So. Yeah. About That.

[fae_boleyn]

I'm going to guess most of you have heard about bin Laden by now. Obama confirmed that they killed him, so after almost ten years they finally did it. You know, Obama made it sound so easy, he just told the director of the CIA to focus on finding bin Laden, and it paid off. So. Either he is simplifying things for the sake of it being a speech, not a detailed lecture on counter-terrorism, or... Or it really is that simple. In which case, why the fucking hell did it take so goddamn long?

Don't get me wrong. I'm glad they got him. But this bothers me.

Also. I hope that all security is on top alert now. Because I don't think al-Qaeda is going to take this calmly, and if we're not ready for that...

Comments

[bennet-7.livejournal.com]

I was more surprised by the fact that he was still alive to be killed after all these years. I'd figured that he'd already been unknowingly killed in an air raid or something and "What ever happened to Osama bin Laden?" was just this mystery we'd have to live with.

[fae-boleyn.livejournal.com]

This is a very good point. I think I believed he was still alive because he was the human equivalent of a cockroach in every possible way.

[archerstar.livejournal.com]

It sounds nice for him to sum it up like that, but it is in no way that easy. This is actually relatively short to capture/kill a terrorist leader, if you look at them through history.

Thankfully, they've (the government) been sending out alerts to every embassy and they just put out the word for Americans to not travel internationally if at all possible, because while some are saying that this means we're done and that we can come home now, this is just the calm before the storm. It's only going to get worse because when people get angry, they get rash.

[fae-boleyn.livejournal.com]

Which is why I included both options, because usually stuff like that is simplified.

Exactly why I'm worried. It's not over yet.