"The country breathes a sigh of relief. Goodness prevails over evil it seems. Somehow with him gone, we feel safer... little do we know." - In this quote from the song The Proud, Talib Kweli links Americans' false sense of security at the execution of the man responsible for the most deadly terrorist attack on U.S. soil to that point, Tim McVeigh, with the attacks of September 11, 2001, which shattered that naive perception of invincibility.
The killing of Osama bin Laden is another episode in a continuous cycle of violence. It is not the end. It is not justice. There is no reason to celebrate. Violence begets violence. Peace begets peace.
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