Bin Laden was killed last night. The world is rejoicing at the news of a notorious criminal mastermind responsible for the attacks against the United States on September 11th 2001. Our world was changed and the governments around the world declared a war against those that committed the attacks that left thousands of innocent Americans dead. I however have very mixed emotions concerning this news. Was this act committed by men simply wielding box cutters? Was 9/11 the work of terrorists with no other weapons, no other technological means other than cell phones that were able to outsmart the most sophisticated security network in the world. The CIA, the FBI, the most well trained, equipped and funded security force in the world was overrun by a few men with box cutters?
I know that Osama Bin Laden was probably a very dangerous person. The people that followed him and still wish harm to this country still exist. But even ten years later most of the story concerning 9/11 still don't make sense. No remnants of a plane found in Shankesville PA, or at the Pentagon. No video footage of a plane hitting the pentagon. World Trade Center fell even though it was not touched by a plane. There are still gaping holes concerning what happened on 9/11. I knew that day when I watched those planes hit the twin towers and that night when I watched the news I knew that something wasn't right. We will probably never know everything that happened, the only thing I know for sure is that our own government is hiding things from us.
Regardless of all this, one less dangerous person lives in our world. Many of our fellow Americans died as well as innocent civilians have died in the effort to find Osama Bin Laden. I hope that it was not all in vain.
I know that Osama Bin Laden was probably a very dangerous person. The people that followed him and still wish harm to this country still exist. But even ten years later most of the story concerning 9/11 still don't make sense. No remnants of a plane found in Shankesville PA, or at the Pentagon. No video footage of a plane hitting the pentagon. World Trade Center fell even though it was not touched by a plane. There are still gaping holes concerning what happened on 9/11. I knew that day when I watched those planes hit the twin towers and that night when I watched the news I knew that something wasn't right. We will probably never know everything that happened, the only thing I know for sure is that our own government is hiding things from us.
Regardless of all this, one less dangerous person lives in our world. Many of our fellow Americans died as well as innocent civilians have died in the effort to find Osama Bin Laden. I hope that it was not all in vain.
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