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  1. Obama speaking now
  2. Originally posted by haytrain:Haha, let's not get ahead of ourselves, Harry.....all the same, quite an interesting news story. Videos from outside the White House show crowds singing the US national anthem and chanting "USA, USA, USA"

    Quite a night. Quite a night.

    EDIT - on a sidenote, my 9000th post. Not a bad day or subject to become The Fly.
  3. America.
  5. But on a serious note now, here comes all the - understandable - mass hysteria about retaliation?

  6. So long as people exist, and so long as contrasting ideas of life exist, there will always be someone who wants to upset the apple cart. Bin Laden's death changes not that much, but as a symbolic moment in the war against terror, against those who only seek to kill and maim in the name of a misguided and frankly disgusting reworking of the Islamic faith - of which it is nothing alike in truth - we should take this moment and treasure it. I would never wish to revel in the death of another human being, but for tonight, I find myself all too happy to. Bin Laden may or may not have been directly behind 9/11, but he inspired it, and he also inspired the events of 7/7 here in the UK, and doubtless many more mindless moments of bloodshed and misery. I don't know if there is a heaven or a hell, but I hope he burns in the latter.
  7. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    So long as people exist, and so long as contrasting ideas of life exist, there will always be someone who wants to upset the apple cart. Bin Laden's death changes not that much, but as a symbolic moment in the war against terror, against those who only seek to kill and maim in the name of a misguided and frankly disgusting reworking of the Islamic faith - of which it is nothing alike in truth - we should take this moment and treasure it. I would never wish to revel in the death of another human being, but for tonight, I find myself all too happy to. Bin Laden may or may not have been directly behind 9/11, but he inspired it, and he also inspired the events of 7/7 here in the UK, and doubtless many more mindless moments of bloodshed and misery. I don't know if there is a heaven or a hell, but I hope he burns in the latter.


    So do I, Harry.
    I'm also glad it happened during Obama's government, when things seems more "calm", like, the government is very different from Bush's administration and not trying to spread fear over the country.
    Plus I find very pleaseant what the President said: “So let me say this as clearly as I can — the United States is not and will never be at war with Islam. Osama was not a Muslim leader. He was a mass murderer of Muslims.” I think, even a decade later, the world needs to remind that.
    What a day.
  8. Originally posted by Ale91:So do I, Harry.
    I'm also glad it happened during Obama's government, when things seems more "calm", like, the government is very different from Bush's administration and not trying to spread fear over the country.
    Plus I find very pleaseant what the President said: “So let me say this as clearly as I can — the United States is not and will never be at war with Islam. Osama was not a Muslim leader. He was a mass murderer of Muslims.” I think, even a decade later, the world needs to remind that.
    What a day.

    Definitely. Quite the piece of history we've witnessed. Hopefully it's the start of the end of this damned fighting, however long it may be. My head's doubtful, but my heart's hopeful. We'll see.
  9. For anyone who hasn't seen it, I recorded and uploaded the announcement.



    Took ages
  10. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    Definitely. Quite the piece of history we've witnessed. Hopefully it's the start of the end of this damned fighting, however long it may be. My head's doubtful, but my heart's hopeful. We'll see.



    Thanks for the video too.
  11. I have to say that Bin Laden's death is a huge lost for Al Qaeda, but it will not end the terrorism threat. I'm affraid this will bring more and more violence around the world.

    Let's pray for peace and hope things end well for everybody who wants peace.

  12. An analyst on CNN declared that the US won the war against al qaeda.....so, that's good news, I guess?
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