For God & Country Geronimo Geronimo Geronimo

"For God and country Geronimo Geronimo Geronimo." That was the message sent over the wires to the president and the others sitting in the White House waiting to see if the Navy Seals had succeeded in killing Osama Bin Laden. After ten years they finally got him.

This will end up being a movie for sure. I was surprised to hear how many months they planned this. It all started with some information received from some prisoner who told them about a courier and they ended up finding this courier and following him for months. This led to the compound. The White House even built a compound like the one Osama was living in and did rehearsals on how to succeed . They even had alternative moves. There were two dozen navy seals and the average age was 38 and we see in the picture several of the white House people who played a part in secretly planning and working on this and all of the time we in our country were going about our business even making jokes about Osama. What surprises me the most is our president. How quietly he went about his business. He even attended the Journalists big dinner event the night before and made jokes about his being an American. It kind of puts in focus the foolishness of the previous week with Trump and the birth certificate but he made the jokes while all of this time he was quietly doing the job we voted him to do and that was to be the strong and wise president we needed.

He made the toughest choice to go in and get Osama and not just bomb because he knew that we needed the proof. The picture of all of them sitting there watching and waiting tells it all. Look at Hillary with her hands at her mouth. Note the faces revealing the quiet tension. You can feel it. Look at the stark faces on all of them. And we at our homes had no idea. This was no a united political move and both sides of the isle who were involved in it were united on one goal and that was to get Osama . Both sides of the isle applauded the courage of the President. I do commend the president with his quiet strength and his way of dealing with this stress. I admire his way of reaching his goals like the goat going up the mountain. He is steadfast and definite in his track. This is to me very American. It is what we Americans do when faced with a huge challenge. The recent tornadoes have challenged many Americans and they are typically facing the battle and on the road to recovery as they pick up the pieces and begin life again like the goat slowly but definitely climbing the mountain. So this final historical event of finding Osama Bin Laden is so typical of what we Americans are. Yes our president reminded us of what it means to be an American.

And now we have to rethink our relationship with Pakistan and the billions we have sent them. There is no doubt in my mind that the top officials had to know about that compound and had to have allowed Osama to stay there safely. How do we now manage this relationship. It is complex for sure. They have the nuclear weapons and we would hate to have the terrorists groups there and near by get their hands on this. I know that we will now have to remain vigilant and be aware of the possibility of some negative reaction from some Osama Bin laden followers.

Now we also ask what do we do with our troops in Afganistan ...



They used a quick way to check out the DNA. It was probably on that carrier ship at sea. They say that the president spoke with some " higher ups " in the Muslim community and were told how to bury him at sea with a proper Muslim burial. So they washed his body and did all of the rituals required for the proper burial and video taped it. Some might ask why. I think this may have been done so as not to offend the many Muslims in the world. I can only guess and assume that the thinking would be even though he was a murderer he was human and was given a proper burial. The video is to prove that the event took place.

Personally, I say leave it up to God to judge.

The many people dancing in the streets could be seen as offensive to some. These were probably the younger people who may not have had the sad memories of 9-11. The people who remembered the many lives lost were probably quietly thanking God that justice was done. I suggest that it was a quiet rejoice.

Of course we always have the humor on late night TV but that is how some deal with this kind of event. Some use humor to accept what is really a dramatic scary killing but a " just '" one many would agree.


Jay Leno was funny. He said that the president called in Maury Povich to do the DNA testing. "Yes it is Osama bin Laden. " Jay also suggested that they must have had Dick Cheney with the navy seals because Osama was shot twice in the face. I smiled at the irony that the president's speech interrupted the final moments of Trump's show The Celebrity Apprentice. Then Jimmy Fallon asked about the poor ocean. First they had the nasty B P oil spill. Then the radiation from Japan. Now we had to say, "Do you mind if we put Osama Bin Laden in now? " The ocean screamed back, " What did we do? We are just an ocean.."

Well the humor goes on and will for several days I am sure but the reality check will start soon. We still have many decisions to make resulting from this event.

What we can rely on is our country's ability to stay strong in spite of all of the challenges we face. There are so many challenges.. jobs.. economy... education...terrorists.. enviornmental issues. I personally feel good about us and the outcome.

God bless America and bless all those who have died on both sides of the wars.. most of them are soldiers who just do their duty and think they are in the right and all of them are fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters.

Peace and Grace to all . Jerrie Mc Greal

P. S. When will the movie be out and who will get the lead roles????