tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post5685555243545590622..comments2024-03-29T06:38:52.164+03:00Comments on A Soldier's Mother: Osama Bin Laden is DeadA Soldier's Motherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370218893899121159noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-57423187176420762322011-05-03T00:24:37.801+03:002011-05-03T00:24:37.801+03:00Hi Ricki's Mom - I agree with you 100%. I'...Hi Ricki's Mom - I agree with you 100%. I'm not equating the two instances at all - that of Palestinians celebrating in 9/11 and Americans celebrating now. All I am saying is that I don't think it is necessary or good. There are no winners from 9/11 - this is the end of one road that began then. It was and always will be a horrible violent tragedy. I just don't agree with the dancing - but check out my next post and you'll see I don't disagree with a nice simple smile.A Soldier's Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11370218893899121159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-14806366292068596922011-05-02T23:46:40.755+03:002011-05-02T23:46:40.755+03:00Excuse me, but there is a BIG difference between c...Excuse me, but there is a BIG difference between celebrating the death of an evil terrorist, and celbrating the death of innocent civiliansrickismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07817042750959998664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-7501026800456748692011-05-02T22:33:14.135+03:002011-05-02T22:33:14.135+03:00God Bless you Paula,you have such a beautiful way ...God Bless you Paula,you have such a beautiful way of expressing yourself. God really gave you a talent for writing. Thank you for sharing your gift with others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-20522044745056451352011-05-02T18:36:22.603+03:002011-05-02T18:36:22.603+03:00The news was brought to me first by my son this mo...The news was brought to me first by my son this morning before he left for school: he asked me about bin Laden's being killed, and that is how I learnt about it. <br /><br />Obviously he was anxious to see my reaction: he was not 4 yo when 9/11 occured, and he has been living since with the current narrative about the evil being personified by this man that just got killed by the soldiers of his country.<br /><br />My reply was that we do not rejoice over the death of a human being, but that this is an important news. I would never use the word "good" in that case.Otirhttp://about.me/Otirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-37594734956870389462011-05-02T18:11:38.274+03:002011-05-02T18:11:38.274+03:00I hate him. I'm glad he's dead. I hope he ...I hate him. I'm glad he's dead. I hope he suffered and will suffer for all he did for all eternity...and no, it wasn't America's finest hour. I'm sorry. I just can't see this as right. I would obliterate his memory and all he stood for...but my heart aches for those who died and the one great truth I learned when I studied the Eichmann trial was that even when you remove evil, the goodness they destroyed doesn't return. The orphans are still orphans, the widows still in mourning. The tears just don't stop. I feel anger, relief...fear because I know, I know what will come now...I just don't feel happy the happy that brings about smiles and dancing. I just...am lost to explain it. I was wrong about some Americans dancing...I just didn't think it would happen. When Arafat died...we didn't dance. When we finally get Nasrallah (may it come soon) and Ahmadinejad (may it come even sooner) - I won't dance.A Soldier's Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11370218893899121159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-77532874669762642812011-05-02T18:03:12.196+03:002011-05-02T18:03:12.196+03:00I agree, Paula. I see the (mostly younger) people ...I agree, Paula. I see the (mostly younger) people waiving flags and dancing in the street in front of the White House on FOX and I immediately thought of the Arabs dancing and waiving flags on Al Jazeera after 9-11. <br /><br />Not exactly our finest hour, IMHO.ProphetJoehttp://prophetjoe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-59311201351333060852011-05-02T17:52:50.060+03:002011-05-02T17:52:50.060+03:00Hi Findalis...I think I am disappointed. I underst...Hi Findalis...I think I am disappointed. I understand the anger people feel towards bin Laden, even the hatred. I get that people are happy he is dead and hope he died so incredibly painfully...but no one won here - not in his murdering so many on 9/11 and not on his death. The Arabs see America and Israel as evil and so they dance when we suffer. I would have rather America teach the Arabs that death, even the death of such evil, is not a cause for celebration. In the Bible, when the angels celebrated the drowning of the Egyptians who were chasing after them after they crossed the Red Sea, God told them to stop - that even though they were evil, they were still his creations.<br /><br />I certainly do not mourn the death of Osama bin Laden...I'll curse his life, his evil. But dance? No...I can't dance - he murdered more than 3,000 - what's to dance about?A Soldier's Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11370218893899121159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-69183819749036677822011-05-02T15:45:37.199+03:002011-05-02T15:45:37.199+03:00Long time lurker of your blog, I love it!
I just ...Long time lurker of your blog, I love it!<br /><br />I just wanted to say how sad I was to see Americans shouting in the streets and chanting things like "USA! USA! USA!" and "Ding dong the witch is dead". It really reminded me of exactly what you were saying, people handing out candy in the streets after attacks, on Israel and the United States. We have a right to "closure" in a sense, but that doesn't mean we should celebrate the act of killing. Somebody still died, though he may have been responsible for deaths of innocent people, I had assumed Americans would accept his death with an understanding. We watched those celebrations after 9/11 and thought "How barbaric!"...did America not act in much the same way last night? May an end to terrorism come, so that we should never have to rejoice in the news of a death again.Laneyhttp://somethingaboutlaney.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-75495841983080058802011-05-02T10:10:52.256+03:002011-05-02T10:10:52.256+03:00Sorry to disappoint you but Americans are dancing ...Sorry to disappoint you but Americans <b>are</b> dancing in the streets, celebrating with joy, handing out candies. One old timer said; "It feels like V-J Day again!"<br /><br />We celebrate the death of evil. We have a right to do so.Findalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881549378886491540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-43472997104859423942011-05-02T09:29:24.464+03:002011-05-02T09:29:24.464+03:00They might not have handed out candies, but they w...They might not have handed out candies, but they were certainly dancing in the street outside the White House.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13169109978694892927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-77302553074992988222011-05-02T09:02:24.456+03:002011-05-02T09:02:24.456+03:00I love you. I read you here in the U.S. and I pray...I love you. I read you here in the U.S. and I pray that God continues to bless you and to keep you and your children safe.Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732141666885831207noreply@blogger.com