Now he's a martyr

I'm watching the "Osama bin Laden is dead" celebration on MSNBC over the web. Cheering crowds celebrating outside the White House. Some baseball game was interrupted with chants of "U-S-A U-S-A." Fireworks in South Carolina. Stupid commentators yacking about the "psychological" consequence.

How can Americans be so damn stupid and frivolous?

Osama bin Laden, former fugitive, is now a martyr safe in Allah's bosom. His body is dead but his fame will live forever as an inspiration in the Muslim world. How will our ultra-secret, super-sneaky special forces who gunned down an old, sick man going to deal with a living idea in the minds of hundreds of millions? How are they going to kill that?

Martyrs are the last thing we need. We just made one. And we're cheering about it!

We are not a serious people any more.