Today, Omar Bin Laden went public and stated that the United States acted unjustly by killing his father, Osama Bin Laden. He said the United States violated international law and contradicted the American right to a fair trial. He then states that he needs proof that Osama is in fact dead and that the Obama administration has 30 days to provide answers or proof of a body. Well, make up your mind sir. Do you wish to claim that the United States acted unjustly or do you wish to claim that Osama may not be dead? I hope you make a decision of which one you wish to pursue before you storm into international court. Osama was a terrorist that was responsible for thousand of deaths, so to me it seems that his fate does fit the crimes. Let me help you understand something Omar. If Osama was arrested and brought to trial, he would have been sentenced to death anyway, so the decision was made to get this out the way early. That's a win for the United States. We are not dealing with someone who commited a "simple" murder. We are dealing with someone who declared war on the United States. For the Bin Laden family, this may be the end. But for the United States, there is no end. The war on terror is a war against an enemy without a face, because the enemy is an idelogy. As I enter this post, I am listening to the television as a national news station discuss a story regarding a group of grade school kids in Afghanistan that were detained for receiving training on how to carry out suicide missions. Osama is no longer an issue. It's the grade school kids that are receiving terrorist training that pose our biggest threat. So I understand that Omar is a little bitter because he lost his father. But after 9/11, the United States will always be on the defensive and there will be many more casulties in this war, and not all will be human casualties.
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