Why?

So bin Laden was blown away by a couple of bullets to his face and chest.  Maybe a bit better than the west-Texas necktie-party that Saddam found to dangle from, but certainly not the way most of us would want to go to glory.  At least the score is settled now.  Or is it?  Actually, what was it all about to begin with?  It has been a long time since the 911 attacks and we have asked and answered in great detail all the questions about that except for one.  That’s the question “Why”.  Why did THEY do that?  Why did they hate us that much?  Why have WE spent almost three trillion dollars killing people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya and other places to get even?  

Was that all for oil?  Did we do it for Israel?  Is it an issue involving Islam and Christianity?  Or Judiasm? Does it go back to the crusades?  Was it just an accident?  Why, indeed?  Why are we still fighting and killing?  Most of the people we Americans kill in this war are innocent – we call that “collateral damage”, and smile a wry smile and sadly shake our heads at the thought.  But most of the people we have killed and most of the people whose lives we have shattered and destroyed were innocent of any crime under any law, or of any sin under any religion.  They were just “in the way”.  They got in our way.  And we were mad.  We still are.  That’s right.  We are mad. We still are. We are mad indeed.

Someone might say that bin Laden deserved to die. They might be right.  Perhaps what our Navy Seals did was an “Honor Killing”.  That being that they implemented a punishment that was

More important than any law

more important than any economic event

more important than any religion

it goes straight to the gut . . . and it comes out of the gut one way or the other.

It is a harmonic between the anus and the open mouth screaming, between the shriek of terror and the cry of “Kill, Kill!”.

It was created back before we were even human. . . 

Still fitting . . . even today.  Especially today.