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How can people be so relieved and emotional because Bin Laden was killed? In my mind it stopped being about him a long time ago. In my mind he just turned into this ghost that showed up with internet tapes.

Two awful wars, the patriot act, drone attacks, gitmo, re-election of bush, i mean the US basically turned into its own worst enemy, a high-tech police state. And it still is. So how can the killing of one individual give any kind of closure? I just felt like people lost sight of all the shit that's happened. Was it really worth it?


Also i think it's symptomatic that the president did not even acknowledge the London and Madrid bombings in that speech, which were inspired by Bin Laden and Al Qaida. If anything it would have been an acknowledgement of the fact that other allies have also suffered and would have established Obama as a truly global leader.