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The Obama Watch
Dirty Pictures of Osama bin Laden
A secret that shouldn’t be.
President Obama has in his possession the world’s most expensive photograph. And he won’t release it.
The photograph shows the corpse of Osama bin Laden. It might not fetch $3.3 million at a Sotheby’s auction, as an Andreas Gursky photo did in 2007, but it cost far more than that to make. Into that single photograph went years of costly intelligence work, untold lives lost in pursuit of its subject, and a military operation that risked the lives of 79 Navy SEALs, numerous U.S. intelligence agents and sources, and a U.S. presidency. And the president won’t release it. Why, then, didn’t he just blow up bin Laden’s hideout?
Here is the Los Angeles Times describing Obama’s decision to send SEALs instead of a cruise missile into bin Laden’s Pakistani safe house:
He had vetoed a plan to obliterate the compound with an airstrike. Obama wanted to be certain he had Bin Laden, and there was no guarantee that a smoking crater would yield proof. He had asked for a bolder plan, one that would allow the U.S. to take custody of Bin Laden or his body. It posed far more risk.
The risk: the lives of 79 SEALS, America’s relations with Pakistan and other important quasi-allies, and Obama’s presidency. Failure could have ended all of them. A missile strike would have been clean, quick, and easy to explain. Just one problem: It would have vaporized bin Laden.
So the president made the risky — and right — call: Send in the SEALs, bring back the body. They did as their president commanded. They invaded a sovereign country, killed the world’s most wanted man, and returned with his corpse — the proof Obama knew he would need to prove to a skeptical world that the United States had gotten its man.
And then, after all of that, he kept the proof secret. The world has no more evidence of bin Laden’s death than a missile strike would have produced. Obama has it. But the world is left in the dark. The people of earth will just have to trust Obama on this one.
I don’t for a second doubt that Osama bin Laden was killed in that raid. But others do. And unless the president releases a photo, more will.
The “deathers” alone are not reason enough to release the photo. The president says, and he is right, that some people will not be convinced no matter what the government releases. But that’s not the point. The same was true of his birth certificate, but he released that. Why? Because the crazies were starting to spread doubt among the perfectly sane.
In his 60 Minutes interview, the president said bin Laden wasn’t a trophy. Sure he is. Just as Daniel Pearl and Nick Berg were.
“It is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence, as a propaganda tool,” Obama said. “You know, that’s not who we are. You know, we don’t trot out this stuff as trophies.”
So after using intelligence gathered from prisoners in black-site prisons and Guantanamo Bay, killing who knows how many enemies in pursuit of leads, and ignoring international law to enter a sovereign country and kill a man who was unarmed and hiding behind at least one woman, Obama says we must show the world our civility by not releasing a picture?
We are at war with a ruthless, barbaric enemy. The steps we took to extinguish Osama bin Laden were entirely justified — as is releasing the proof of his death, which Obama went to such great pains to obtain. Secreting the photo in the president’s desk drawer is not going to win us any brownie points with the death-to-America crowd. Announcing the results of a DNA test is not going to satisfy the pics-or-it-didn’t-happen crowd.
Releasing the photo might temporarily raise the blood pressure of people who already want to kill us. It also might give pause to those thinking a life of jihad would be pretty sweet. Domestically, it could do what Obama’s long-form birth certificate did: end a cancerous lie.
This is the information age. Governments suffer when they needlessly withhold secrets the people think should not be secret. Better that the image of an expired Osama bin Laden be released by the president of the United States than some hacker from WikiLeaks.
About the Author
Andrew Cline is editorial page editor of the New Hampshire Union Leader. His Twitter ID is @Drewhampshire.
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jd| 5.5.11 @ 6:19AM
Obama refusing to release the photos because of "muslim sensitivities" to their release is disgusting and is further proof of this president's lack of understanding of the enemy here. Those "sensitive" muslims that he is so concerned about could give a damn about sending photos of beheadings of innocents, and Obama didn't care about American sensitivities when he released Abu Ghraib photos or coffins of US soldiers. Enough confusion and conflicting stories have been seen in these last few days. Everybody has a right to see these photos because Obama or his administration's word on anything is suspect.
