"Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound, in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama Bin Laden and took custody of his body." President Barack Obama, 1 May 2011.

Today is Sept. 11, 2001 + three thousand five hundred and nineteen days. Its great to know we finally got him after all this effort. All the lives, all the time. Even though is it obviously not finished... its a relief. Osama was killed today at the hands of a joint strike special operations force. May 1st has a whole new meaning now, and will likely be remembered as a new VE day.

"Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound, in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama Bin Laden and took custody of his body." President Barack Obama, 1 May 2011.

Today is Sept. 11, 2001 + three thousand five hundred and nineteen days. Its great to know we finally got him after all this effort. All the lives, all the time. Even though is it obviously not finished... its a relief. Osama was killed today at the hands of a joint strike special operations force. May 1st has a whole new meaning now, and will likely be remembered as a new VE day.