Closure

I wish that this "last death" brought back all those lost from this horrible war & 9/11...that all those who lost loved ones, or had loved ones fight for this cause would get them back.   Sadly I feel that more death, more killing will just equal the same response.

When will we be the example?

When will we stop all of this and show love?  peace?

While I hope this brings closure to many I fear that it will be an empty closure.  It will not bring back your loved ones, or erase the pain you feel from their absence.  It will not undo that horrible event that took place 10 years ago.  Instead this quest has led thousands more to feel that pain, to want/to seek revenge.

While I pray this really does end up to be a good thing I think it is unreasonable for the US to ask other countries and organizations for something we are not willing to give.

Another senseless death..how many others died in that gun fight?  How many mothers are at home crying over their dead children?

With Bin Laden gone this just leaves room for another in his place.  Do you think the view that the people he led has changed of us?  Do you actually believe they are now afraid? They who have been trained from childhood to fight, have been taught honor and sacrifice, they who have had all odds against them from day one and yet still have nothing to loose?  Do you think they have now changed their opinions of the US for the positive?  That we will now be safe?

If you think any of that you are a fool.

I am tired of false promises and of people losing their lives over false information and hatred.

I am tired of 10 years wasted.  Wasted on war, on hatred on a false promise of closure. of safety.

I wish tonight I could celebrate closure.  I wish tonight I could celebrate our great achievement.

But tonight I pray.

Tonight I pray for healing, for peace.  For the US to take a stand and state we will not only ask for Peace but also give it.

10 years, trillions of dollars, thousands and thousands of lives for one elderly man's death.  Seems so pointless.  Could you imagine if all that effort went into education? into bettering the world? Think of how much truly safer, rewarding this moment would be then.  To create relationships based on respect and understanding, of openness and diversity.

Tonight I pray for peace.