Osama Bin Laden dead

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

Okay, they said that DNA testing is underway. Man, what if they were wrong? You'd think the administration would want to be absolutely certain before going public with this.

That's another thing. Obama said during his address that OBL was identified with DNA testing, but now they're saying DNA testing is underway and that he was identified with facial recognition.

Originally Posted by MT2008

I think you are being a little too cynical.

Believe me, I hope that's all it is.

As Evil Tim pointed out, it's a bad idea to publicly display Bin Laden's body if he has followers who will just see him as a martyr. This isn't a case of the Obama administration being "respectful" of Islamic tradition due to their liberal naivety; there are historic precedents where the same decision was made.

Yeah, I didn't think of it that way and I can see that being valid reasoning behind such a quick and quiet disposal.