One of our Predator drones last week took out the American al-Qaeda terrorist leader Anwar al-Awlaki in northwest Yemen. This man was the inspiration and, in some cases, the director behind the underwear bomber, the Times Square bomber, the Fort Hood massacre, and many other slaughters, both real and attempted. His death is good news, no?
Should we simply weep over a fallen world where murder is common and either lethal response or the threat of it is regrettably necessary? Or, like Osama bin Laden’s destruction at the hands of our Navy SEALs, is this violent end to an international mass murderer a time to pop the cork and throw a party? Was the 10th anniversary of 9/11 an occasion not only to remember our dead but also to celebrate our victories?
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