Thank you for the post Huck.
I thank our troops for dispatching this man and any others who threaten our country.
I wish I could find "joy" in his departure but I don't. I've tried to figure out the "whys" and part of it must be the amount of time that has passed (along with the sanitizing of the media of the images of 9-11).
The spectacle of Obama preening for this is so repulsive, that any expression of "happiness" about it is muted. I had to turn off the TV. Listening to everyone praise Obama was too disgusting.
This president will milk this as his platform, massage it for a ratings "bounce," and make photo-op rounds for personal enrichment.
That is the spectacle I see.
Don't blame FReepers. Blame the man in the White House.
Our lives really will not change with bin laden's death -- the terrorism he championed is still with us. The people he helped kill are still dead. It will be the generation that comes after us -- who are more removed by time from 9-11 to feel "good" about the U.S. military action (that we are so "fortunate" to see was watched -- WH official photos -- by the administration as it happened).
My energy will be used to get Obama voted out and someone who wants a strong U.S. and loves this country voted in.
Your post captures what i felt too. knowing that he will use this to bolster his reelection bid is nauseating. seeing the GW university students in front of the WH, when i sincerely doubt they would have been there had this happened on W’s watch, only made me think that they had been summoned as a flashmob by Obama’s twitter account. i felt sick for having those feelings instead of patriotic ones but was powerless to overcome them.