Osama Bin Laden is dead
The man that the US of A love to hate is officially dead as a doornail, apparently shot in a US-led commando raid on his hideout somewhere in Pakistan. When I first read the news, the first thing I felt was relief. After all, a good Khawarij is always a dead one. OBL’s greatest mistake was to pick out civilian targets for his so-called “global war” against the US, and I never could understand the rationale for doing so. If he had launched his attacks against Israel, that would have made better sense. Then again, the Khawarij never had a record for ever thinking straight or take into consideration the immense harm they would do to Islam in general and the Muslim ummah in particular by killing innocent lives.
Having said this however, there is something that I find quite disturbing in this whole drama. Radovan Karadzic and Slobodan Milosevic, both Christians and are no doubt mass-murderers and terrorists responsible for the blood of millions of innocent Muslims on their hands, were captured alive and charged in the ICJ at The Hague. To some extent, even Saddam Hussein and his cousin were tried in a court of law, although it was not perceived as either fair or just. However, OBL did not receive such a treatment, the orders were clearly to “kill him, don’t catch him”. Why are there double standards in how the US treats her enemies? This line of thought was echoed in this article from The Malaysian Insider.
Osama Bin Laden is dead…
The man that the US of A love to hate is officially dead as a doornail, apparently shot in a US-led commando raid on his hideout somewhere in Pakistan. When…
Trackback by petalingstreet.org — May 4, 2011 @ 5:10 pm
I am pretty sure, that many are celebrating for the lost of the world's leader terrorist,, but we have to be careful this time,, as we don't know what their members can do…
Comment by personal statement e — May 8, 2011 @ 6:24 pm
First of all I am a Hindu and I still think it was wrong what America did by throwing Osama bin Laden body in to the sea. What about respect for a dead person. And what about washing the body and giving Islamic prayers etc? His soul? what about that? May his soul rest in peace. If he was captured alive them muslims could have tried him in thier court and decided according to shariah what punishment he deserves.
Does anyone agree with my view I wonder.
Comment by Dilshan — May 11, 2011 @ 5:14 pm
I think the double standards they showed to OBL vs Sadam is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. I think there is way more important issues to worry about – like obama said he was going to release the pics
- thanks for the post menj
Comment by what to wear — May 24, 2011 @ 9:46 pm
I agree with you. I think that terrorists will retaliate and will be more terrorist attacks
Comment by usn seal — May 25, 2011 @ 7:15 pm
the greatest mistake was to pick out civilian targets for his so-called global war against the US, and I never could understand the rationale for doing so.
Comment by betsy21 — June 11, 2011 @ 8:42 pm