Triumph?
This morning Osama bin Laden was executed, without trial, by an "elite" US squad. Crowds chanting USA! USA! waving flags, tears streaming, hugging, singing, gathered throughout the country. "Justice has been done," said President Obama.
And now? The pursuit of "justice" has led to the deaths of countless thousands of people around the world. Were all those people, mostly civilians, executed in the name of justice? Is that going to end now?
My feeling is that the cycle of violence will become invigorated by this act, the manner in which it was conducted, and then celebrated.
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