"My feelings on the death of OBL are best summed up by....."

[GreenPartyVoter]

Poll question: "My feelings on the death of OBL are best summed up by....."

If you are feeling more than one, please reply to this thread with the correct answers or a different answer of your own.

(I'm curious as to whether or not the threads I see the most are indicative as to what DUers are feeling. Thanks for participating)

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. kick

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Wow.. this forum is at warp speed today! kick

[blondeatlast]

3. 1, 2, 4, and 5. FWIW, I'm traveling the end of this month and not

worried about security.

[CJCRANE]

4. I wasn't surprised

because a DUer predicted it last week. So when I saw the news (online) I said to myself "okay, interesting, that DUer was right".

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. That _is_ interesting. Hmmmm......

[Fuzz]

5. More than one of those.

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. I honestly expected that this would be the most popular choice. I question whether it is not

because:

a) People are voting for which sentiment they feel strongest,
b) They didn't realize they could vote for the multi-feeling option.

Good thing I am not a real pollster! LOL It's not easy to get it right.

[GreenPartyVoter]

55. kick

[damntexdem]

7. Other: hoorah. A little unsettled by the wild celebration -- but I can't help it:

Hurrah!

[GreenPartyVoter]

20. Yes, I have found it a bit unsettling too, but I guess not all that surprising.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. kick

[cottonseed]

9. Bah humbug. What can I get pissed off at next.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. I promise, something will come along shortly. It always does.

[quinnox]

11. show me the body and I'm glad he is no longer a threat but

damn, I'm not a bloodthirsty savage who is going crazy with celebratory blood-lust!

I try and think human beings can be well, better than that.

Also, something is fishy about how this whole thing went down, anyone can see that. Does it mean I think there was a conspiracy, no, but something still stinks and I have questions, as someone who doesn't automatically accept what they are told as the gospel truth.

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. Yeah, after all those years of ** I have become quite the cynic myself.

[RaleighNCDUer]

35. But, in the immortal words of Lily Tomlin,

I just can't keep up.

[GreenPartyVoter]

57. I thought the immortal words were, "One ringy dingy?"

[Gemini Cat]

13. 2, 4, 5.

I want my constitution back, the troops home and even if I didn't list the first answer, there is a part of me that thinks that too. I hope this brings some closure to the 9.11 friends and families. Nothing can replace the people lost, but it helps.

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Yes, I feel similarly.

[Deep13]

14. Glad they got him, but at this point it's a Pyrrhic victory. nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

29. Yes, I see what you mean.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

15. When are the troops coming home -

followed by show me the body.

[GreenPartyVoter]

31. I worry that they will find reasons to keep the troops over there anyway,

[Hell Hath No Fury]

37. I doubt we will ever leave both places -

give up control of the #2 oil fields?, lose such strategic bases? hell no! - but I think OBL death will make it harder for them to rationalize our continued involvement.

It will be a bit sickening to see the current and future administrations tell us why our troops must remain. :puke:

[GreenPartyVoter]

40. Yeah, I thought of that myself. :^(

[GreenPartyVoter]

62. kick

[SpiralHawk]

17. Ultimately meaningless

One dead person means doodley squat. The same conditions which bring terrorists into the world still prevail. Deal with it.

Kill one terrorist, two pop up. Nothing related to the causes of terrorism has changed.

FREE CLUE: 'They' do not hate us 'for our freedoms,' despite the idiotic claim of Republicon propagandists. 'They' have other reasons -- and America would be wise to reckon with the real reasons.

[gratuitous]

24. How could they hate us for our freedoms?

We wrapped the corpse in a copy of the Constitution and dumped them both into the drink.

[demwing]

18. All (but for the royals and "show me the body") of the above /nt

[Amaril]

19. Multiple and conflicting..........

......a) I hope this brings closure to those who so still need it, b) can we bring the troops home now, c) can we have our Constitution/freedoms back now, and d) other..........one man's terrorist is another man's freedom figher - we (the US) will not mourn his death, but millions around the world will. Is this the end of a dangeous extremist or the birth of a martyr? Only time will tell.

[GreenPartyVoter]

38. Agreed on all points.

[GreenPartyVoter]

63. kick

[sakabatou]

21. 4 & 5

[geardaddy]

23. 2, 4, and 5

[woodsprite]

25. If we don't get our Constitution and freedoms back, then

Osama may be dead, but he (and the terrorists) still won.

[GreenPartyVoter]

39. That's a good point. Any mention of that in the corporate media at all?

[GreenPartyVoter]

66. kick

[Beringia]

26. Wondering why it took so long

If he was close to a military base in Pakistan, then it seems many people would have heard about it. People have eyes and ears. Also his son was with him, which made him even more visible.

