The OP's good points are limited to the statistics that, as you stated above, are known to even the nimmest of nimrods.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with enthusiasm over the death of the man responsible for the darkest day in recent US history. It doesn't make it idiotic, jingoistic, or neurotic. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a government that accepts and even celebrates the death of an enemy that has caused as much death as bin Laden. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a government that supports "revenge", if that's what you want to call it. You don't absorb a hit like 9/11 and allow its perpetrators to live out the rest of their days in peace.
Do far too many people die of cancer and car accidents? Yes. Do we do enough to prevent those deaths? No. Does that mean Osama's death shouldn't be welcomed? Hell no. There is a significant difference between accidental deaths, environmental deaths, and murders. The OP can try to pretend a death is a death, but it's not. A 75-year old that chose to smoke cigarettes for 40 years and dies of lung cancer does not equal a murder. A car accident at 80 miles per hour that results in 3 deaths does not equal a triple homicide.
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