Taking the bin Laden Way
Is it good that he’s dead? I don’t see what difference it makes.
Is it good that the US killed him?
No.
Civilized people live by laws. Bin Laden was the one who thought he could kill at will.
He has now officially won.
It’s time for sackcloth and ashes. Anyone celebrating a victory is on his side.
Update, May 23rd. The following news has been out for a while, but real life prevented me from updating. It’s too relevant not to add, though. The Cost of Bin Laden: $3 Trillion over 15 years. When the US did its best to bankrupt the old Soviet Union by forcing them to spend too much on weapons, that was hailed as a victory. I wonder how Al-Qaeda views the achievement of getting the US to squander $1,000,000 for every measly $1 they spent.
And just to be clear, I’m not arguing that bloodshed is never justified. (Although it really can’t ever be civilized.) There’s a difference between joining a battle to try to help people who would otherwise be slaughtered and targeting people for assassination in cold blood.
quixote on May 2nd, 2011 at 10:19