2011-05-02, 12:10 AM
1. Cannot overestimate the importance of this news in the field of international politics. Can, however, overpositively react to it. Celebratory chants of "U.S.A." in front of the White House, when it took 10 years and 80,000 deaths to accomplish? Give me a break.
2. Frustrated that this had to be announced at this time and date by the President himself. It's something people could wait to hear when they get up on Monday, aka something to announce early Monday morning. Honestly the only major reasons I see for this statement even happening now are (a) Obama needs to say it to the world before anyone else (ex. other world leaders), and (b) newspapers need to meet their headline deadlines. The latter is a joke, of course, since newspapers are quickly dying and everyone found out about this via Twitter before even news stations were reporting it.
3. In line with the above frustration: my first thought when I heard that the President himself would make a late-night statement about a major national security matter on a Sunday? Bioterror attack. My Dad's when I called him? Either we invaded somewhere or someone invaded us.
NOPE, WE JUST KILLED A GUY. THANKS FOR FREAKING OUT, AMURRICA.
2. Frustrated that this had to be announced at this time and date by the President himself. It's something people could wait to hear when they get up on Monday, aka something to announce early Monday morning. Honestly the only major reasons I see for this statement even happening now are (a) Obama needs to say it to the world before anyone else (ex. other world leaders), and (b) newspapers need to meet their headline deadlines. The latter is a joke, of course, since newspapers are quickly dying and everyone found out about this via Twitter before even news stations were reporting it.
3. In line with the above frustration: my first thought when I heard that the President himself would make a late-night statement about a major national security matter on a Sunday? Bioterror attack. My Dad's when I called him? Either we invaded somewhere or someone invaded us.
NOPE, WE JUST KILLED A GUY. THANKS FOR FREAKING OUT, AMURRICA.