I thought this was a really well done article too: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/complications-after-a-night-of-jubilation/2011/05/02/AFue42XF_story.html?wpisrc=emailtoafriend (www.washingtonpost.com)

It definitely makes you think about how different things our in our little American world today as opposed to a decade ago, and all that we have given up for the "cause."

I have a lot of mixed feelings too. But whether or not we celebrate it, his death is not an indication of the end of this whole "war against terrorism" thing. His thoughts spread far and wide in the years it took us to find him. The damage is already done. There are numerous groups around the world working to continue carrying out his "mission" whether or not he's still around. I guess at one point in history we aimed our hate at the Russians; now it's the Arabs; I'm curious to see what happens in the future to cause us to go in a different direction again.

#2767, posted at 2011-05-04 05:33:58 in Machiavellian Cocktail