'We don’t trot this stuff out as trophies'

So this is gonna be short cuz I'm pretty sure most people are steadfast in their opinion on whether or not we should have been celebrating as we did when we heard of Bin Laden's death. I was opposed, but understanding. It was a big relief for a lot of people and a symbolic "end" to a  long battle. In reality, it was only a symbol and we have a lot of work to do. My basic take on the whole thing was summed up in something said when the white house decided not to release the death photos.

'We don’t trot this stuff out as trophies,' 

said Obama...and that is exactly how I feel. We haven't won, we don't take anything like this lightly, and we should act accordingly to that. Fact is, many more people are going to die whether or not he survived, and many people believe retaliation over this will raise that number. I don;t think it deserved a wild celebration, but an internal boost. Kind of a "moral victory" feel, not outstanding domination.

We have done a lot to get to this point, but to declare "mission accomplished" far before the finish line (didn't we do that already once?) takes away from sincerity of the entire thing. Our goal isn't to kill one person, it's to save thousands in the future. In that fight we still have a long way to go and I don't till we really cross the finish line...