Now don't get me wrong, I usually do not give 2 shits about the government, its exploits, or who it is they are deciding to kill this week, but announcing that we shot Osama Bin Laden, well, even I have to take notice. I have had and heard so many mixed messages and feelings about this development, it kinda sucked the fun out of the story as a whole. I assume that 99% of what comes out of the mouths of politicians, including our handsome President, is a sack of lies. And I don't feel that this is any different. Why would you go through all this trouble of crashing helicopters and special forces invading, then just dump the body at sea?? That's crazy. As part of the Osama fairy tale, we were promised a bloody mutilated body, and we as a people wanted to see it. Which brings me to my next point...
Ground Zero last night had me in awe. I literally stood with my beer in hand, scanning the crowd with a slack jaw. Every type of person you can imagine, and where did everyone get all these flags from?? The ignorance level of this flash mob was astounding, but that aside, it was nice to see people rally together for something. The general feeling from the crowd was "Fuck Osama"...well, even if he is dead, I'm sure he still fucked us worse, and will continue to fuck us despite his body being at the bottom of the ocean...if that's where it is at all. I would love to believe that this is the beginning of a new era, a time where America does what it says its going to do, where we move on past this tragedy and become better people and save the world. We just got drunk in the streets, climbed on shit, and sang songs to celebrate the massacre of 4 men and a woman...looks like the same old era to me.
Also, the amount of people dedicated to Osama's leadership aren't going to give up their fight just because he's gone, I think it will make them fight harder. And that just means more people are going to die, and a lot of them are going to be Americans. Death does not literally equal justice, it just makes those that were wronged feel better. Which I am fine with. Those little girls at the rally who were crying because they lost a parent, or the firefighters holding up the jackets of comrades who died trying to rescue people as the towers went down, they needed to feel better. And it isn't like our government is ever going to stand at a podium and say "Uuuh, well, you see, funny thing about those towers...". Not gonna happen. These people were afforded a time of peace and relief. And the people in the military who keep getting sent back over seas can feel, for a moment, that its all going to be okay.
I also believe that the only reason our government wanted to kill Osama so bad is because we are the ones that turned him into the covert killing machine he was. We gave him the money, the weapons and the know how. This was effectively putting the family pit bull to sleep after it turned and maimed someone in the family. You brought the monster into your home, and now you realize its up to you to put it down. Thanks for making this trillion dollar correction USA. You will probably never hear a political rant like this from me again. It is all bullshit. Our government is bullshit, murdering in the name of justice is bullshit, and we are no better than they are. I am glad that I got to witness a huge piece of history for this nation. It felt good to be at ground zero and sing our battle anthem, and it felt good to see other people feeling good. But this is not the end, and that scares me, and once everyone is done waving their flags and singing their praises to America, we should go right back to waiting for the other shoe to drop, because its inevitable.
