Forgive me for raining on the parade of those that are cheering in the streets. Bin Laden was dead a long time ago. I have no idea who was taken out…in this massive PR campaign to distract us from all the economic/global problems that the world is facing. Notice that this was left till after the Royal Wedding….another great distraction (albeit a happy and beautiful one.) Basically, Bin Laden was “put on ice” so to speak, to continue the craziness of war…and then brought out now…why? Well, stay tuned. I’m sure we will find out soon. And if you disagree and say, “No, he was really killed.” Perhaps, but in that case, please know that our government has known from Day One exactly where he was.
I look at the people who lost family in 9–11…and the greatest tragedy is that we still don’t know the full truth of what happened. I am not espousing conspiracy theories…but we are not being told everything. The greatest thing we can do today, is to know that nothing that is being reported by the mainstream media is necessarily the truth.
The cheering in the streets to me…does not bring back the thousands who have lost their lives, on every side simply to continue the march of war which is always good business. Wasn’t Obama going to pull the troops out? And isn’t Al-Qaeda working with the US in Libya? (That’s what is being reported here in the UK.)
Who exactly is the enemy? Do we really know? We don’t.
Our greatest challenge in these times is simply to look at what is happening with distance and discretion…and not to buy into the illusion. My deepest prayers are for the men and women (soldiers and non-soldiers) who have been sacrificed in this decade long campaign…and for the families who have been destroyed by war.
Bin Laden has been gone a long time. But the war will continue. This is just a way to flame the fires of patriotism to go into the next leg of whatever is planned globally.
The true victory will come when we no longer have to worry about war at all. And until then all the cheering in the streets will seem empty to me. I love my country, but a study of its history will show that it does not always divulge its deepest secrets…not until many years later.
So, for now, I simply watch…and pray for peace…a peace that extends to everyone and excludes no one.