Every Day is Pure Blissa

As President Obama explained in his address last night, Osama Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader but rather someone who killed Muslims all over the world. The 9/11 attacks took the lives of citizens from more than 90 countries.

The best thing we can do to preserve “our” way of life—and by that I mean all of us who love freedom, whichever passport we hold—is to be a force for good in the world. I think America is at its best as an entrepreneur-loving nation, one that welcomes foreigners and seeks to contribute to global concerns rather than dictate terms to its friends and allies.

Therefore, I don’t rejoice in the killing of anyone, because it doesn’t undo what happened almost ten years ago. But in this situation, it seems that there was no real alternative. OBL was not the kind of person who goes quietly, so if that’s how it had to be, so be it.

At any rate, my appreciation to the unnamed military personnel who brought some degree of closure to those who lost much more than me so many years ago.

Grace and peace to all of you today.