Question for Non-U.S. Folk
 

I'm just curious what the international community think of the U.S. when they see all of the celebrations on the 24 hour news channels and comments about the death of Bin Laden. Including the, almost at times cackling, about this man being shot in the head.

Last night while watching the news, and listening to some of the comments, it made me wonder.
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Most likely the same thing they felt when the Arab countries were dancing in the streets on 9/11

Just a guess

Gullible.

Time will tell I suppose.
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I think this is one big info that will make stronger $ :)

No business like show business.

We think you're right.

conflicted, one shouldn't celebrate anothers death, however, if there was ever an appropriate time?

I think its a bit weird that people go out in the streets to celebrate because this fuck is dead.
Buy hey, I'm sure it's fun...

We still celebrate the defeat of hitler.

4 may, we will hold still for everybody that died during WW2 and liberated our country
5 may, big celberations in the whole country

14 festivals
40 podiums
250 artist performing
1.000.000 visitors

So i would say, that could be better. I think you should organise a festival.
"Bevrijdingsfestival" is even bigger than Queensday.

http://www.destentor.nl/multimedia/a...1_1118623b.JPG

Nowadays it is more a "Freedom Festival" cause WWII is something of the past and more people died in wars.

I find it's hypocritical to be talking about justice when you've just killed someone for supposedly committing a crime without a trial.

In my opinion the U.S. pretty well had the events of September 11 2001 coming to it. For years it has meddled in regional affairs around the world and caused a great deal of suffering to people in third world countries for mostly political gain.

9/11 was just the bloodying of a bully's nose. As long as the U.S. imposes it's political will on those who want to decide their own affairs then there will be people like Osama Bin Laden who capitalize on the ill feeling many people around the world hold for the US.

I personally believe Osama Bin Laden ordered the 9/11 attacks, however nobody ever asks why he was successful in having the order carried out.

It makes me grateful that I have the Internet where I can (at least currently) find out what goes on behind the curtains and not fall for the propaganda.

It wasn't long ago that the media convinced people to queue for injections containing a substance proven to damage developing ovaries i.e. Swine Flu Vaccine

The fluoride in the water makes the job a lot easier, that's why they're desperate to get it into the drinking waters of Europe and Canada.

What we see in 2011 is a war of information

makes me laugh. chanting "USA USA USA" reminds me of the simpsons ...

Build them up and then knock them down....

A monster created by the US and destroyed by the same.

When will the west stop medling in other countries affairs?

10 years, billions of dollars and thousands of lives lost... it was all over a bit quick wasn't it?
I know the US have to be careful of the repercussions but seriously, if it was the Brits after him, id expect his body parts on display.
Kings used to get buried at sea :2 cents:

Al-qaeda in not one man organization, and they will now become more aggressive, so you win a battle but not a war, real battles begins... and terrorist still have huge advantage , civil rights will be smaller than ever, nothing have to celebrate there, someone else will try to take Osama place by making spectacular attack, so I will not wish to live in USA in next couple of months.

No Sympathy here.
The only bummer is no YouTube video of Osama taking the bullet:(

The "USA USA USA" chants just make me think of:


http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrest...s/hacksaw2.jpg


"HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!"

And would that actually be a problem?

I can understand people celebrating when they believe Osama was responsible for 9/11 and when they believe he is killed by US forces now because the US government says so...

I just have strong doubts whenever the US governments says something...



btw... Isn't it election year? ;-)

No, it isn't.

i like it, and ill celebrate for whole fuckin year., ''

and every year.

I think it´s stupidity. After all the lies that hear from the goverment, now they go to street to celebrate. Whatever, we know that in all countries majority of people is stupid.

Comparing Hitler to OBL is a bit of a stretch anyway you slice it. Osama is responsible for killing millions. Osama is not even in the same league imho.

I think it's great. A lot of people needed closure and for some of them they got their closure.

The only thing I find sad is that they always say 3000 people lost their lives on 9/11. I really think every rescue person that lost their lives since 9/11 due to related sicknesses from being there should be recognized as people lost on that day.

And if the Brits did, you would not even exist.

Oh. Don't tell me, you think English people speak English because the United States of Fuck Yeah won the war single handed? For a country that doesn't even have a language of its own, it's amazing how many Americans like to use that line.

BTW, as well as the country and the language, the USA also stole its flag and its anthem from the Brits. :winkwink:

Time the UK filed a DMCA notice.

We dont buddy, you did not pay much attention at school right?

I agree, they don't talk about those rescue people and their health problems all that much do they?

The fact that people scream "USA USA USA" in this occasion (and many others) makes me proud NOT to be an American.

No, we celebrate that we were liberated. Not that Hitler got defeated. That isn't the same thing.

As far as I'm concerned, I can understand why pretty much the whole of the USA is partying their asses off right now.

The only gripe I have about this are the images of little kids holding up sings saying things like: "Osama is a dead mofo" and shit like that. The kids don't have a concept of war, death and certainly not of the stuff Osama did. Don't make them your billboard.

Actually there is no 24 hour celebrations about Bin Laden on the Russian TV channels because his dead is no actually affects the country (not too many people here who cares), so everything we know: he has been killed by the US special forces (bombed and/or shoot in the head) in his residence in Pakistan.

This news is not on 1st or even 3rd place by popularity here :2 cents:

he admitted it yo

I don't know why, but personally to me chanting "USA USA USA" was always associated with "Rambo III" and it's famous afterword.

Perhaps it's came from the USSR time when I saw a news report about new (for that times) anti-soviet movie and saw a crowd the US rednecks chanting "USA USA USA" as they were entering or leaving (don't remember this thing to say for sure) theater before (or after) the "Rambo III" movie. So now I have a very strong association :2 cents:

Russian. Actually the USA did nothing important to stop Hitler. The operation "Neptune" was started only in the middle of 1944 when German army was almost done. :2 cents:

I finished my schools, it is the later generation that don't know the history.
So i bet you are from the generation 1984 - 1990.

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevrijdingsdag

"Bevrijdingsdag is de dag waarop het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog wordt gevierd. In Nederland wordt als datum 5 mei aangehouden, omdat het Duitse leger in Nederland op 5 mei 1945 zou hebben gecapituleerd."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day

I think you'll find that the USA won WWII single handed. Watch Saving Private Ryan for proof.

Anyway, what language did people in Poland, Romania, East Germany, Czechoslovakia or any of the other countries overrun by the USSR speak after the war?

What language did the French, Dutch or Belgians speak after Germany invaded?

Even the worst dictators don't bother changing the language of the countries they invade. Because they can't, and it would cause too many problems to try.

Gullible is indeed the perfect word to describe it. It makes me sad people really think it's as simple as the government and media spoonfeeds them. The people chanting and partying like their favourite sports team won are really extremely fucking stupid.

You are so fucking clueless, that I'm actually embarrassed by the fact that you are Dutch.

The content of your quote does even contradict the source of the information (National Comity of 4 and 5 May). Besides the fact that your bet of which generation I am (which is totally of), you should have stayed awake during those hours at school when they explained to you what happened in those days?and why we still have our memorial and liberation days on the 4th and 5th.