Osama Bin Laden is Dead: Thoughts of a Victim of 9/11
My Thoughts on This Event
Now, the mastermind of 9/11, Osama bin Laden, is dead.
I'm not sad. But I'm not cheering. I am reminded of a story my rabbi told at many Passover seders. (He didn't make it up, he just told it). It seems that when the seas parted to let the Jews go through and then drowned the Egyptians, the angels in heaven started to cheer. God roared for SILENCE. Then he asked "How can you cheer when my children are dying?"
I'm not sad that Osama bin Laden is dead. I can recognize the necessity of his death. I certainly hope that neither the United States nor any other country ever suffers from another terrorist attack.
But I'm not cheering.
Published by Peter Flom
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Post a CommentWell said Peter...well said.
Nicely said, Peter...
Very well said Peter!
I haven't been cheering either. Very nicely said, Peter.
I can't pretend that I am sad that Osama Bin Laden is dead. I am not at all sad; I am relieved that there is one less hate-filled, murdering leader in the world. But I, too, am not cheering. I am not Jewish; but I am Christian and Jesus told us we are to love even our enemies. So no, I do not cheer. Another reason I do not cheer is that there are more where he came from. We have not seen the end of the evil.
Bravo, Peter. I feel the same way although I was 300 miles from the towers. Osama Bin Laden was a man and to hear of anyone dying is a sad occasion. The necessity for his death was obvious.
Thank you, Peter. For some reason it feels misplaced to cheer for this, and I fear America's reaction to Osama's death is the same reaction that continues to get us into unnecessary and dangerous war across the globe.