He who will not be named

Do you think when he was hiding up in that "mansion" for all these years that he knew we would eventually get him? Was he really not afraid to die or did he pee his pants like the coward he truly is when the Navy Seals had him cornered? Is it true that he held up a woman to use as a shield when we got close? I'm betting that he cried like a baby and begged for his life when faced with his inevitable death. Died like the coward he was, hiding behind young, impressionable youth with a promise of fabricated eternity and martyrdom.

Did we bring him to justice? One might have a strong argument that we did. Others might argue that he should have been captured and tried for all the horror he provoked and caused. I'd argue that he got off easy. There's no punishment I can think of that we could have laid upon him that could make up for the innocent lives he stole from this earth. The bloodshed, the pain, the suffering. We had no war against Islam. He brought war to us, and did it in the worst possible way.

I wish I believed in hell. And that he would truly end up there, as a rotting corpse for all eternity instead of the nirvana he believed he'd get for carrying out his message of violence. But I don't. So I have to sit here and wonder if he got off easy. His death was probably quick and painless. He received a proper burial at sea. He didn't leave an army of loved ones behind wondering how he could have been innocently killed like so many wives and husbands, mothers, fathers, sons and daughters on 911.

He will never be forgotten and that hurts deep in my heart because we can't change what happened. How he played the role of God and decided who should live and who should die amongst people that didn't want to be a part of his sick and demented perspective of the world. What right did he have?!

Justice served? Not in my book, but hopefully it sends a message. A few messages actually:

1. There is some universal moral code that we all subscribe to, whether we admit it or not. And rule #1 is to not cross the line and kill someone because they believe something different than you. If you do, you lose your right to inhabit this planet and be a part of society.
2. Don't mess with the USA. When we say we won't stop until we achieve our goal, we mean it. We bring peace to the world every single day and lend a helping hand when called upon most of the time. But violate our trust, threaten our people, cross the line - and that same hand will strike you down with a fury unlike any other.
3. We may never win the war on terror but we are not going to ever sit by and watch idly as our safety and freedom are threatened.

I have a lot of emotions at the moment. So much anger, so much sadness, so many thoughts of things i wish i didn't have to think of. Lost loved ones, violence and retaliation. He did this to us. And now he's gone. Will he have a legacy? Yeah. He got what he wanted. Without the heaven/nirvana part. But for me, he will live on not as the martyr he portrayed himself to be. If you haven't noticed, I haven't even said his name. He doesn't even deserve that much from me. He was not an iconic figure. He was not a leader. He deserves to be remembered for what he truly was...a murderer and a coward.