Well its been done. Osama Ben Laden has been killed. And those who do not mourn his passing are legion, myself among them. He had the opportunity and means to do great and good things on this earth. He choose instead the way of dark violence and led many others along this twisted path. I doubt he rests in peace.
Yet there is no joy here for me. Osama Ben Laden was killed in his place of residence by members of my country’s military. This was done on foreign soil without the permission or even knowledge of that country’s government. His body was then removed and buried at sea, presumably to prevent his grave from becoming a martyr’s shrine. There is no honor in this. An outpouring of jubilation has followed his death. There is no honor in this either.
Does blood and violence spawn anything but more blood and violence? Those who follow this man will not be passive. On whom will these associates vent their grief and wrath? Pakistani citizens? US citizens here or abroad? Foreign citizens who work for an American company or its government in their own country? Do you really think this butcher’s bill has been paid?
When the hydra’s head is cut off, two more heads grow in its place. When the dragon’s teeth are sown fully armed warriors are the harvest. The ancient Greeks had a wisdom worth employing. As we sow, so shall we reap.
“Do I have any pleasure from the death of the wicked” declares the Lord God, “rather than that he should turn from his ways and live ?” Ezekiel 18:23 NASB
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