Obama, Osama, it's all the same....

I awoke this morning bleary eyed, and very late, to be told "the world is a very different place from when you went to bed..." As my mind tried to process what the hell could have happened, I uttered the word 'how?' "They've captured, killed and buried Osama Bin Laden." What? I burst into tears. And no, I'm not a terrorist, nor a muslim, just a person. A part of humanity. As we all are. Like it or not.

 Ok, so I'm feeling a bit premenstrual and I know that Osama Bin Laden's many acts of violence against both muslims and non-muslims cannot be defended nor accepted but, it's just all so wrong. When muslims celebrated (though many, many more did not) the attacks on the twin towers (sorry, but I am still not convinced this even was Osama's masterminded plan, but that's not actually relevant right now...)  they were condemned by the propaganda machine that is Washington and their behaviour cited as 'proof' that all muslims are extremists and enemies of The West.

Today, spontaneous parties erupted all over America in response to the news of this 'monsters'' assassination. Murder. What the fuck? Since when did murder, judgement, non-forgiveness, the upholding of division, fear and hatred become things to be revered and celebrated in our societies? Why is murder by one side a terrible heinous crime, but something to be rejoiced in by the other? What has the world actually gained today? Safety? Reassurance? Security? I, for one, am neither feeling safer, reassured nor more secure in the knowledge that our Governments (let's face it, we're all America's bitches... Except maybe China....) think that murder, war and violence and the associated poverty, grief and destruction are necessary, acceptable tools to control resources, people and outdated systems of power.

I'm no expert (clearly) politics-wise, but I know that killing people is wrong. Whoever you are. Whatever they did. As Ghandi said (and this quote has been bandied about a few times today, at least...) 'an eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind...' Maybe we are blind. Or forgetful. Or stupid, unthinking sheep who quietly (or not so quietly judging by the scenes in NYC) accept whatever the powers that be tell us in order to maintain the status quo... Maybe we'll wake up soon and realise that, actually, people are people. We all fuck up. Some of us royally. Some of us catastrophically.... To err is to be human an aw that... I just don't quite understand why some of us are allowed to fuck up, time and time again for the 'greater good' (ahem... America... Bullshit...) whilst others are murdered or persecuted for their pursuit of the same. We're all just following our own dreams, right? As crazy as they may be.

So, Obama, the president-of-African/Islamic-descent (Thanks for the clarification, Pete) who has not only been responsible for declaring war on Africa (albeit in a slightly less blatant way) but now too for taking out a 'Muslim leader' (he wasn't, he grossly misinterpreted the teachings of Islam. Clearly.) is the champion of the West. Out of these two men, seeking the same end (power, wealth, status, the adoption of their ideals and ideas...), he is the one that won through. For now. Until his puppet masters decide that, like Bin laden (previously Osama was embraced as a Saudi 'hero' by Raegan's administration....) he has served his cause, at least.

We live in crazy times. Though, despite that, it was nice of them to put off the release of this 'world-changing' information until after the nuptials of Wills and Kate, wasn't it?

Peace and Love.