Osama Bin Laden dead, officials say

Intelligence lead to a compound in Pakistan where a firefight lead to bin Laden's death, his body is in US hands.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/05/01/135905185/osama-bin-laden-is-dead-officials-say?ft=1&f=1001&sc=tw&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

The president of the US gave a conference around 11:38 p.m. Sunday.

Just found out about this and I'm absolutely speechless. Almost can't believe it. Oh how I dearly wish to be able to watch Obama's address, but my internet is far too crappy today  

This is really surprising news, but I'm a little disgusted with all of this celebrating in the streets footage.  I don't care who died or how, celebrating it is just in poor taste.  I feel like it doesn't make us any better than the terrorists.  Plus, it's not like it brings anyone back and it's not like terrorism has now been put to an end.  I'm sure there are plenty of people that are going to be stepping up in his place, and they'll probably add his death to the list of their causes.

I guess this is a negative view of it all, but I just can't see anything glaringly positive about it.  I can't see how it's going to change any of our situations all that much. 

It may not change our position very much, but the leader who ordered the deaths of thousands of innocent Americans has been done away with.  As the President said "justice has been done"  It's like victims of violence at a criminal trial who celebrate after they have justice done for them.  It's a celebration of that wrong being righted that we are happy about. 

I guess I can understand that.  I'm not someone who considers death as justice so that's probably why I just don't get it.  Maybe if he was caught alive, my feelings would be different.

This is really surprising news, but I'm a little disgusted with all of this celebrating in the streets footage.  I don't care who died or how, celebrating it is just in poor taste.  I feel like it doesn't make us any better than the terrorists.  Plus, it's not like it brings anyone back and it's not like terrorism has now been put to an end.  I'm sure there are plenty of people that are going to be stepping up in his place, and they'll probably add his death to the list of their causes.

I guess this is a negative view of it all, but I just can't see anything glaringly positive about it.  I can't see how it's going to change any of our situations all that much. 

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I agree completely.

He was a mass murderer. I'm not going to celebrate in the streets, but I completely understand why people are doing so.

I think it's fantastic.  Poor taste??  Are Americans not supposed to be happy by his death? 

For those of us who lived through 9/11 and the atrocities associated to Bin Laden prior to that, it's a great day--not the end of terrorism, but a great day indeed!!
 

The world is well rid of a very evil man and while I'm not going to go out into the streets to celebrate, I am glad.

By poor taste, I mean chugging beer and shouting "U-S-A, U-S-A" in front of the White House, for a start.  We haven't won the World Cup, folks.

Have a vigil remembering all the people he killed, make a donation to a charity that benefits his victims, have a march of solidarity or something.  He was an ignorant, intolerant, and violent man, and to me, nothing about him deserves to be celebrated, including his death.  Celebrating his death the way people are places an importance on his life, and I don't think he deserves that privilege.

It's hardly justice for what he's done, and for someone that has no regard for human life, it was hardly a punishment for him either.  Heck, now he's a martyr as far as he and his ilk would be concerned. 

Am I happy there is one less hatemonger on the planet?  Abso-freaking-lutely.  But, I just can't get behind this party mentality.  But that's just my opinion, and I know that it certainly doesn't change the way anyone else is going to react or feel about it, and I don't expect it to.  I guess it's just for the sake of saying it, really.

I'd also be celebrating the incredible work of our military and intelligence forces and remembering those who suffered at Bin Laden's hands.

Perhaps one reason people are celebrating is due to a belief that finding him wasn't ever going to happen. After so many years, I certainly had doubts he would ever be found. I'm sure many people thought 'come on, how hard can it be to find one person?' 

I think it's fantastic.  Poor taste??  Are Americans not supposed to be happy by his death? 

For those of us who lived through 9/11 and the atrocities associated to Bin Laden prior to that, it's a great day--not the end of terrorism, but a great day indeed!!
 

I did live through 9/11. I lived in New York City and worked in Manhatan, as did family members of mine.

I would rather he had been been forced to stand trial. Now he is a martyr to some people.

He was already a martyr to those who believe his nonsense anyway.

Personally, I'm glad he refused to surrender and was killed...he was a horrible sob.
I hope the fishies enjoy him!