Osama bin laden is dead!!!

[cassidyta]

I purposely didn't comment on this thread until today.
Last night was a very emotional night for me. I spent some time sitting outside with a glass of scotch and a cigar.
The cigar tasted terrible but that is probably because I have had it since March of 2002. Last night I opened my Marine Corps box and found it buried beneath uniforms that no longer fit me.
Over the years, I bet thousands of these cigars were given out in anticipation of this event. Sadly, many of them were never smoked and were often buried with my friends, my bothers. With each sip and drag of the cigar, I could see thier faces. I did spend some time flipping chanels and looking at various news outlets. It was great to see that for that night, there was no left, no right, no political parties, just American's rejoicing. As I expected, today brings the country back to the division of party and sides. I have followed the facebook postings of who did and did not do something about this.
I can tell you this, I personally don't give a F^&$ who gets the credit. What I care about is that while reflecting on my friends, I could for one moment tell myself that they did not die in vain.