I'm Glad...

Osama bin Laden is dead. When I heard this news I nearly burst in to tears. Many emotions rushed through my body. I thought I was imagining things! I just couldn't believe it and I could not pull myself away from the television. I watched reporter after reporter and I watched President Obama's speech. I was happy. Happy for the victims of 9/11 and happy for the USA. Some people say we shouldn't celebrate his death and that's actually a very understandable thought, and I'd normally agree. But I remember when his actions killed nearly 3,000 innocent people on our soil and he celebrated. REMEMBER HOW YOU FELT WHEN THE TOWERS FELL, REMEMBER HOW YOU FELT WHEN THE PLANES WERE CRASHING ALL AROUND AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW IF AND WHEN ANOTHER WAS GOING TO CRASH? I remember. I remember being away at college, unable to reach any one at home. I remember being terrified after learning about the plane that went down in Somerset County, where all of my loved ones live. He made me afraid. I was never more afraid than on that day. No one knew what was going on. Many people did not get to see their families again. Their loved ones were taken away forever. Osama's actions caused more than the loss of life and destruction of property. He was the cause of all of the decisions made after that point, many of which were not rational. Those irrational choices led us in to a war in which killed many of our young. Now, tell me how you feel knowing that the mastermind behind 9/11 is dead and has been brought to justice. I am under no illusions that the war on terror is going to be over. I do not believe in a million years that there will never be another terrorist attack. But I do find a sense of relief that Osama is no longer a worry on the minds of Americans and others who have fallen victim to him all over the world. That brings me to the word, Revenge. Primal, I know, but an eye for an eye. He hurt all of us and we got him, finally, and he has paid for his crimes. Now, I know we won't forgive him but we can now forget him. We are rid of Osama bin Laden. That for one, makes me very glad that he is dead. Maybe even worth a celebration.