Was there anyone that actually *loved *him? Did his wives marry him because they wanted to or because they *had *to? I can’t help but wonder what his home life was like… was he a good dad to the little ones? How did he treat his wives? Did he have a good buddy he could have a few beers with and shoot pool (OK, now I’m being facetious…)
No, I am not in any way sorry he’s dead, just curious to y’all’s opinions.
Well, Christians are required to love their enemies, a piece of advice I personally feel is wise, so you could make the case for…
Actually, it might be better to avoid opening that can of worms. Instead, consider this: Volleyball players tend to be pretty tight with each other. Osama bin Laden was awesome at volleyball. So I imagine some of his former volleyball partners are grieving.
OK, seriously, love is a strange thing. He had a lot of family, and even abusive (I don’t know how Osama was as a parent, but I wouldn’t imagine him as bad as, say, Stalin) parents can be loved by their children. I’d bet his 12 year old daughter is mourning him, at least.
Psychopaths have very pedestrian characteristics. John Wayne Gacy liked to dress up like a clown. Idi Amin drove around in his Jeep without bodyguards. Nero liked to play the fiddle. Dick Cheney liked to drink, go hunting and shoot his friends in the face. Mohamar Gaddafi likes stupid hats.
Hey, they’re interesting, what’s not to like about these people?
We call him a terrorist. From another perspective, he was just another great military leader, callous and inhumane, certainly, but which warchief doesn’t have the blood of innocents on their hands? He fought against perceived injustices with great violence and great effectiveness, goading a superpower into a decade of internal lockdowns, international condemnation, and financial turmoil with a single symbolic attack. I’m sure that makes him a hero to many. Not even Hitler was universally hated in his time, and bin Laden is a far more polarizing figure. Had he survived long enough to see Islamic fundamentalism rise to world power, I’m sure they’d have dedicated a holiday or two to him.