after a weekend full of pool parties, bbq'ed animals parts (yummm), and a rooftop movie over looking downtown la, it was brought to our attention as a nation that osama bin laden has been killed.
it is with mixed feelings that this fact bounces around my head. oh how archaic of us to celebrate his death like the british are celebrating a wedding. frat boys with collared shirts drunkenly climbing trees and furiously waving flags. i wince when i see these images on tv. yet, it is with a privileged life that i make these judgements and only after reading every article on huff post and time that i remember what damage has been done at the hands of al-queda. and i half regret having compassion about bin laden's murder, yet also half-regret these other thoughts and emotions. i still dont know what to feel, what to think. joy and celebration are definitely not it. relief perhaps, but don't you think that relief is an incorrect feeling? it is only a matter of time until a retaliation is attempted from al-queda. there is no relief in that fact.
i suppose what i most feel is a cathartic breath of those who lost loved ones in the 9/11 tragedy, perhaps a sense of closure for them was all they could hope for.
on a less heavy note, i am happy for obama and his administration, that for all they have accomplished, this will be the most memorable.
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