I really don't know where to begin. At first when the news decided to go bizerk about the whole Osama issue I was moderately surprised. Was this not the man that has played the greatest game of hide and seek in modern history? Was he really dead? Well, evidently so - at least according to Obama.
First let me commend our President for two things. One, he gave an extremely well-rounded and well-executed speech. And second, he commemorated those who fought relentlessly for the body of OBL, and he made evident the gratitude that I am sure the entire Nation was feeling course through their bodies. However, I feel that no one truly understands the ramifications of this. After the speech many Americans lined Pennsylvania Avenue cheering, singing, and chanting USA! USA! USA! amidst the glaring lights of the media's camera's.
My heart quickened for a moment at the sight of this. Are we not committing the same thing that the members of Al-Queda do when they blow up our buildings, burn our flags, or kill our troops? Are we not mocking them bluntly when we celebrate the death of a man that was the leader of their terrorist world? How does that look to the rest of the globe? And for that matter, what brooding retaliation will this cause in the coming months? I think the celebration of OBL's death should be the LEAST on our minds. Prayer was the ONLY thing I could think of last night.
In any case, this is a victory, a victory that is ten years TO LATE. The finding and capture of OBL should have been done immediately after 9/11. Instead we went rabbit trailing around the Middle East fighting endless battles and adding thousands of lives to the already insurmountable number here on the mainland of the United States. Not to mention the debt that our childrens, childrens, childrens, children will have to pay for....
More than ever this country needs prayer. Because now, both Democrats and Republicans are arguing over who's conquest this was, and who deserve's the credit for killing OBL. In my opinion, its the men and women that bravely entered the lion's den and killed the ravaging beast. No one else deserves credit - the end. But that leads me to ask why we must point fingers at our President accusing him of taking credit for this....if I'm not going crazy I don't believe I ever heard him say that. He is our Commander in Chief, he gives the orders, and personnel half way around the world execute the order. Enough said. It is those brave men and women that deserve the honor. Don't do them the injustice of pointing the political finger at your opposing party. Have some dignity and respect.
Today, Osama is dead and the world may seem a brighter place. Unfortunately, it is not. I fear that the light that shines on this world is one filament away from going out.
This is the deep breath before the plunge.
I yield the floor.
First let me commend our President for two things. One, he gave an extremely well-rounded and well-executed speech. And second, he commemorated those who fought relentlessly for the body of OBL, and he made evident the gratitude that I am sure the entire Nation was feeling course through their bodies. However, I feel that no one truly understands the ramifications of this. After the speech many Americans lined Pennsylvania Avenue cheering, singing, and chanting USA! USA! USA! amidst the glaring lights of the media's camera's.
My heart quickened for a moment at the sight of this. Are we not committing the same thing that the members of Al-Queda do when they blow up our buildings, burn our flags, or kill our troops? Are we not mocking them bluntly when we celebrate the death of a man that was the leader of their terrorist world? How does that look to the rest of the globe? And for that matter, what brooding retaliation will this cause in the coming months? I think the celebration of OBL's death should be the LEAST on our minds. Prayer was the ONLY thing I could think of last night.
In any case, this is a victory, a victory that is ten years TO LATE. The finding and capture of OBL should have been done immediately after 9/11. Instead we went rabbit trailing around the Middle East fighting endless battles and adding thousands of lives to the already insurmountable number here on the mainland of the United States. Not to mention the debt that our childrens, childrens, childrens, children will have to pay for....
More than ever this country needs prayer. Because now, both Democrats and Republicans are arguing over who's conquest this was, and who deserve's the credit for killing OBL. In my opinion, its the men and women that bravely entered the lion's den and killed the ravaging beast. No one else deserves credit - the end. But that leads me to ask why we must point fingers at our President accusing him of taking credit for this....if I'm not going crazy I don't believe I ever heard him say that. He is our Commander in Chief, he gives the orders, and personnel half way around the world execute the order. Enough said. It is those brave men and women that deserve the honor. Don't do them the injustice of pointing the political finger at your opposing party. Have some dignity and respect.
Today, Osama is dead and the world may seem a brighter place. Unfortunately, it is not. I fear that the light that shines on this world is one filament away from going out.
This is the deep breath before the plunge.
I yield the floor.
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