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The Price for bin Laden’s life
Anthony Gregory’s piece is thoughtful as usual. Read the entire article.
Hundreds of thousands of innocents have died years before their time. Tens of thousands of American soldiers have been killed, maimed and psychologically scarred for life. Priceless liberties have been trashed. The United States has waged military operations, major and minor, in Afghanistan, the Philippines, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan, and Libya. Trillions of dollars in resources have been squandered and destroyed.
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Glenn Greenwald on the Death of Bin Laden
But beyond the emotional fulfillment that comes from vengeance and retributive justice, there are two points worth considering. The first is the question of what, if anything, is going to change as a result of the two bullets in Osama bin Laden’s head? Are we going to fight fewer wars or end the ones we’ve started? Are we going to see a restoration of some of the civil liberties which have been eroded at the alter of this scary Villain Mastermind? Is the War on Terror over? Are we Safer now?
Those are rhetorical questions. None of those things will happen. If anything, I can much more easily envision the reverse. Whenever America uses violence in a way that makes its citizens cheer, beam with nationalistic pride, and rally around their leader, more violence is typically guaranteed. Futile decade-long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may temporarily dampen the nationalistic enthusiasm for war, but two shots to the head of Osama bin Laden — and the We are Great and Good proclamations it engenders — can easily rejuvenate that war love. One can already detect the stench of that in how Pakistan is being talked about: did they harbor bin Laden as it seems and, if so, what price should they pay? We’re feeling good and strong about ourselves again — and righteous — and that’s often the fertile ground for more, not less, aggression.
In sum, a murderous religious extremist was killed. The U.S. has erupted in a collective orgy of national pride and renewed faith in the efficacy and righteousness of military force. Other than that, the repercussions are likely to be far greater in terms of domestic politics — it’s going to be a huge boost to Obama’s re-election prospects and will be exploited for that end — than anything else.
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Ron Paul vs. Sean Hannity
Ron Paul on Monday night dismissed Sean Hannity’s fear that Sharia law is coming to the United States.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53693.html#ixzz1KdvzdQAu
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