Osama is Dead, Now what?
Great, a man that we've been hunting for 10 years is dead. A man who is likely not even the leader of 'Al Qaeda' even more. A man who supposedly has to rely on kidney dialysis in order to live in the first place. This same man has been hiding in plan sight for the past 5-6 years, with little to no protection, just yards from Pakistan's premier military academy.
We as a nation spent how much and lost how many lives to hunt down this man? Do I think that he was an evil man? Sure. Do I think that he didn't share the same ideals as our nation? Sure. Do I think that that means that we need to expend billions of dollars and thousands of additional human lives in order to exact revenge? I'm not so sure there.
My number one fear after this, above all else, is that we have provoked the Hydra. We have cut the head off and that two more will grow in its place. We didn't follow a proper burial per Shia law. This alone is enough to incite riots. Sure, what he did to us is atrocious. However, as has been played out time and time again in history, always having to have the last word proves nothing.
When will it end? When is enough enough? Once the whole world is of one common religion? Once everyone believes in your God? Once everyone follows a common religious scripture and carries the same beliefs?
I sure hope to be long gone by the time that scenario unfolds.
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