1.I am glad he is dead.I thank our soldiers & intelligence officers for their skill & professionalism.I am relieved that none of our people were killed.(For why I am not thanking the President see below). 2.It's not over.Bin Laden is not Al-Qaeda.Killing him does not kill Al-Qaeda, & it certainly does not kill the broader Islamist movement.At the same time that this is occuring Islamism is rising in Egypt,Al-Qaeda is surging in Yemen,Oh and we are aiding Libyan rebels who include Jihadis who fought our soldiers in Afghanistan(fn1).
And did I mention Iran is continuing on it's path towards the bomb?
And then there is Afghanistan:
Despite the President's desire to the contrary--and the desire of many Americans as well--letting Afghanistan fall to the Taliban will turn the clock back to pre-9/11.(fn2)
(Actually it will be worse,as the movement also has bases in Yemen).
3.There will be revenge attacks.It will also be interesting to see the protests & memorials that will be held for Bin Laden in many parts of the Muslim World,particularly among our "allies".It will also be interesting to see the President try to tamp down the celebrations of Bin Laden's death lest we anger the Muslims whom we are not at war with.(Yes most Muslims,globally are not sympathetic to Al-Qaeda but tens to hundreds of millions of Muslims are).
fn1. http://fightingstatism.posterous.com/we-are-aiding-our-enemies-in-libyademand... fn2 ...."Obama rejected the military's request for 40,000 troops as part of an expansive mission that had no foreseeable end. "I'm not doing 10 years," he told Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at a meeting on Oct. 26, 2009. "I'm not doing long-term nation -building. I am not spending a trillion dollars." Woodward's book portrays Obama and the White House as barraged by warnings about the threat of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil and confronted with the difficulty in preventing them. During an interview with Woodward in July, the president said, "We can absorb a terrorist attack. We'll do everything we can to prevent it, but even a 9/11, even the biggest attack ever . . . we absorbed it and we are stronger." ....
And did I mention Iran is continuing on it's path towards the bomb?
And then there is Afghanistan:
Despite the President's desire to the contrary--and the desire of many Americans as well--letting Afghanistan fall to the Taliban will turn the clock back to pre-9/11.(fn2)
(Actually it will be worse,as the movement also has bases in Yemen).
3.There will be revenge attacks.It will also be interesting to see the protests & memorials that will be held for Bin Laden in many parts of the Muslim World,particularly among our "allies".It will also be interesting to see the President try to tamp down the celebrations of Bin Laden's death lest we anger the Muslims whom we are not at war with.(Yes most Muslims,globally are not sympathetic to Al-Qaeda but tens to hundreds of millions of Muslims are).
fn1. http://fightingstatism.posterous.com/we-are-aiding-our-enemies-in-libyademand... fn2 ...."Obama rejected the military's request for 40,000 troops as part of an expansive mission that had no foreseeable end. "I'm not doing 10 years," he told Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at a meeting on Oct. 26, 2009. "I'm not doing long-term nation -building. I am not spending a trillion dollars." Woodward's book portrays Obama and the White House as barraged by warnings about the threat of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil and confronted with the difficulty in preventing them. During an interview with Woodward in July, the president said, "We can absorb a terrorist attack. We'll do everything we can to prevent it, but even a 9/11, even the biggest attack ever . . . we absorbed it and we are stronger." ....
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