by Travis Beaney
As I am sure many of you already know, the leader of Al Queda and the man responsible for the 9/11 tragedy, Osama bin Laden, is now dead. As much as Americans should celebrate the victory over the 21st century’s embodiment of evil and our main target, we also need to look at the different, less thought of changes that bin Laden’s death will make to our nation and our world.
The kill was a major victory for the United States in terms of justice for our people and a military intelligence victory for the United States military. Just as important, it was also a victory for the world to rid itself of one more hate filled maniac bent on destruction. This, however, was new for our country. There have been very few, if any, other instances within the history of our country in which we have actually carried out a successful operation led by our military to kill a crazed and tyrannical leader. As a nation, we did not fully understand before this point what it would feel like to succeed in one of these missions, and we still do not fully understand the repercussions or positives that will come as a result of this victory for our nation.
Our country has put ourselves in a predicament regarding the potential acts of terrorist revenge that may be attempted upon our people by the supporters of bin Laden. In this aspect, we need to remain on high alert for at least a few months to wait out the storm that may come. Fortunately, our government is prepared and has increased security around the nation to the best of their ability.
Isaias Hastenreiter • Nov 17, 2015 at 4:56 pm
Great article. Lots of interesting ideas on the consequences on killing Bin Laden. Well done.
Michael • Sep 29, 2015 at 4:01 pm
Very intriguing article that made me want to read to the end
Jenna Lewis-Keddy • Sep 29, 2015 at 3:57 pm
I enjoyed the fact that you described how killing bin Laden may seem like a weight has been lifted from our countries shoulders, but that we still need to be prepared for people fighting back for his death.
Ben Lazarine • Sep 6, 2012 at 6:48 pm
This artticle was very interesting. It is interesting to think about the other consequences of kill bin Laden.