Osama Bin Laden is dead, obviously. I was sitting in the library looking for a reason to escape, and I guess I got it when I was frantically checking twitter and I saw the tweet from CNN. Not gonna lie, my first response was to quickly come up with a sassy facebook status and tweet about the event, as I always do with these kind of things. But then I realized that this was more significant than the world blowing up facebook with a bunch of "who dat" or "omg can I please be Kate Middleton" statuses. Not that I don't love the saints and occasionally wish that I had the life of my bff Kate, but this is a bigger issue.
See, one of our biggest problems in this country is that we aren't very good at supporting each other. When Obama was elected, people frantically said they were moving to Canada or Australia or someplace dumb. He was elected, and as Americans it was our job to stand behind him. It's all about seeing the greater good for our country. Then, our government almost shuts down because we can't practice a simple form of bipartisanship? This is not the sole fault of our elected leaders, because even on a daily basis, we don't practice bipartisanship.
So tonight when everyone is rejoicing and chanting "USA", "USA", I couldn't help to think of all the great things we could chant "USA" to on a daily basis. God has blessed every American in so many ways, and He has allowed us to be the hands and feet of making a difference in the world. Does it really take a strong mutual hatred from every American for us to see that our country is truly something to be proud of? Apparently, yes. It's fine to chant "USA" outside the White House and all, because this is a major victory for our country. But why don't we support our country this way every day? Why don't we defend America when it counts?
We criticize the citizens of other countries when they publicly celebrate the downfall or wrongdoings of our leaders, yet here we are doing the same thing. America has lost so many honorable men and women in this war to protect our national security, and we should celebrate their accomplishments every day, not just when capture and kill Osama Bin Laden.
