We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Column...

...for this important bulletin.
Osama is dead.
Little did I know when I got up Monday morning and checked my email, that I would find the headline screaming at me that the most hated man in the free world had finally been brought to his knees and swiftly executed.
It was a great day for our military.  Those in combat troops, and those in Special Forces involved in the Navy SEAL operation that found Osama Bin Laden hiding in Afghanistan.
And some thanks goes to President Barack Obama.  Though I am a Republican, and he is a Democrat, I believe credit is due to the man who helped finish the job that we started in the Middle East in 2003, about a year and a half after the chain of events that started it all.
And our job is far from over.
Our worst enemy in human form has been obliterated.  We now have a new one.
Complacency.
We live in the greatest country on earth.  We are feared, respected, and even revered, at the same time.  But as the events of September 11, 2001 have proven, even we're not immune to the most carefully planned attack against us. 
Since then, we've been vigilant against those who have tried to repeat the terror of September 11th.  Thus far, we've been successful. 
Al-Qaeda has been in existence since the late 1980s.  Their mere presence has only been inked in every American's mind since the events of September 11th.  Osama Bin Laden's end is not the end of al-Qaeda.  Nor is it the end of terrorism as we know it.  These operations are still in existence, and they are well-funded.  It's only a matter of time before another Osama Bin Laden rises to the ranks where he too will try to carry on the mission of terror on America and the rest of the world...all in the name of God.
President Obama must stay the course and not give in to those who say it's time now to focus on domestic issues.  We can't ignore what happens at home, but at the same time, we can't ignore what happens overseas with an agenda focused on destroying our home.
This is our home.
And, as the most powerful nation on earth, we have an obligation to fight for those who are willing, but unable to fight for themselves. 
The war on terror is not over.  It won't be over for some time.
This is our home.
And I will protect it with my life.
So should you.

NEXT WEEK:  Nanny's Visit