Well, I have waited long enough to discuss this topic. First, I want to be very clear that I am glad to be an American and I would not want to live anywhere else. Secondly, I want everyone to understand that what I am about to say is in general and not directed at anyone in particular. With all that being said, here it goes.....
On May 1, 2011, President Obama announced, after hours of waiting, that the Americans had killed Osama bin Laden after a long ten-year war. Osama was suspected to be the leader of the attacks on September 11, 2001. Was he involved? Did he deserve to die? I do not have the answers to these questions, but I will say that I do think he was a bad man, but there are bad men everywhere. Bad men die every day, as well as good men, and I do not think anyone should rejoice in the death of any man. Unfortunately, that is what the American people, as a whole, did.
I understand that many American people died in the 9/11 attacks and those families of the ones lost wanted justice. However, is killing really justice? I do not think so. I believe that people make bad decisions, but in this man's mind his decision was to follow his religion and he interrupted his religion to deem Americans as horrible and corrupt people. Was he really so wrong? We have been over in the Middle East for over ten years now, and for what, to find this bad man. However, we have done much more than that and caused many lives to be lost and much damage. Nevertheless, the whole time all of this was being done, most Americans who deem themselves Christians, were doing these things under God. Isn't that the same idea bin Laden lived by?
Essentially, I feel that all of this is just insane. Most ideals boil down to what a person believes religiously and when it comes to Americans, they say they live by the word of God, yet from what I understand, the word of God does not condone rejoicing in the death of anything. I do not consider myself a woman of God, although I do believe in some of the basic principles: do unto others as you would do unto yourself, do not judge, etc. I would like to leave the reader with this thought...Is a human life worth taking for revenge and does it really make anything better?
Now, with all that being said, I do believe Osama bin Laden needed to be set straight, but I do not believe killing him was the answer. Moreover, I certainly do not believe that anyone should have been happy in the loss of a human life. By acting in this way we (Americans) are seen as no better than those that we stand up against.
On May 1, 2011, President Obama announced, after hours of waiting, that the Americans had killed Osama bin Laden after a long ten-year war. Osama was suspected to be the leader of the attacks on September 11, 2001. Was he involved? Did he deserve to die? I do not have the answers to these questions, but I will say that I do think he was a bad man, but there are bad men everywhere. Bad men die every day, as well as good men, and I do not think anyone should rejoice in the death of any man. Unfortunately, that is what the American people, as a whole, did.
I understand that many American people died in the 9/11 attacks and those families of the ones lost wanted justice. However, is killing really justice? I do not think so. I believe that people make bad decisions, but in this man's mind his decision was to follow his religion and he interrupted his religion to deem Americans as horrible and corrupt people. Was he really so wrong? We have been over in the Middle East for over ten years now, and for what, to find this bad man. However, we have done much more than that and caused many lives to be lost and much damage. Nevertheless, the whole time all of this was being done, most Americans who deem themselves Christians, were doing these things under God. Isn't that the same idea bin Laden lived by?
Essentially, I feel that all of this is just insane. Most ideals boil down to what a person believes religiously and when it comes to Americans, they say they live by the word of God, yet from what I understand, the word of God does not condone rejoicing in the death of anything. I do not consider myself a woman of God, although I do believe in some of the basic principles: do unto others as you would do unto yourself, do not judge, etc. I would like to leave the reader with this thought...Is a human life worth taking for revenge and does it really make anything better?
Now, with all that being said, I do believe Osama bin Laden needed to be set straight, but I do not believe killing him was the answer. Moreover, I certainly do not believe that anyone should have been happy in the loss of a human life. By acting in this way we (Americans) are seen as no better than those that we stand up against.
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