Stammon| 5.5.11 @ 9:16AM
"Obama refusing to release the photos because" he is waiting till right before the election.
I thought that would be obvious.
PJ| 5.5.11 @ 9:26AM
Stammon,
That's very interesting! Knowing the history of this man, I bet you're correct!
SpiralArchitect| 5.5.11 @ 11:40AM
Thats what I have determined as well.
A.Men| 5.5.11 @ 11:55AM
Me, I, My speech by Obama said it all.
Frisbee| 5.5.11 @ 2:27PM
The "Me,I,My" speech. Good title for the narcissist in chief's title.
Anthony| 5.5.11 @ 5:14PM
The ME, MY, and I narcissist told Deborah Berlingame he couldn't tell Holder what to do about Holder's continued attempts at criminal proceedings against the interrogators who got this information. Then he turned his back on her and walked away.
The POTUS is a PO*.
mzk1| 5.5.11 @ 3:12PM
There was a spot at the start where a mormal person would have credited Bush. I waited for it. and it wasn't there. Bush would have, Reagan would have.
NO CLASS.
canuckistani| 5.5.11 @ 4:11PM
.....perhaps he should have prefaced it with "in 2001 and 2002 we had OBL pinned down and inexplicably Junior decided that keeping him alive as a bogeyman to drum up support for his faux pretext for an Iraqi invasion was more politically expedient", further: "I, as commander in chief, and freshly vetted as an American citizen just last week and duly authorized to hold this position after being elected by the citizens in November 2008, chose to enable our special forces to analyze intel obtained last August - also during MY presidency - that either was unavailable or consciously discarded by the previous president"
and: "After careful consideration and a report by special ops that the mission was 'doable' and prepped, I gave the order - or 'killshot' that my predecessor either could not or would not for a variety of reasons known only to him".
In other words, BHO inherited the mess from Bush and has spent his presidency sifting through the mistakes and missed opportunities only to now have a clear decisive action that will forever separate him from Junior.
Zero credit is due, unless you want to elevate Junior to Tenant's medal of freedom or Harriett Myers' nomination debacles.
BHO's stance on Pakistan is also refreshing after a decade of pouring cold cash into the hands of Lahore gangsters on Junior's watch.
Vic| 5.5.11 @ 8:03PM
So how exactly was Mr. Bush to be privy to this info obtained last August?
Negro X| 5.8.11 @ 7:36PM
Clinton had any opportunity in the 90's I guess you forgot about that. Your stupidity is refreshing.
mzk1| 5.5.11 @ 3:14PM
Another possibility - he got mileage out of the birther issue. Ever think he WANTS conspiracy theorists, so that he can make his opponents look silly and keep this in the new cycle (with the MSM happily complying)?
canuckistani| 5.5.11 @ 4:13PM
His opponents don't need any help, they look silly just by waking up in the morning.
If their mouths are moving they are babbling. BHO is not their puppet-master.
Grand Dragon| 5.5.11 @ 9:39AM
WHITE TRASH CITIZENS' PARTY
Obama can't do nothin' right, can he.
Stammon| 5.5.11 @ 9:51AM
He can get re-elected.
Toto| 5.5.11 @ 10:03AM
Praise be to God if he is!
R.H.S.| 5.5.11 @ 10:05AM
Amen, brother.
Stammon| 5.5.11 @ 11:38AM
You mean to Allah.
Even so Obama's been a boon to the right wing. He has exposed the perfidy and incompetence of the Left. Wait and see in 2012.
R.H.S.| 5.5.11 @ 12:47PM
Enjoying you big bag of pork rinds, Stammon? Don't forget to wipe the crumbs off your lips before the meals on wheels volunteer delivers your lunch.
benny havens| 5.5.11 @ 1:06PM
A typical liberal progressive response. When they can’t add anything constructive to the debate, they reply with innuendo, name-calling or character assassination.
