On the other hand, as a civilized person I think that actively glorying in the death of an enemy is a bit unseemly. So I felt a bit of quiet satisfaction, made a few pithy comments to mark the occasion, and poured myself a glass of my most expensive whisky.
So basically in answer to the grandparent question: I think the appropriate response is to keep quiet about it. Let other folks express their own feelings about this historic occasion without feeling the need to elevate yourself above them.
But this guy? He killed men, women and children to make a political point. He sacrificed his own, to make his point. He sat back in his mansion, rich and pampered, paying to have people killed.
I admit to a little glorying, to an unseemly degree. Just this once.
The same could be said about thousands of people on both sides of this war. Personally, as long as there are people willing to take his place, I'm not rejoicing one bit.
Consider the strike force on this one: volunteers, entered under enemy fire and Arrested the bodyguards they encountered, found the guy and disabled the young woman guarding him by wounding her in the leg; retreated with his body; had to blow up the disabled helicopter but first Dragged the Enemy Bastard's personal bodyguard to safety(!), then left all while under fire.
There's a word that describes all that, but its not 'terrorism' its...wait...let me think...Heroism! Yeah, that's right.