The death of Osama

It is the nature of human to think differently or perceive things in different ways.

As the world cheers the death of Osama who was the mastermind of the 9-11 tragedy some ten years ago, there are worries that the extremists of al Qaeda may exert revenge and causing more unrests in some target areas. This is so quickly reflected as the stock markets in America and Europe surged and the cruel oil price dipped after the president of US announced that the American Navy SEAL have successfully hunt down Osama after his 10-year hideout.

As Pakistan is now facing immense pressure on whether the Pakistanis in any way sheltering Osama, the American is also facing the criticisms from Islamic countries that why was Osama not captured alive as he was reportedly unarmed during the assault. Even though the Navy SEAL was given the full authority to kill and the operation itself was a kill operation, it will certainly more acceptable if Osama was captured alive and put on trail. Now that he is dead, in the eyes of the al Qaeda extremists and their thousands and thousands of silent supporters, the unlawful killing of Osama will surely make him a martyr.

At the ending moment of the Guan Yunchang, the movie that I watched last weekend, General Cao Cao ordered the head of Guan Yunchang who was killed by Eastern Wu to be buried with full honours befitting that of a noble. Guan Yu was defeated and killed by Eastern Wu and his severed head was sent to Cao Cao by Sun Quan, the emperor of Wu hoping to sow discord between Shu Han, the Guan Yu’s camp and Cao Cao. Cao Cao was no ordinary fool, he performed proper funeral rites and buried Guan’s severed head with full honours and with so doing, reversing a potential eruption of war between Shu Han and Cao Wei.

When the monk who performed the funeral rites in the movie, was whispering on the influences of Guan even after his death, Cao Cao was the one smiling at the end as he had made full use of Guan’s death to his own advantage. I guess apart from some consolations to the family members of the 3000 plus victims killed in 9-11, Obama is the biggest beneficiary of the death of Osama as his approval rating surged almost instantly.

But can Osama’s death finally bring peace to this world? It depends on how you want to perceive then. There will be no end to terrorism if human are still having the mentality of one is more superior than the other either economically or in term of religions or simply for some funny reasons.