Re: bin laden is dead?
Lance McLain <lance-X3DuywwxauBWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
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My reaction: <yawn>. Does this change anything? Regards, -Lance Sent from my iPhone On May 2, 2011, at 8:35 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Mine too. My second reaction was "death is terrible". My third reaction was "Oh dear, what kind of lofty brings-us-all-together-as-one speech will Obama try to spin out of >*this* event." I wonder if someone, somewhere is getting ready to ask George W. >Bush for a statement on this. > > > Bush and Cheney (and Clinton) have all released statements. And I am pretty sure Bush would have gave a similar speech. In fact, I didn't realize that the news was reading a statement issued by Bush at first-it really mirrored the President's announcement. > > > I get the ambivalence over celebration of his death... at the same time, I do not really begrudge the relief that his saga is at an end. I mean, hey, I would be perfectly happy is that had captured him alive. He served a valuable symbol running around and dodging us for so many years. In that sense, it is a good thing, though it doesn't mean terrorism is over. > > > Thom > http://thomwade.wordpress.com/ > http://www.cafepress.com/Thomwade > http://www.in-one-ear.com > _______________________________________ > "I want a song to learn and sing, of a life requited."-Echo & the Bunnymen > > > > > = > -- > dadl-ot mailing list > http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot