When Will "It" End

Protesters chanting "I heart American, I heart American." Not.

 Let's see if I can squeeze one out before I finish my first cup of coffee and cigarette. Very early this morning it was reported that American-Yemeni cleric, Anwar-al-Awlaki, has been killed in an air-strike. Dude was totally on any and all enemy combatant lists and soooo wanted. Another notch on the achievement belts of the military and the awesome black President. Any who...

In the post Would You Kill The Fat Man I talked briefly about killin' peeps, like when you should or could do it, would I do it and is it ever the correct thing to do. Basically, my personal feeling is that if you have to sacrifice one to save many, then ya, I would kill another human being. Unfortunately, the business of killin' is never cut and dry.

Is the death of al-Awlaki for the greater good? Sure, he has called for the killin' of Americans, and I'm sure he has given that "order" many a time. If the end of his life was the end of it, then that would be having cake while a very large woman sings. Alas, it is not the end. In fact...

Gee, I dunno, are his homies gonna go all revenge-y-n-stuffs and go all...revenge. If it ended with his death, then we can all go home. So, is his death for the greater good if his death means more killing down the line, in the future.

There is this really great Hong Kong Kung Fu movie called Duel To The Death. In this movie, and many others like it, these two super awesome warriors battle it out to see who is the best. Many assassins come to kill them, but they all fall by the waist-side. Spoiler alert...What ends up happening is that once the killin' begins, it never stops. All the parties involved believe in that stupid "eye for an eye" philosophy (and ya know how the sayin' goes...it leaves us both blind). So at the end of the movie the two heroes both get so fucked up that die. Where is the greater good in that.

Will we ever "turn the other cheek", or who will be the first. Many have been killed on both sides, no one is innocent, everyone is guilty, everyone has won and everyone has lost. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that Anwar-al-Awlaki went bye bye, he was a bad bad dude. I guess I'm just wondering, before I finish my first cup of coffee...when is this shit gonna end?