Be careful America. The same dance you do now in the streets to celebrate a death, can be the same streets you march down to mourn a death. How different are we than those we condemn? Dancing for Death? Shame

It's a terrible day in this planet's history....and a terrible day for all those who lost their loved ones.....caught in the crossfire of someone else's war.

Dancing for the 919 000 or so deaths that have accumulated over 9 and a half years...?

What shall be the 'collateral damage' of this day....I wonder.

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Sadly, it will probably never end..

We will all lose more people, our young men will keep being sent over and more will die, the circle will just go on.

WE could have been cheering that he was captured. And if he had been captured we would still face the potential for vengeance, yet I still think it was better than allowing him to continue roaming free. I believe he chose to die rather than be captured, and so it goes,,,

I'm not quite sure how to answer this post. Whether to sugar coat it or just come right out & say what I'm really thinking. First thing in the morning doesn't settle well with me at the moment. You have every right to think , feel, speak however you wish & I have that same right. Many have put their lives on the line & died for those rights. Sometimes you have to celebrate ones death to have less deaths to mourn. An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot...burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. Seems there's been more than enough loss of our loved ones to celebrate Osamas death. I'm not exactly dancing in the streets but I'm not mourning either. JMHO

It's not about a man. It's about a symbol. Bin Laden's death is a symbolic victory. Symbols matter in international politics. Not sure whether the eventual impact will be good or bad for America. I think good.

It seems silly to get too serious about the death of an individual who voluntarily took on the highest stakes game possible. Not nearly as serious as the deaths of over three thousand patriotic citizens who eagerly went to war because they were told by people they trusted that they would actually be defending America.

I think that America needed this "victory". Even if it brought out the ugliest impulses America has to offer.

Lynch mob? Are you saying that dancing in the street to celebrate a mans death who has brought death and destruction to our country a long with other countries a lynch mob? Maybe you should look up what that means in the dictionary.

Tell that to the families who have lost loved ones either during the 9/11 attacks or over seas in the desert. I don't think you will ever be able to bring closure to these people. But at least this means all the efforts our people have put forth for this country have not gone in vein.

Not only am I dancing. But I'm high fiving and hugging our soldiers who have been over seas and risked their lives for us.

And yes...I know this doesn't mean its over. But hell if isn't a step in the right direction.

I agree with both artlo and J.

I don't agree with calling what's happening a lynch mob. OP, did you know anyone who lost their life or was injured on 9/11? Do you have any family or friends who have been deployed overseas because of this man? Do you have any idea of the amount of death and destruction this man has brought to this country? If yes, I'm sure you can understand, at least in some way, why people are reacting the way they are.

I live near the Naval Academy and went over there the other night after the President announced that Bin Laden was dead. There was lots of hugging, high fives and tons of emotion going on there that night. It was a pretty awesome sight to see. These guys are training to be part of our military, to be able to defend our country. They put their lives on the line to protect us from people like Bin Laden. I can absolutely see why they were celebrating.

I've also had both friends and family who have been deployed overseas for months and years because of this man. I have absolute respect for them and am hoping more troops can come home now.

I'm sorry you feel shame for the way people have reacted.

Hmmm I think what had to be done was done,
I just think that there is going to be lots more.
Sorry if it sounded like I was saying anything else..

I was talking to one of the our boys in Afganistan today and yep he said it was going to get interesting.

We have already lost a few boys from here this year, and it hurts to see there families and know that they where laughing about going overseas and what they would do, a lot are young men, still children, looking for an adventure realising its dangerous, but not really thinking it could be them.

One of our boys had just had a son and spent two days with him before leaving.

It's not that we dont undertand, its just that I dont know if it will ever stop..

New York HAS the right to be a lynch mob...

The NYPD and FDNY have been leading the pack for years...


just so you know hundreds of the first responders who WEREN'T killed

on 9/11 are slowly dying off one by one from breathing in the toxic

dust on that day... yeah- what do you say to their families? NY has the right to be a lynch mob.

You are so very right in questioning this.
Born an American, following all its tenets,
this is the first time, to my knowledge,
that America has bragged about assassinating
a foreign entity.

No extradition, no trial.
Justice?
Not my call, and I would never second guess
military strategy.
But NOT my idea of American justice.
Right or wrong.
Deserving or not.
Assassination.

There is somewhat less evil on this planet today.

I've been trying to find "my" voice regarding this..but the (quote) of a mastermind of peace summed it up for me...

I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

hmmm.. while i didn't like the dancing in the streets, i think he provided his own trial by his actions and the tapes he would put out on youtube, calling for jihad on america. when your an enemy of the government, calling for the mass murder of our citizens and having the ability and want to do so, i think the trial part is a mute concept. he dug his own grave, we just lowered the coffin....

Bin Laden was assumed guilty and never given a trial.

It's convenient to kill a witness than take the chance of them revealing State Secrets to the public.

From the Bin Laden family history Osama would have been a wealth of info regarding his affiliation with our Gov and CIA.

Except that one small thing.
Until there is a trial, it is all just
opinion.

'Innocent until proven guilty' was not
just a handy catchphrase.
It meant something.
We lived by it.
Until now.

you didn't watch any of his tapes? and another thing, how many times has a cop said come with me, or if someone shoots at a cop, does the cop kill him? when your wanted by the police, and you try to fight, you get shot... that is any country, not just the US... he had a choice, to go with the seals or die... he choose death

Dancing and Lynching are not the same thing, when you get an A on a test at school , do you LYNCH? WTF?

I saw with my own eyes that second plane go into that tower and bodies jumping out the windows...(on live tv) and that was enough to make me wanna kill someone---I thought the first crash was an accident but as news covered it in live time---and I realized what was happening. and for him to come outright and claim responsibilty---HELL YEAH THERES A DANCE IN ORDER!!!!

Perhaps if he was a rapist and got a hold of your daughter your opinions may differ....(funny how some people remain numb when their inner circle is not affected)

We defended our country from future destruction...We have lost a lot of Service men as a result, and they have lost a lot of sanity and limbs for those who have survived....It's time for some repercussions, and apparently HE KNEW It, OR HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HIDING>

A SO CALLED MARTYR----HIDING and letting everyone else do his dirty work and yet praised as a MARTYR for his country-- BITE ME!

Does anyone remember that movie, THREE KINGS with GEORGE CLOONEY! How the arabs poured OIL down their throats while our soldiers tried to help their people get free....Some of you should rent that film, you might learn something.