Janet L.| 5.5.11 @ 1:44PM
The toxic, vicious Sarah Palin tells Obama to stop 'pussy-footing around' and release pictures.
Many of you on this blog agree with her. You're a rancid bunch of polital wackos.
Obama has made the RIGHT decisions by taking out Bin Ladin, but he can't do anything to please some of you close-minded bigots.
I'm a Republican, but I congratulate Obama for a JOB WELL DONE.
Frisbee| 5.5.11 @ 2:29PM
Congratulate the Seals. Obama merely triangulated in his sleep.
George Field| 5.5.11 @ 2:53PM
If you're a Repub why are you talking trash like a Dem?
Of course Obama did the right thing! That's already been agreed.
canuckistani| 5.5.11 @ 4:17PM
Janet, I am with you 100%. The navel-gazing on this site becomes my daily respite from reality.
I am surprised noone in Seal team Six refused to do their duty based on BHO being an exotic with no legitimacy....oh, just wait 30 seconds and someone with raise that point......
Fredrick Ward| 5.9.11 @ 5:00PM
He did the right thing in taking action. However, he did the wrong thing in taking all the credit for himself. Of course, who thought such a narcissistic a*hole would do anything but try to soak up all the glory of the work done by everyone else.
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:15PM
What Mr. Stammon eats and his degree of disability have nothing to do with his perpicacity of mind and abundance of wit. Thank you, Mr. Stammon.
Redstateboy| 5.5.11 @ 12:49PM
Grand Dragon...
He can resign from office... that'd be good.
Nunya| 5.5.11 @ 1:04PM
Amen, brother!
Fredrick Ward| 5.9.11 @ 5:02PM
That would be the second right thing he could do right after repealing everything he has done prior to taking Bin Laden out.
Alan Brooks| 5.6.11 @ 3:58AM
Reagan deserves credit, Bush doesn't; Bush only gets credit for helping to not elect McCain-- and Palin said just that, she said two years ago the mistakes of the Bush administration helped McCain-- and her-- to lose the election. PALIN would have made a better president than McCain.
WeMustResist| 5.6.11 @ 6:01AM
The Geneva Convention does not allow the publication of photos of dead or captured enemy if it could lead to public humiliation. That would certainly be the case here. I do not know why Obama did not say that. This issue came up around the time of Abu Ghraib. The White House should be aware of the issue.
Mike Hawk| 5.5.11 @ 6:27AM
The Oborg is not in reality. Awhile back a cartoon set these crazies off, now we killed their head terrorist and he is concerned a photo might incite violence????? The man is in his own bubble.
Redstateboy| 5.5.11 @ 8:54AM
LOL!! "The Oborg" - that's great!!
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:51AM
Debbie Schlussel wants to file a lawsuit to release the photos, FOIA. She needs a client. I'm considering it.
RCV| 5.5.11 @ 10:55AM
As a lawyer, Ocaam, and your friend, I'd advise you not to waste your time. The suit would be a dead bang loser.
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 11:01AM
Why? That much security rationale? Really? I defer to your expertise on this one.
John Navratil| 5.5.11 @ 11:32AM
RCV,
Why would it be a loser? It's hard to argue that a picture of a corpse could be classified.
RCV| 5.5.11 @ 5:33PM
The case law gives great deference, as it should, to the Executive branch on determinations of release of documents that could adversely afffect US foreign policy interests. Judges generally consider themselves much less suited to evaluate those questions.
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:16PM
Ah, the "Executive, not the Judicial, fights the wars" approach. Right. Gotcha, RCV. Thanks.
Frisbee| 5.5.11 @ 2:32PM
"The Oborg is not in reality. Awhile back a cartoon set these crazies off, now we killed their head terrorist and he is concerned a photo might incite violence?"
You have pinned my truth-o-meter. He is either waiting for before the election (the whole reason he gave the go ahead) or the photos are problematic.
john| 5.5.11 @ 6:49AM
why not just invite newspaper editors,website correspondents,wire reporters ,news anchors etc. to the white house or dod for a private viewing of the photos? then at least people outside the administration could say with certainty he is dead.
