Osama Bin Laden dead

[funkychinaman]

Originally Posted by MT2008

You guys know what this means, right? It means we're getting the fuck out of Afghanistan. Obama has just the excuse he needs - we took out the head of Al-Qaeda, which means they're pretty much destroyed*, so why stay in Afghanistan when finishing off Al-Qaeda was the objective all along?







*Of course, the withdrawal was inevitable anyway, and it's debatable whether Bin Laden was really in charge the last 10 years.

Of course he'll take it and run. Sure, it may allow the Taliban to come back, but that won't be on his watch.

I just bought 2lb of coffee for a buddy in Afghanistan. I hope I won't have to send it.

[Spartan198]

CNN reports bin Laden was buried at sea and "handled in the Islamic tradition."

http://www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/CNNInternatDesk/~OrTP5

I'm not really sure how to react to this. It seems uncharacteristically "respectful" toward him.

[MoviePropMaster2008]

Originally Posted by Spartan198

CNN reports bin Laden was buried at sea and "handled in the Islamic tradition."

http://www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/CNNInternatDesk/~OrTP5

I'm not really sure how to react to this. It seems uncharacteristically "respectful" toward him.

They're IDIOTS. All the tin foil hatted conspiracy theorists will have a field day. They SHOULD have brought the body back to the U.S. so that all the relatives who lost a loved on on 9/11 can take a ceremonious DUMP on the cadaver's face!

[Evil Tim]

Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008

They're IDIOTS. All the tin foil hatted conspiracy theorists will have a field day. They SHOULD have brought the body back to the U.S. so that all the relatives who lost a loved on on 9/11 can take a ceremonious DUMP on the cadaver's face!

This is roughly what the Soviets did with Hitler and the Fuhrerbunker because they knew it would work out the same way; if there's a grave, there's weirdos out there who will want to turn it into a shrine.

[Sergei Titov]

Originally Posted by MT2008

You guys know what this means, right? It means we're getting the fuck out of Afghanistan. Obama has just the excuse he needs - we took out the head of Al-Qaeda, which means they're pretty much destroyed*, so why stay in Afghanistan when finishing off Al-Qaeda was the objective all along?
*Of course, the withdrawal was inevitable anyway, and it's debatable whether Bin Laden was really in charge the last 10 years.

Someone else will just take control of it. Some lowly middle manager etc. The center of Al-Qaeda has actually moved more to Yemen, and the US is increasing drone strikes there. Just because he's gone dosen't mean the end of Al-Qaeda. There are many other AQ leaders.

[k9870]

Holy zombie thread.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Michael Westen

Someone else will just take control of it. Some lowly middle manager etc. The center of Al-Qaeda has actually moved more to Yemen, and the US is increasing drone strikes there. Just because he's gone dosen't mean the end of Al-Qaeda. There are many other AQ leaders.

(1.) Duh (the * made it pretty clear that I am aware of this)

(2.) Don't bring up old, dead threads again, please.

[Jcordell]

Wow it's The Walking Thread. Okay just wanted something irreverent for my 400th posting. I think was can close this thread down don't you?