Thoughts on the death of Osama Bin Laden

I've been doing a lot of thinking since the news came out that U.S. Soldiers had killed Osama Bin Laden, and the only conclusion that I've reached is that I'm not quite sure how I should feel about it right now.  I see all the footage of people chanting "USA! USA!" in the streets, and I can't help but wonder "are we any better than the Afghan people, who did a very similar thing in their streets after 9/11? Should we really be rejoicing over the death of another human, just because of how they chose to live their life?"

I've been doing a lot of reading on this very topic over the past couple of days, and the best conclusion I can come to is no, we shouldn't be rejoicing.  I am in no way trying to justify Bin Laden's actions, I just feel like to rejoice goes against everything that I have been taught as a Christian.  I know a lot of people have been quoting "an eye for an eye" and other verses like that to justify his death, but I prefer the saying, "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."  And yes it may have been true that the old law was "an eye for an eye,"
 but if you look to the Gospels, there is another message.  The two verses I keep going back to when I think about Bin Laden's death, and the reaction to it are as follows:

"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust."
Matthew 5: 43-45

"Stop judging, that you may not be judged.  For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you."
Matthew 7: 1-2

I guess the point I'm making here is that I don't really feel comfortable with all the people who are saying " I hope hell is an extra kind of hot right now," or "he got what he deserved", or things like that, because it really isn't up to us to make those kind of judgments.  Perhaps the best approach to this situation came from the Vatican in their statement:

“Osama bin Laden, as we all know, bore the most serious responsibility for spreading divisions and hatred among populations, causing the deaths of innumerable people, and manipulating religions to this end.

In the face of a man’s death, a Christian never rejoices, but reflects on the serious responsibilities of each person before God and before men, and hopes and works so that every event may be the occasion for the further growth of peace and not of hatred.”

-Vatican Statement on the death of Osama Bin Laden

Again, I am not trying to discredit the horrible things that Bin Laden did.  It just seems to me like celebrating in the streets is the wrong approach to the death of a human being, even though said human being was responsible for many deaths.  I hope for our sake, and the sake of future generations, that our actions surrounding the death of Bin Laden do not have negative consequences.  People are treating this as a major victory, but we must remember that Al-Qaeda still exists, and will still function, even though the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks is dead.  We must continue to pray for peace, and help to spread love for all mankind  throughout the world, and stop the spread of hatred, just as the Gospel calls us to do.