Osama Bin Laden dead

[funkychinaman]

Originally Posted by Gunmaster45

He's such a joke, I'm going to be seriously disappointed in this country if he becomes president.

He's reached the lowest, most disgusting level of being a media attention whore and apparantly thinks he's somewhere close to being suitable to run this country.

I'm a bit relieved because I'm fairly certain that he's just bluffing. If he does run, it won't be serious, because I think he'll have qualms about releasing his financial records.

[k9870]

Hes given serious money to a lot of big name liberals and has used imminent domain, a disusting practive quite often.

[MT2008]

Getting back on topic...it sounds like Bin Laden really wasn't that unhealthy after all (no dialysis machines were found in the compound), so that wouldn't have really stopped him from being in charge of Al-Qaeda. But his status as the CIA's highest priority certainly would have.

[funkychinaman]

Originally Posted by MT2008

Getting back on topic...it sounds like Bin Laden really wasn't that unhealthy after all (no dialysis machines were found in the compound), so that wouldn't have really stopped him from being in charge of Al-Qaeda. But his status as the CIA's highest priority certainly would have.

Like I said, do you think he's above just taking someone's kidneys?

[funkychinaman]

Do you think the president is squandering the political capital he got with OBL's death by refusing to show photos? His reasoning seems to be a bit off. We got photos of the Hussein brothers, after all. And as for gloating, we've spent billions of dollars and almost a decade looking for this guy, I think we're entitled to a little gloating.

[k9870]

I dont see how shpowing the pic of a body is worse than shooting them in the face, who knows maybe its a slight cover up (like real pick may show a bullet path more akin to suicide, etc.)

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

Like I said, do you think he's above just taking someone's kidneys?

Nope, just forgot to address this point earlier.

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

Do you think the president is squandering the political capital he got with OBL's death by refusing to show photos? His reasoning seems to be a bit off. We got photos of the Hussein brothers, after all. And as for gloating, we've spent billions of dollars and almost a decade looking for this guy, I think we're entitled to a little gloating.

Agreed. That being said, I don't mind waiting just a little while, given that Bin Laden (unlike anyone in the Hussein family) is a hero to millions of Muslims.

Also, there is already too much media fanfare surrounding JSOC commander William McRaven. Time just put out an article calling him, "The Man Who Got bin Laden", which is slightly inaccurate (he deployed the team, wasn't leading the team or pulling the trigger), but is sure to make McRaven into a high-priority target for the jihadis.

[funkychinaman]

Originally Posted by MT2008

Agreed. That being said, I don't mind waiting just a little while, given that Bin Laden (unlike anyone in the Hussein family) is a hero to millions of Muslims.

Millions of Muslims who hate us anyway. And those Muslims don't vote. Then again, if he's going to wait to release them, he might as well wait until October 2012.

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by MT2008

(he deployed the team, wasn't leading the team or pulling the trigger)

I doubt we'll ever know his name considering the secrecy surrounding Team 6.