I have mixed feelings. I wonder: could he have been captured and tried? Perhaps not. Celebrating an execution is sick, though, and something I hope more of us are ashamed of. (NYC firefighters get a pass on that one, far as I'm concerned.)
I am still waiting on the reaction from the Arab/Islamic world. There's not very much over at al-Jazeera English as yet.
As to the US political reaction, my guess is that nothing much changes. Stalin's death did not end the Cold War, and even Khrushchev's de-Stalinization was not enough. Maybe a few conservatives swing over to Obama's side.
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I am still waiting on the reaction from the Arab/Islamic world. There's not very much over at al-Jazeera English as yet.
As to the US political reaction, my guess is that nothing much changes. Stalin's death did not end the Cold War, and even Khrushchev's de-Stalinization was not enough. Maybe a few conservatives swing over to Obama's side.