Osama Bi Laden's actions just proved that in war there are no winners, that war breeds war. Wasn't his ideology the result of the Russian - Afghan war? The rhetoric used by the papers is exactly the same kind of rhetoric used by middle Eastern countries were 1000s have been killed by action from the West, - is one type of killing any better than the other?
Extreme terrorism is frightening and sickening and there is no excuse, neither is there an excuse for the Western and more often than not American arrogance in how they behave in the world, the polititicians making themselves sound so self righteous and superior while in the USA many of their own people suffer, too, ... how come we get presented with the shinier than shiny 'good version'. The term 'axis of evil' should have never been allowed, we are talking about human beings trapped by corrupt governments, but don't we know how little we can do against corruption here, be that the MPs' expenses scandal or the behavious of banks, adding to that the insult of globalisation, to really stamp out cultural differences alltogether. We saw what happens to people who feel oppressed in Northern Ireland, the oppression in the Middle East has lasted for a longer time and affected so many more people - is it really a surprise that terrorism has been able to get such a hold?
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, I would dance in the street if ever I heard that religious freedom was allowed in the Middle East and that financial corruption had come to an end everywhere, not because one man got shot dead that will provoke how many other deaths? Yes, perhaps it was right to shoot him, all those who believe in the death penalty will agree with it, and perhaps there is no better answer than the death penalty for some people, to be honest it's beyond my comprehension what is the right thing to do. My personal revulsion though is greater against people like paedophiles and people who attack old people in their own homes, than against someone turned extremely evil by circumstances caused by others, I hope that comes across right. Strange there have been no pictures still, a good thing, but strange all the same.
