Hurray Osama is dead. Now can we focus on the economy?

News of the death of Osama reverberated around the western hemisphere and some press said in his death, he managed to "galvanize" the American citizens. WIth so much bad news for the past 10 years, election of Bush Jr, 911, Katrina, Lehman, Bear Stern, end of series like Ugly Betty, Michael Scott leaving the Office, debts and more debts, surely the death of Osama meant something?

Nope. The death of Osama is insignificant. Even with his absence for largely a good 6 to 8 years, the extremists continued their insurgencies. Osama was merely a figurehead, which can be easily replaced. His death did brought some sort of closure to the 911, albeit 10 years late. And the infamous "Job Accomplished" fiasco can finally be laid to a rest. Yes. The job is done. What the Americans now need to know is that the amount of resources that fueled the hatred and blood in the Middle-east should come to a stop. US should pull out fully from the Afghanistan and Iraq. All resources should be diverted back to the US. The so-called "Global Interests" initiatives should be revisited and the focus should now be squarely within the US soil. It might be painful to give up its global leadership position. But just look at Libya, US nudged France to take on the fore-front role in leading the air-strikes. Lesser attentions are given to Africa, where the Chinese government is actively buying up precious oil fields. And people are listening more to what the Chinese has to say rather than what Barack Obama is saying, just look at all the recent conventions.

The world has entered into a new era of multi-laterialism. As such, I believe that the US has little reasons to hold on to its antiqued role of being a world police. The US government will need to reallocate all the resources back to the American economy and the people. Take a few steps back, so that it can advance more in the future. Fix the trains, fix the bridges, fix the educational system, fix the economy, fix the housing woes, fix the Social security, fix the medi-plans.

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,  What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?  Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thru the perilous fight,  O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?  And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,  Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.  O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave  O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?