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  1. But on a serious note now, here comes all the - understandable - mass hysteria about retaliation?

  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. For anyone who hasn't seen it, I recorded and uploaded the announcement.



    Took ages
  6. 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.
  7. 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.

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


  9. I guess the war is not over, but a huge battle was won.
  10. Can you smell the scent of the History being written right now? I do. What a piece of news!
  11. so glad that that dirty muzzie is finally dead

    don't get me wrong, i have nothing against islam and muslim people - quite often they are the nicest people out - but i do hate that stinking muslim and all those scumbags who call themselves al qaeda
    to the troops and the people behind this victory for the west
  12. Wow, how unexpected. 10 years in the making. It's amazing to think how this one man has shaped the 21st century. In many ways the current US & global economic crisis wouldn't exist (or wouldn't be as bad) if not for 9/11

    It's deeply ironic that the actions of the US actually did more damage than Al-Qaeda could ever do themselves - the Iraq War has cost the US something like a trillion $s, the lives of 4,750 Coalition troops, a hundred thousand Iraqi civilians and the credibility of the US.

    And now thinking back through all of this makes me feel old
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