Leatherneck Reacts to Bin Laden death from 2230 1 May, REAL TIME comments

[Sgt Leprechaun]

I think if you read the Koran correctly, it's 77 virgin GOATS.

[nrml1]

I can't help but wonder, now what? In the back of my head as I'm sure it was for many of of the other Marines that joined during this war they perhaps hoped they would be somehow involved in such an achievement. So for Marines who are deploying soon, like myself; you have to wonder, now what? I have to admit its an awkward feeling.

[Troutzilla]

SURE LOOKS LIKE HIM......


what ya think....

[USMC2571]

What's the unit they're talking about that got their target? JASOC?

[USMC2571]

Lep, you feel something, it's just not at the surface quite yet, like a lot of us

[DocGreek]

.....HEY!....did you guys hear??.....O'BinLaden is dead!!!
BOY!!.....THAT'LL solve all of our problems with the "A-RABBS".....HUH?......DUUUUUUH!.....

[USMC2571]

nrml1----you weren't there, but you and all the other Marines sure were a part of it, being Marines. You all stepped up to the plate. That's enough.

[USNAviator]

NYC is going wild according to reports.

Oddly enough...I feel nothing. Maybe because I have a long sense of history about things like this. I'm not UNhappy about it by any means of course.

I agree Jason. No high from me either. Need to take some time to let it sink in.

[Sgt Leprechaun]

Hey 'Trout, where did that pic come from???? Dan, I'm glad I'm not the only one...I feel weird in that I think I SHOULD be jumping up and down...but I'm not.

[USMC2571]

No, doc, we hadn't heard, but with ten inch high font, we sure heard you that time! LOL

[USMC2571]

Imagine how family members and friends of all those killed during 9/11 feel right now.
Doesn't bring anyone back, but it gives some closure. Some. Better than how it was before the news tonight. What a tragedy. At least one chapter of it is closed. More to go.

[USNAviator]

Hey 'Trout, where did that pic come from???? Dan, I'm glad I'm not the only one...I feel weird in that I think I SHOULD be jumping up and down...but I'm not.

Remember when they announced the end of hostilities in Nam??? Same feelings at least for me

[USMC2571]

Yes, Dan---same thing....one big chapter closed. Not the final word, but a big big chapter done with.

I think what dampens it, and the reason we aren't jumping up and down is because what comes to mind with the demise of that idiot is all the people whose deaths he is responsible for----- them, their families, their friends, and how his death can't replace any of them, ever.

[Sgt Leprechaun]

Yeah. As a 9/11 Pentagon veteran....I don't feel really anything. Weird.

[USNAviator]

Yeah. As a 9/11 Pentagon veteran....I don't feel really anything. Weird.

No my friend not weird just human. If this had happened in 5/02 then you would be jumping up and down but it's been nearly 10 years. Time can dull the emotions. I feel well he's dead, so now what? Where do we go from here?