Quote: Tim Walker @ May 2 2011, 11:54 AM BST'Crowds gathered outside the White House in Washington DC, chanting "USA, USA" after the news emerged.'
Compare and contrast with news reports we've seen over the years of crowds of "foreigners" allegedly chanting "Death to America" etc...
Allegedly? There's plenty of video, much of which predates 9/11. There's a huge difference between spontaneous outbursts of a handful of citizens and government-organized rallies. Iran's parliament actually erupts in cries of "Death to America! Death to Israel!" so you should withhold your criticism until you see your parliament or our congress doing the same.
but his role (if he indeed had much of a role) in the September 11th 2001 attacks was over-stated from the outset.
His role was self-stated and unquestionable unless you're a raving conspiracy theorist.
And how many thousands of completely innocent people (of all nationalities, colours and creeds) have died as a result of the US's 10 long year quest for "closure"?
The number pales (by several orders of magnitude) in comparison to the numbers of people killed by Bin Laden's followers and fellow Islamist supremacists. They were killing people long before 9/11 and will continue to do so for decades, if not centuries. And we'll keep killing them as long as they continue to do so.