I've waited for several days before voicing my opinion of the operation leading to Bin Laden's death and I'm finally ready to speak.
As Christians, we are told that we should not rejoice at the death of anyone; even an enemy. I must admit that I am not a 'good' Christian. My faith in God is stronger than ever, but my attachments to the artificial construct of organized religion are more tenuous than ever. Putting that aside for the remainder of this post; I must say that I have never been more glad to hear of the death of anyone than this one. I wish it had happened years ago as he waged war against the Russians in Afghanistan, he couldn't have been the driving force behind the attacks against us over the past fifteen or so years. A bullet was too good for him but it's good that there was no trial for the Arab world to claim was a product of a 'kangaroo court'. As it is, they have already claimed that he is still alive, refusing to believe that he was brought to justice, no matter how rough.
I have deviated from the express purpose of this blog for this one instance and will not repeat the action unless some other world-shaking occurrence comes to rattle us out of our beds.
Thank you,
Derek A. Murphy
Author of The Empty Heart: A Collection, Gulf of the Plains and others.
Available on Kindle
No comments:
Post a Comment