September 11, 2001. I was playing one of my favorite games Canasta on yahoo and I saw someone say “A building exploded in New York” in the chat forum. I turned on the news and was in complete and total awe at what was occurring in the United States of America! The Twin Towers were the target of terrorism and went down in flames along with most people in it; nearly 3000 individuals. I will never forget the feeling that consumed me for weeks afterwards; I cried at the tragedy facing us, the fear of the unknown for the families who lost loved ones, and the families who were yet to find out.
May 1st 2011, I am in my living room and my uncle calls to tell me to turn on the news; that the United States Armed Forces finally brought Osama Bin Laden to justice via death! I will never. NEVER forget that day either. It brought emotions back not felt since that September 11th morning back in 01! I was and AM proud to be an American! It took almost ten long years and more money than ever, but we, AMERICA did it.
On Facebook that night celebrations were abundant, and Osama took over social media! 'Thank yous' to Soldiers posted her and 'Im a proud American' posted there; it was amazing that for a mere 2 hours there was nothing but positive posts announcing America’s accomplishment! I was so proud of the unity!! Honestly, it gave me the goose bumps!
May 2nd 2011. I see posts (from 10 out of 400) from a few friends saying REPOSTED!!!!~ "Let's be clear on this: OBAMA did NOT kill Bin Laden, an American soldier (who Obama just a few weeks ago was debating on whether or not to PAY), did. Obama just happened to be the one in office when our soldiers finally found OBL and took him out. This is NOT an Obama victory, but an AMERICAN victory!! PLZ REPOST IF YOU AGREE!!!". What a bunch bull?!?
First of all, can we not be proud that we accomplished a mission we set out to accomplish instead of pointing fingers??? While Obama was campaigning for presidency, he stated that his intention was to get our troops out of Iraq and into Afghanistan to get Osama, same orders Bush put into play–Dead or alive. He fulfills his promise (which is rare in politics) and gets no credit?? The tax dollars, the blood sweat and tears from the Armed forces and their families and all of the research and decision making that went into this mission finally paid off!!! This is one of the most notorious terrorists ever to come into contact with the United States of America and we finally, as a team, brought this guy down and all one has to say is “Obama didn’t pull the trigger”!?!? If you feel that way, why not keep it to yourself during a victory such as this?
Secondly, Obama never said that “HE” killed Osama, he gave credit to EVERYONE currently involved and those involved in the past including President Bush as he should have. We are THE UNITED states for a reason!! I wonder, who would we blame if the mission had failed? Bush? The Navy Seal? You’d blame the man in charge. Which, I am not an expert on the matter or anything, but the last I heard, the President of the United States of America, is commander in chief! I also know He didn’t pull the trigger, but he DID give permission for another American to do so. It’s like saying that the marines or the army had nothing to do with it just because it was a Navy Seal who shot the gun. Its like saying that the coach of a football team gets no credit for a teams wins or losses.
AND last, but certainly not least, Obama, ALONE was not responsible for pay freezes which did NOT occur, it was because congress could not agree on a budget plan!!!!! I wont dwell on what didn’t happen though, since it’s trivial. All I’m saying is, you DO NOT have to like the man, but please give the man credit for whatever it is he did to make this mission go right!!! I feel like I should end this blog with a status update from my Facebook page!
“Thanks to our Military who sacrificed more than anyone along, with your families to bring this man to justice, THANK YOU SOO MUCH!! :) I've witnessed what you give up to do what you do and its SO VERY selfless of you!! Wow. Also, Thanks to our President, the commander in chief of our armed forces, for whatever you've done wrong to make this mission go right!!! Right or wrong THE UNITED States Military (this includes our president for pursuing Osama and for having the guts to carry out this mission) is to thank for bringing this evil man to justice. 10 years of hard work from both parties, and even worse, 3000 lives later. No debating or hating I am darn proud to Be an American!! :) Lets keep our faces forward and prepare for what’s to come though.
Yesterday at 9:56pm (this post was from May 2nd 2011)
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