Assuming the reports are true, then this is good news--an enemy leader dead, a hint that the Pakistani military was sympathetic, the possibility of uncertainty among the enemy about whether there was a traitor, and so on. Of course the ISI will be angry, and we'll be told that Laden is now a "martyr," but since he was already a rallying point the martyr business doesn't actually change anything.
If I'm to take Job 31:29 at all seriously, I can't break out the fireworks. The people who've been searching for years may celebrate their success as they please; their effort and blood have earned a commemoration and a "well done." But I'm on the sidelines and in me the same celebration would be blood lust.
So--good news, good hunting, and may the Lord have mercy on the wretch's soul.
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