Reading that the yanks had finally chased down and killed Osama Bin Laden was one thing, hearing now that President Obama and a gaggle of his senior aides actually watched the raid, live, through the use of a camera attached to the helmet of one of the attacking marines is something else. What is wrong with them that they so needed to witness this event and the killing of several people that none of them had ever met and none of whom had ever been found guilty of any crime ?
Equally, the reaction of some of the American public was pretty revolting and more reminiscent of scenes in third world contries when receiving similar news. Some of the news coverage of their display can do nothing for the reputation of the United States, and their claim that this act was the delivery of 'justice' is risible.
I have no sympathy with Bin Laden, or Al-Qaeda or anyone who espouses their type of philosophy, but I also have little sympathy with the bully-boy jingoism of the USA, nor with the grotesquely immature reaction of what appears to have been a significant proportion of their population. While much of the world will lose little sleep over Bin Laden's demise, a significant part will find their nightmares more full of American thuggery than ever.
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