Campaigns evoke ghost of bin Laden

One year ago today, a group of brave Navy SEALs flew into Pakistan and delivered justice to the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, murders that took 3,000 innocent lives.

Death is never anything that should be celebrated, but the killing of mass murderer Osama bin Laden was warranted. Though he was on the run for a decade, evidence shows he was continuing to patiently scheme on ways to murder more Americans, including President Barack Obama.

The decision to go into Pakistan and attempt to capture bin Laden seems an obvious one this far removed from the event, but it was no sure bet at the time. The United States was acting on the best information it had available, but there were no assurances. Had bin Laden not been holed up in that compound outside Islamabad, America would have incurred a great deal of criticism for conducting a failed military strike inside another sovereign nation without that government