gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (Army - 75th Infantry)
Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2011-05-01 09:04 pm
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GET SOME!

So we took down Osama. In person. JSOC troops put lead downrange and blew that waste of carbon away. I said long ago that my fondest wish was that the last thing bin Laden saw in this world was a grinning US solider. Sometimes dreams come true.

Best part? We've got the body. Early reports are it will de disposed of secretly, to keep his burial site from becoming a rallying point. Which means he's not getting the traditional Islamic burial rituals done.

What's really interesting is the news that he was living in a mansion in Pakistan's capital. Time for us to really lean on that nation and their dodgy intelligence service. Hard.

This is like us killing Yamamoto during WWII. It didn't end the war, but it deprived the enemy of a master strategist and a powerful symbol. This does the same thing.

The absolutely best part about today? Watching the wingnuts tear themselves to shreds trying to attack Obama over this.

[identity profile] capplor.livejournal.com 2011-05-02 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
He was in a wealthy town about 10 hours outside of the capital. & he's going to be buried in accordance with Islamic custom, the better to ruin his chances of becoming a great martyr to be emulated. & the better to show Islam that we are not a horde of heartless heathens.

Personally, I'm going to pray for his soul & hope that he finds the peace he denied so many others.

& I'm going to pray that some of the CINO's (Christian in name only) in this country notice what Hazrat Jesus (pbuh) said about how to treat one's enemies &/or those who harm you.

[identity profile] capplor.livejournal.com 2011-05-02 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
BTW: When I first heard the news I turned on Al Jazeera. http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/2007829161423657345.html They had some very interesting insights & questions.