EDITORIAL

On Friday, Sept. 11, all thoughts should turn to Osama bin Laden.

He is the murderer of over 3,000 people who were killed when the World Trade Center and the Pentagon buildings were attacked with four airliners hijacked as part of a suicide mission to carry out the terrorism.

And don’t forget the people who are still dying from being contaminated by the contents of the falling towers.

Not much is said about him anymore, and that should shame past President George W. Bush and current President Barack H. Obama.

A manhunt of monumental proportions should have been put into effect on Sept. 12, 2001, with no rock left unturned until he was found—dead or alive.

What is wrong with the American public that they are not demanding his head on a stick, or his body rotting in jail?

Evidently, Americans are not alone in forgetting the heinous acts of individuals.

Just last week, Scotland freed Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the man held responsible for blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, causing the deaths of all aboard and those unfortunate enough to have been on the ground when it exploded.

The Scots claimed he was dying of cancer. In an humanitarian gesture, they sent him back to his home in Libya, where he was accorded a hero’s welcome. Better he should have rotted in jail, alone and without family to comfort him.

A page should have been taken from the Israelis. They systematically hunted down every monster who had eluded justice following World War II for having played some role in the Nazi concentration camps.

With the Israelis, there was no forgetting, no statue of limitations on the crime and no quarter given.

As a Christian nation, we are constantly told that revenge is wrong; that we should forgive and forget—and pray for the souls of those who bring disaster to others.

But the capture of Osama bin Laden is not a matter of revenge. It is one of justice. And that justice is long overdue.