While I'm happy to congratulate the US on seeking to find and capture the ring leader of al-Qaeda, to bring him to justice, and that inevitably such a mission would lead to casualties, I'm uncomfortable with the level of jubilation shown by various world leaders and average people on the streets. I'm with the vatican, I hope we would never celebrate the death of any person.
Could the US have celebrated the capture of Bin Laden, but been disappointed that he died in the cross fire? Shouldn't we lament that things should have to come to this - even if Bin Laden brought it all on himself.
I think US and world celebrations can only be bad for hopes of ending the East/West division. While we celebrate they protest and beatify. The size of our smiles helps grow the resolve of their resistance and hopes for revenge. From what I know Bin Laden was someone who had lost a sense of right and wrong when killing innocent people was justified for his cause. Yet we tread a dangerous path when we pat ourselves on the back for killing what now turns out to be an unarmed man. It seems this story has a lot more unraveling to do, and I feel our self-congratulatory spirit will only come back to bite us.
For a sermon that addresses this topic before it happened 'Do not murder' go to burdekinuc.podbean.com/2011/03/14/you-shall-not-murder/
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