As I said to En: STRIKE UP THE BAND!

[ramblin_rosie]

"There. There. Do you feel that? That's where the man that killed your sister died.... That is closure." -- Leroy Jethro Gibbs

And where is the band that so vauntingly swore,
'Mid the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country they'd leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling or slave
From the terror of flight and the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And thus be it ever when free men shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation.
Blessed with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must when our cause, it is just,
And this be our motto: IN GOD IS OUR TRUST!
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

DING, DONG, BIN LADEN'S DEAD!!!

Bravo Zulu to whoever fired the shot--and prayers of protection for all our troops who might be in for reprisals.



Also, it's raining here at long last. Thanks be to God.

Comments

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

HUZZAH AND HALLELUJAH!!!

[kcrenegade.livejournal.com]

I agree. Prayers for our troops. And all this happened yesterday, and I woke up to read Ezekiel 33:11.

And may I ask, where that quote from Gibbs came from?

[ramblin_rosie]

I've seen a lot of people citing that verse, but my excitement is mostly over the fact that justice has been done and that the survivors and the families of the victims have that measure of closure now.

The Gibbs quote is from "A Man Walks Into a Bar"--I didn't want to give too much of it, since it's slightly spoilery for the ep (and Mum hasn't seen it yet), but I thought it fit.

[kcrenegade.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. I had no one close to me that was killed and so it is not my place to say how it feels but I'm glad that for those thousands upon thousands who did lose someone because I know it will greatly helped, as you mentioned, with closure.

And I loved that episode. Are you going to see the new one tonight?