Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

I was shocked Monday morning as I opened the Washington Post web site. bin Laden is dead, killed by the U.S. military. I scrolled around and looked at a few other web sites. I really didn’t believe the news for a while.

Then I looked around the web and listened to talk radio.

I was shocked by the celebrations. I guess they make sense. People are happy about the news. Nonetheless, I was shocked. I didn’t feel like celebrating.

Let’s review this:

We killed half a dozen more people.

I just don’t see the cause for celebration.

I am thankful that a person who enables others to kill innocent people will not do that any longer.

I don’t know any of the people who died on 9/11. If I did, perhaps I would feel differently. I do know people who were killed and seriously injured by prior attacks enabled by bin Laden. Still, I don’t feel like celebrating and I am shocked by the celebrations of others.