On the Death of A Man
I shared this as a note on Facebook this morning: Last night my friend Regina sent me a text message, "Get on the computer. Fox News says Bin Laden is dead." She knew we are currently without a television and she wanted me to witness this historic event. I must say I was overwhelmed with pride and even happiness for the U.S. intelligence services and our special forces. They have labored for nearly a decade, following every scrap of information. They have pursued this man with diligence and sacrifice, spending countless hours, days, months away from their families without being able to share with them any details of their jobs. They have put themselves in harm's way on a daily basis and we will never know the number of or the names of the men and women who were killed and injured while on the trail of this mastermind of mass murder. The feelings that overwhelm me are identical to those which take...