[GreenPartyVoter]

42. Good question. Was he there all along or only later on?

[dana_b]

27. answers 2,4,5 and 6 n/t

[undeterred]

28. I thought he was already dead, so its kind of anti-climactic.

Since he apparently wasn't dead, well done.

[RaleighNCDUer]

36. Maybe he was dead

and this was Ozombie Bin Laden.

That would explain the need for a head shot. Double tap?

[GreenPartyVoter]

43. Do you have to use silver bullets on zombies, or is that only werewolves?

[RaleighNCDUer]

44. Werewolves and vampires -

two standard rounds to the head is sufficient for any zombie.

[GreenPartyVoter]

46. D'oh! I forgot about the vampires.

[GreenPartyVoter]

69. kick

[Glorfindel]

30. 1, 2, 4, 5, & 8

n/t

[Tommy_Carcetti]

32. Solemn contentment, pride in the administration's leadership.

I would not be out there celebrating in jubliation on the streets. But nonetheless I do think this was a positive accomplishment.

A horrible man, responsible for the death of thousands, is dead. It appeared that his intention was to fight to the death and not be captured alive, and from the accounts I've heard, that is how it played out. I would have preferred capturing him alive and putting him on trial, a real trial subject to American jurisprudence, because that is what America should be all about.

Still, I just cannot find myself being jubilant at any human being's death, even a horrible one as that. So while I believe yesterday's news was welcome, it is a restrained celebration on my part.

What pleases me most is not that Bin Laden is dead, but the pride I do have in my President. It is clear from early in the presidency he made it a priority to refocus on the capture or killing of Bin Laden where the past administration had long given up. And he absolutely deserves credit for that.

[GreenPartyVoter]

47. Hmmm.... I didn't include a response for that.. Just had the re-election one. Thanks for

sharing your thoughts. I'm sorry I missed that option. :hi:

[Dawson Leery]

33. 2, 4, 5

[RaleighNCDUer]

34. 4 & 5

plus:

Why the fuck didn't this happen 8 years ago?

It didn't take billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of troops.

One goddam SEAL team. I'm sure they were just as well trained in 03 as they are today.

[Initech]

41. Obama did in two years what Bush couldn't do in 8.

[GreenPartyVoter]

48. Not to hear the RW tell it. Somehow ** still gets the credit for this.

:eyes:

[Initech]

59. I saw some asshole on CNN last night flying Bush/Cheney signs outside the WH.

Dude it happened on Obama's watch! Get over it! :wtf:

[GreenPartyVoter]

61. They'll never get over it. LOL

[GreenPartyVoter]

71. kick

[Quantess]

45. 4, 5, 7

[GreenPartyVoter]

49. kick

[some guy]

50. 4 & 5 & 2

[Odin2005]

51. 2, 4, & 5.

[rucky]

52. First thing I said when my wife told me the news...

"so that means we can leave Afghanistan, now?"

[nadinbrzezinski]

53. Bad guy died, MEH!

sorry if I don't get too excited on this.

Oh and war is not over, troop are not coming home and the civil rights will not come back for a while

[GreenPartyVoter]

58. Yeah, I don't think those two things will happen either.

[tnlefty]

54. Completely different...seething anger.

The intelligence worked, the okay given Friday from what I understand, the Navy Seals executed a plan that worked and a crazed terrorist planner and funder is removed from society. President Obama isn't strutting around with a codpiece on swaggering and bragging, but acting more like a CoC and statesman, all to be admired and respected, and I'm not sad that Bin Laden is gone.

However, I remember Dimson**, who refused to deal with it any other way besides bombing the shit out of Afghanistan, where most of the people killed or maimed by those bombs had no affiliation with Bin Ladin.

Then the lying bastard went on to lie to kick off a war in Iraq. That country had nothing to do with 9/11, but he got another war on that resulted in many unnecessary deaths of troops and Iraqi's. How many trillions spent on his warmongering? He disgraced and divided this country with his lies and approving the torturing of people. I remember Rush selling Club Gitmo t-shirts.:puke:

Trillions for his arrogance and stupidity and possible austerity for us.

Yeah, I'm still pissed.

[GreenPartyVoter]

56. I hear that!

[Initech]

60. Now that bin Laden's dead we need to start holding the MIC accountable for what they did.

[eridani]

64. Two options

Can we have our Constitution/Freedom back now?
So, when are the troops coming home?

[GreenPartyVoter]

65. Unfortunately, I fear we won't get a positive answer to either of those.

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[GreenPartyVoter]

68. Many people think that. Maybe not on DU, but in general.

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[GreenPartyVoter]

72. Last call for voters