the images we were seeing on the television. Especially the footage of the planes crashing into the towers and the towers collapsing.

The 9-11 attacks lead to the war we are still fighting in Afghanistan. Still somehow bin-Laden still somehow evaded capture. Until now. Thought to be in a cave somewhere in Pakistan, bin-Laden was actually found in a million dollar compound in a densely populated area not too far from the capital of Pakistan.

I'm glad that this has happened. bin-Laden was a man who attacked us and caused much pain. He's responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent people. He's behind multiple terrorist attacks, not just 9-11. As it turned out, bin-Laden may have not been done since as his al-Qaeda terrorist network was apparently plotting to sabotage U.S. railroads. Some have voiced criticism for celebrating a man's death. But I can't blame anyone if they wanted to celebrate bin-Laden getting killed.

Both partisan Democrats and Republicans are trying to spin this to advance thier agenda (the 2012 election), but I don't want to go there. I have a lot of disagreements with President Barack Obama. But I also believe in giving credit where credit is due. Obama deserves credit for making the correct decision: the chance to capture/eliminate bin-Laden. Much credit also goes to the CIA and the Navy SEALS, for succeeding in a high risk mission.

I know the War on Terrorism is far from over. But the world has one less evil individual and finally bin-Laden finally faced justice for the evil he has done.