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I'm detecting varying degrees of responses out in the real world. There's a lot of stuff like what EventHorizon described - the meat-head "we're #1" chants and folks willing to dance on OBL grave. I'll be honest - I don't look to any of the service academies for anything different, and I'm sure that the only differences in West Point and Anapolis were the colors of the uniforms and the faces last night.
Then there's the "meh" response, which I think is the opposite end of the spectrum and equally pig-headed. Regardless of whether or not his death changes anything, regardless of the continued "War on Terror", this is a symbolic moment. A promise has been fulfilled, and while OBL may not have been important to al-Queda on a daily basis anymore or exercised any positive power over any substantial group, he embodied "The Enemy" for the majority of Americans. Logically or not, most Americans will rest a little easier for a while.
I don't stand and cheer but I don't ignore the significance of the event. Hopefully this will be seen by the Arab Spring movement as a huge positive and allow them to move forward to determine their own destinies.
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"There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush
"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo
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