It's still small potatoes in the fact that it started a 10+ year war of empire, thousands if not hundreds of thousands (We don't officially count "Indigents" ) of deaths.. -For what?
I don't wave flags. I don't think what I'm told to think. I've seen violent death, and don't support a war that only enriches others at our expense. "Brave" men and women joined voluntarily, It's their ass if things go bad, but I don't glorify them. We're no safer because of any of this.
Believe what you will, but I don't buy into it.
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Ah yes, so the last 10+ years are our fault, right? The civilian deaths are our fault, right? The fact that a religion is so filled with fanatic fundamentalists who will kill anyone who disagrees is our fault as well, right? The USA is only out for it's own empirical goals, right? Why stop there? Join the Obama Apology Tour. The USA is inherently at fault for everything wrong in this world...
I wave flags because I'm proud to be an American patriot. I celebrate the downfall of evil, and Bin Ladin was evil. Regardless of how he died, he's gone, and the world is a slightly better place because of it. I don't think what I've been told to think, as you have so elegantly implied. Perhaps you should take a gander at my signature and see if that gives you any hints.
Glorify our troops? You bet I do. They're not gods but are those who put their own lives on the line in defense of others. I do my best to thank any one of them I meet and tell them that I appreciate their sacrifice. It's because of people like THEM we get to enjoy the freedoms we do. It's because of people like THEM that other nations get a slight glimmer of hope every once in awhile when SOMEONE in this world loves freedom and liberty more then self. And you wonder why when it hits the fan and someone is in dire need, to whom do they plead for help? I'm not saying this to boast of our power, I'm saying this to glorify the cause of freedom that is just. The USA is different, and the world knows it.
Today is just one more reason that I am proud to fly the Stars & Stripes.