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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter
I appreciate your sentiments though I cannot agree.
I have a sneaking suspicion that the soldier or soldiers who took down OBL will not lose any sleep over their task. I agree that the soldier/s who is/are responsible for taking another life/s may experience some tremendous psychological impact on their psyche because of these responsibilities but in this case I doubt that there will be serious problems. I don't know and can't predict their (Seals) future but I believe they will equate the killing of OBL to the killing of a "rabid" animal. In that same vain, I have no problem celebrating his death and the courage of our soldiers and sailors. Sometimes people have to die for the common good of mankind. OBL deserved an ignoble death and that is what he got.
In that celebratory vain I offer the newest cocktail:
The OBL - 2 Shots and a Splash of Water
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If you don't know and can't predict how those soldiers will feel, perhaps immediately making predictions was in poor taste. If you're not the one making the shot, you really don't know how it will affect the shooter, or the others involved. Seals are heroes but not superheroes, and PTSD is always a possible outcome. It's entirely unrelated to whether the target deserved it.
/yes yes, rah rah USA and all that.