Many American's have cheered for Bin Laden's death. But is it right. According to a Vatican spokes person (Federico Lombardi), says, "A Christian never rejoices" in the death of any man, no matter how evil," though a Christian should instead "reflect on the serious responsibility of each and every one of us has before God and before man." The article goes on to state "For many Americans, bin Laden's death was quite literally an answer to prayer. Muslims who saw bin Laden as an apostate breathed a quiet sigh of relief. Ethicists and pastors searched for the appropriate space between vindication and vengeance. U.S. special forces did what they had to do. How everyone else is supposed to feel about it is a little less clear." Yes his death was a sigh of relief to every person affected, directly or indirectly from his actions, but in my opinion, killing Bin Laden only made him a martyr, instead we should have captured him and make him pay for his crimes. I believe killing him was far to easy.
The article also raises a few good questions regarding Bin Laden's death, "The questions around bin Laden's demise tended to break into two different camps: Were we right to kill him? And is his death something to cheer? For many, what set bin Laden apart was his defiance, unrepentant violence and coldly calculating designs to rain destruction upon Americans, innocent civilians and even fellow Muslims." Can we, as humans, really sleep better knowing this man in particular is no longer a threat to anyone, regardless if his the action of killing him was "good" or "bad" or even "justified?" I personally fear that now he is dead (with or without the cheering of hundreds of thousands of people) he not only is seen as a martyr, but his loyal followers will seek out "justice" or "revenge" to those they see as responsible, IE the USA and anyone else they care to go after.
In short I firmly believe that we, more so those who made the decisions, should have thought twice about their actions. Meaning, would we have less backlash capturing him and letting him live? Or having him dead? I guess time will only tell what, if any, backlash will occur from Bin Laden's death.
All information used was used from the following website:
http://yourlife.usatoday.com/mind-soul/spirituality/story/2011/05/Is-it-OK-to-cheer-Osama-bin-Ladens-death/46759110/1