Monday, May 2, 2011

Update on Osama Bin Laden

So, I blogged somewhat late last night from my phone and only had little details on what happened in Pakistan. Today, Americans found out that Osama Bin Laden's body was given a quick burial at sea after locating him in a mansion in Islamabad. He was given the choice to surrender. When he did not, a single gun shot to the head ended his life. There is a lot of speculation going around about whether our U.S. troops really killed this leader of terrorism, since most do not trust our government leaders. I think the American people want proof, but in keeping with the Islamic tradition, Bin Laden was buried within 24 hours of his death.

The hype over President Obama capturing and killing Bin Laden is likely a ploy to get election votes in 2012. It was a collaborative effort by many that took almost 10 years to complete. Obama signed off on giving the go-ahead for this mission. The military service men and women who risk their lives every day are who we should be thanking. We should also be thanking God.

Let us not forget the mission to end terrorism. Let us not forget that Bin Laden was just one mortal human who was followed by many. Let's hope for the future that we are not victims of retaliation by his group.

God Bless America! United We Stand!



"Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!"

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