The Speech: “Justice Has Been Done.”

…allegedly starting in 2 minutes. Can be watched here.

To be fair and balanced, not every political figure in the United States thinks this is a big deal.

…Targeted op by Americans.

…”OBL was not a Muslim leader. He was a mass murder of Muslims.”

…the speech on its own terms was extremely effective. What this actually means going forward we’ll see — and obviously wasn’t going to be determined hours after Bin Laden’s death — but it was a powerful moment.

…Irin Cameron had a good question: didn’t the statement that they tried to avoid civilian casualties imply that there were civilian casualties? Initial reports seem to suggest that there were three.

…full video of speech here. Transcript here.

…the obituary.