I am not sure exactly where this whole situation when awry. For me personally everything surrounding this was a roller coaster of emotions. As the wife of a United State's Marine that has served a total of 4 combat deployments I must say that this pivotal point in world history was one that was celebrated in my heart. However, I am worried about the future and the backlash that is seemingly inevitable.
As my face book news feed began to fill on the night of May 1st it seemed that we were all on the same page. Everyone thanked the troops, their families, those that lost loved in the wars overseas, and mourned for those that were killed on 9/11. It was for one night that the entire United States was one in patriotism. However, that lasted little more then 24 hours.
Soon it became another political game. Who should get credit for the death of Osama? Was it a republican win or a democrat win. Was it Obama? Did Obama have the greatest victory of his Presidency and thus seal is re-election? I just cant seem to wrap my head around the fact that for me this war was not about the white house or who gets credit for saying "go ahead and kill the guy that slaughtered innocent American's of all races and religions." For me it was about lives, flesh and blood, fear and times where I had no idea if my husband would ever come from war. For my husband it was about following in his grandfather's footsteps, about being a United States Marine, preventing a draft, and about seeing the twin towers fall while innocent people died.
How about we just hold our loved ones a little bit closer tonight and stop being so competitive all of the time. No one has to be right or wrong today.... we can all just be American.
A-frickin-men, girl. This was ultimately a victory for mankind - albeit a potentially volatile one - not any political figure or party, or even country. I just hope that once the initial uproar of emotions settles, we come back together as a proud and unified country...
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