So, Obama got Osama, did he? Beyond the disgust I felt at the fact that so many people were rejoicing in the bloody execution of Osama, I find myself as equally disgusted at the idea that anybody would give Obama the credit for bringing the man to justice. It wasn't Obama who initiated the manhunt, gathered intel, analyzed data, or performed reconnaissance and interrogations in order to pinpoint Osama's location and keep tabs on the movements of Al Quaeda. The only thing Obama can be given credit for is to have been the individual that by happenstance occupied the White House when all of the hard work of thousands of others finally came to fruition. For all intents and purposes, Obama was just lucky. His only role in all of this was to play eeny meeny minee mo between two options: sit and wait, or swoop in and execute the man. "Hmmm, which would be politically expedient right now? Hmmm...." My point: Obama deserves very, very little credit for Osama's apprehension.

As with every word the man utters, every movement he makes, and every photo opp he stages, nothing about this man's life is done without high regard given to the resulting political implications, and the Osama assassination is no different. Obama has had knowledge of his whereabouts for probably a year prior to this week, yet only now, when his approval ratings hover at all time lows, does he choose to give the green light to have the man executed. Coincidence? Or a politically strategic move to help boost his approval ratings and cast him in a more stately light? Based on the documented two year history already written about this administration, I would bet money on the latter. If his approval ratings are bolstered between now and the next poll results, I think I'll have my suspicions confirmed.

Your eternal readiness to give yourself credit and to put on a show of stateliness isn't fooling us, Obama, nor will your good fortune to have been the president at the time that the planet's most wanted man was brought to justice cause us to forget, turn a deaf ear to, or be blind to your corrosive policies that continue to undermine this great nation. Just letting you know, we're not the sheeple you hope we are. 628 more days, and then we can close this horrific chapter in American history.

And that's all I have to say about that.

P.S. If your first impression upon reading my statement "...the disgust I felt at the fact that so many people were rejoicing in the bloody execution of Osama...." caused you to think that I am somehow an Osama sympathizer, think again. My disappointment and chagrin stem solely from the idea that people are deriving great pleasure from the act of murder. Osama...he was a murderer and needed to be brought to justice (whatever justice that may be), and I in no way condone or sympathize with the man or the causes he promoted. I do like to believe, however, that humanity has evolved at least a small bit beyond the blood thirstiness of the citizens of Rome and we are able to implement justice without taking pleasure in the more heinous aspects of it. I could be wrong, but let me have my delusions!