Posted on 05/04/2011 2:33:01 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
On Monday, Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was "glad" about the killing of Osama bin Laden. Now, though, criticism of the comment is mounting -- even within her own party. German Foreign Minister Westerwelle, meanwhile, is calling on the West to be careful in its reaction to the news.
As the news broke late Sunday night that the world's leading terrorist, Osama bin Laden, had been killed during a US raid on a compound in Pakistan, Americans took to the streets to celebrate the demise of the figurehead behind the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which left more than 3,000 people dead.
On Monday morning in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel met reporters for an approximately six-minute long press briefing on the development. "I am glad that it was successful, the killing of Bin Laden," she said.
That statement is now being heavily criticized in German political and religious circles, including among members of Merkel's own party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). And Germany's Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, of Merkel's coalition party, the Free Democrats (FDP), is calling on Western nations to temper their responses to the news of Osama bin Laden's death.
"We must be careful, that we in the West -- with understanding of the relief felt -- do not send images into the world that could again lead to incitement or to the heroization of al-Qaida," he told the conservative German daily Die Welt Wednesday.
'Not a Reason to Celebrate'
At the same time, Westerwelle expressed understanding of Merkel's comments by saying that the death of Bin Laden was "good news for the entire world. I think that it is understandable to have a feeling of relief that this terrorist who had thousands of victims on his conscience cannot continue to spread his terror."
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“We are living in the age of insanity.” — George Putnam.
“If your opponent is quick to anger, irritate him.” — Sun Tzu
On Monday, Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was “glad” about the killing of Osama bin Laden. Now, though, criticism of the comment is mounting — even within her own party. German Foreign Minister Westerwelle, meanwhile, is calling on the West to be careful in its reaction to the news.
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Oh give me a break! What was she supposed to say? That she was ‘sad’ about the killing? That it distressed her very much?
But there is something here that I’ve picked up on. Reaction from other World Leaders is pretty sparse. And why is that? Because no one wants to foolishly jump on Obama’s bandwagon, only to be embarrased later when the lies and duplicity of the White House is exposed.
Bush is a perfect example. He knows better than to go to NYC and be a part of Obama’s campaign relection/celebrate the killing of Osama fustercluck.
Would these Germans now say that one should not rejoice in the death of Hitler? These people have lost their mind.
I am aghast that it has only been 10 years since 9/11 and we have to tamper our feelings of glee that UBL is dead, and that WE GAVE HIM A FRIGGIN FUNERAL!!!!!!
Merkel is right. Germans are being Islamized by PC asses.
“’Not a Reason to Celebrate’”
We certainly don’t want to offend those muzzies that danced in the streets and passed out candies when NY went down in flames.
The Muslim jihadists will continue their assassinations, their suicide bombings and other methods of murdering innocents. They need no 'motivation'. They are born with it or have it spoon-fed to them by the loons that comprise the Muslim terrorist organizations. Pretending that the death of bin Laden isn't a happy occasion in the west is ridiculous, especially when the rationale for that reaction is, all together now: 'to not inflame Muslims'. Forget them. Their hero has finally been hunted down and exterminated - like the rodent he was. Good riddance. Let the jihadists go to hell with bin Laden.
“Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and not let thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and He turn away his wrath from him.” Proverbs 24:17-18
“When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices;
And when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.”
Proverbs 11:10 (New King James Version)
That doesn’t mean we should participate. It’s simply stating what happens.
I remember in Exodus 15 when Moses and Mirriam sang a song of gladness and praise after the Egyptian Charioteers were crushed in the parting of the Red Sea.
In Judges Chapter 5, Deborah sang a song of Victory after Israel’s enemies were defeated.
It does not imply that rejoicing is wrong. You are reading that into it.
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