My Two Cents

It's appropriate to feel relief that Osama Bin Laden is gone from this Earth. However, I find it troublesome that Americans cheered his execution. For some reason, it brings to memory images we've seen time and time again of foreigners cheering terrorist attacks against America - celebrating death. As David Sirota, a writer for Salon.com wrote, "When we lose the sadness part -- when all we do is happily scream "USA! USA! USA!” at news of yet more killing in a now unending back-and-forth war -- it’s a sign we may be inadvertently letting the monsters win."