hani_backup | Regarding the death of Osama bin Laden

and how he died - which I'm not really up to date about besides the fact that President Obama ordered it and it was due to American military (special forces?) - I don't know how I feel. On Facebook on Sunday my friends' statuses ranged from "How can people be so heartless as to celebrate any person's death, even someone who caused a lot of deaths himself?" to "I'm so glad Osama's dead!" I hope people aren't naive as to think the "war on terror" will shift drastically. Like suddenly we can travel with liquids. That'd be nice but I know the death of one man won't make aerial transportation policies change. I don't think Osama was such a spearhead prior to his death that his death will bring the collapse of Al Qaida. My first reaction to "let's see proof." Maybe President Obama wouldn't lie to his country as much as President Bush did regarding the Weapons of Mass Destruction, but reports can be exaggerated.

I also don't know how I feel about the refusal to release pictures of a dead Osama bin Laden. Some friends are going "Gee, we've seen pictures of 9/11 and people jumping out of buildings so I don't think seeing a dead man will be horrific" to "I'm glad the government's not touting them out as trophies." I mean, seeing proof would make it more...real, but also I don't know if having those pictures released will help in the big picture. *shrug*

I did find the following meme funny. It was courtesy of a classmate/FB friend. Hopefully people will get the reference to Trump's "let's see the President's birth certificate" rally and CSI: Miami...