Death of Osama Bin Laden

I found out Monday afternoon (Australian time) that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by US troops.

I was going to post earlier but had mixed thoughts about how to respond. 

I think my inital reaction was a bit of shock - after 10 years I honestly didn't expect him to be captured/killed, and part of me wondered whether we would ever know if he was dead or not.  Rather than feeling relief at him being killed, I worried after what backlash would occur.  I guess I was taking the attitude that 9/11 was a tragedy (as were the other terrorist attacks that followed), but nothing will bring back the victims.  Will Osama's death lead to more bloodshed?  On the other hand, the US (and their allies such as Australia) can't stand idly by and not do anything - that certainly won't stop terrorism.

Overall I just feel a bit empty - by that I mean I'm not celebrating his death, but I'm not mourning it either.  He was an evil person who didn't repsect human life, so I feel no need to respect his.  But it felt weird to see people celebrating his death - death isn't something that is usually celebrated.  But as someone who didn't lose any friends or family in terrorists attacks, I am certainly not one to judge.  I'm sure if I had lost someone, I would feel some sense of satisfaction and joy knowing Osama had finally been killed.

There was a quote that had been attributed to Martin Luther King Jr which resonated with me: "I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.  Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that.  Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that".  In fact, the first sentence was not ever said by Martin Luther King Jr.  Rather, a woman living in Japan wrote this as her Facebook status - the first sentence being her own, the remainder being a Martin Luther King Jr quote - along the cyber highway people started attributing the whole statement to Martin Luther King Jr.
See: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/05/the-shy-woman-whose-words-accidentally-became-martin-luther-kings/238309.  Regardless of who said it, I argee with the sentiment.