Today is May 1, 2011 and on this day it was proclaimed that the mastermind behind 9/11 is dead. The man that caused so much suffering in the country I call home. In the city I think of as home, has been killed.
Do you feel vindicated? Do you feel justice was served? Do you feel anger towards our Government for it taking this long? Or anger at how the message was delivered? Do you feel elated? Are you proud to be an American?
I don't tweet about politics because everyone has an opinion, and if someone disagrees with my opinion then a debate ensues that can essentially become a waste of time and energy. The way my timeline has read tonight has prompted me to say something. I have a mind. I use it. I have an opinion, so I will state it. Then...I will leave it be. For those who are truly listening will only need to hear it once. And if you disagree with what I'm about to say, then we shall agree to disagree. I will be respectful of your mind and your opinion and that's it. Period.
For all the bickering and slamming those who have an opinion about how this announcement was handled...
My heart bleeds for ALL the lives lost from that fateful day of September 11th, and for ALL the lives lost since then. I am proud to be an American. I am proud to be the sister of a man who spent two tours in Iraq fighting in this war, and who is probably pissed as hell right now because he is currently stationed in GA and wasn't part of Bin Laden's demise.
I'm proud that we have the freedom of speech, because I'm probably gonna piss somebody off in a second...
What I am NOT proud of is the petty arguing about who got credit for what. I am NOT proud that in this moment, all I see are people fighting. Really? Fighting amongst each other and name calling and being disrespectful to each of those who's opinions differ from our own is how you choose to spend this one small moment we have as a nation to breathe.
Isn't that how wars start?
The souls that are lost to us......weep for us.
