There used to be an old "what if" game that I played with my friends. If you could push a button and one person would die whom you did not know, and you'd inherit a million dollars, would you push the button. I always answered "No."
But if I could have pushed the button on Bin Laden myself, I would have in a minute because the inheritance is the safety of hundreds, maybe thousands, of people whom he won't be able to torture or murder. I understand the jubilation of many people. Perhaps it's a bit tacky to celebrate in the streets but Bin Laden's been called a malignancy which indeed he was and one that needed to be cut out of the human population. There's some reason for joy in that he has been eliminated. Of course, in a perfect world there would be no executions of the murderous and inhumane. But in a perfect world there would be no murders, no tortures, no hunger, and so on.
Our world isn't perfect; our decisions aren't always right, but I think this was the best possible outcome for right now. Would I have celebrated in the streets? Perhaps not, but I understand it.
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