We All Bleed Red

We All Bleed Red

The news of Usama Bin Laden’s take down spread fast on May 1, 2011. From news stations in the United States and around the world to social networking sites, the information was out there and those that were affected felt a strong sense of relief.

As we can expect, opinions varied greatly around the country and world on the death of the leader of one of the greatest terror organizations, Al Qaeda. One thing that held steady was the simple relief that he could no longer hurt any more innocent people whether near or far.

Yemen native, Ahmed Sharaf, was very eager to share his feelings. “I am very pleased with this, no matter how long it took.” Sharaf said. “I have never known any one who was personally affected by his actions but the terror in our hearts is enough.”

Sharaf also went on to tell how the love that is taught in the Koran is not what Bin Laden was showing. “ We are taught to love and respect, not to kill Christians and with Bin Laden dead, I believe terrorism will go down.”

Francis Ramer was also relieved but says she thinks this will give the remaining terrorist more of a reason to strike.

Although we all have different opinions on the matter of who killed whom and the affect that it will have on terrorism in general, there is one thing we all share, pain.

Losing the ones we love to acts of terrorism is real. It is something that changes the course of all of our lives and something that we relate to regardless of race or creed.

The final question asked to all who were interviewed was simple, what’s the difference between a white man and an Arabic man besides the color of skin?

The answers were simple. “Nothing!”

If we take the time to look past skin color and religion it becomes clear that we are not that different. We all bleed red.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/osama-bin-laden-killed/story?id=13505703