Mike| 5.5.11 @ 5:00PM
Yeah, John, everyone inside the administration, including the military, is just making this up. Now you want Palin's so called "lame stream media" to ride to the rescue.
Gotta love you right wing nuts
Vic| 5.5.11 @ 7:58PM
How do you discern john's political philosophy from his post? He could be a commie in his mommies basement just like you!
Red Ryder| 5.5.11 @ 6:54AM
Good analysis! The photo should have been released. What is nearly as troublesome is that the decision to release or not release apparently (one never really knows with this administration) wasn't made until after the raid. Such apparent short-sightedness ensures that Obama's amateur standing will remain intact. It's so Jimmy Carter!
Frisbee| 5.5.11 @ 2:37PM
Remember Jimmy Carter's failed helicopter raid on the hostages in Tehran? Maybe Obama was expecting a failure, and the success was a shock. After all, a weak apologetic America is his vision. Did he get permission from the UN or NATO to do this? Doesn't a socialist NEED permission to kill foreigners?
Cash| 5.5.11 @ 6:57AM
I don't blame him for not releasing the photos. People will use it for propoganda. He's right. He's a smart guy. By the way this website sucks and I'll never come back here for any reason whatsoever just based on this article. Whoever wrote this article has a real attitude problem and needs to get it reversed.
Handy| 5.5.11 @ 7:07AM
Hope you stick to your word, Cash. There are already plenty of trolls around here.
If we can stay away from the Huffington Post, you can certainly show us the same courtesy.
Thanks
D| 5.5.11 @ 7:11AM
Ah,a glittering example of the liberal mind. Please, Cash, take your marbles -- scattered as they are -- and go away.
drudge ette obama| 5.5.11 @ 7:12AM
We don't consider this a "website" - like HuffPo and Slate and NPR....
This is commentary, where an occasional fool pop s his mole-like body from out of his hole (or someone else's?)
Cash, you write like what your mother said to you as you were trying to grow up. Quite revealing.
canuckistani| 5.5.11 @ 4:22PM
No drudge, what this website provides is a forum for lost souls that refuse to accept results of free elections and choose to depart from legitimate discourse and sit with fellow toadies on the sidelines, like losing varsity teams at their 50th reunions.
Blameless, solutionless and an idea-free zone of cyberspace.
It provides endless amusement for me and other reason-loving Americans.
Vic| 5.5.11 @ 4:48PM
Clinging to the repeatedly failed ideology of socialism is everything but reasonable. It is even failing here for goodness sake! Wake from your Marxist stooper dude!
Mike| 5.5.11 @ 5:07PM
Vic,
You make canuckistani's point perfectly.
Vic| 5.5.11 @ 7:48PM
And how might that be, exactly?
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:17PM
Yup. I feel like a loser after Oberstar got his ass handed to him in 2010 by an upstart Republican. Thank you, Canuck, for pointing that out.
LiveFreeOrDie| 5.7.11 @ 2:56AM
"...refuse to accept results of free elections..."
That's a good one canuck, very funny. Last time I remember anyone exhibiting this kind of behavior were the liberal democrats in Wisconsin showing their immense respect for the results of "free" elections.
Melvin| 5.5.11 @ 7:34AM
Ahhh, the sensitivities of the Socialist Liberal mind. Credit must be given though, for you to display such strength, and fortitude to dare enter the arena of the dark side.
But fret not dear sensitive Socialist Liberal, years of medication, therapy, and group hugs will purge you of those evil Conservative Demons, from your brief foray into the realm American Spectator.
JAwilson| 5.5.11 @ 7:43AM
Give me the head of Cash on a pike!
Mike| 5.5.11 @ 5:09PM
Please tell me you can't procreate, a**hole.
Vic| 5.5.11 @ 7:50PM
You make your own point a......
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:18PM
I can't tell you that, because it ain't true.
post*tenebras*lux| 5.5.11 @ 8:10AM
thank you Cash, good riddance.
Groad| 5.5.11 @ 8:18AM
Don't let the door hit you in the tookus when you leave, it might cause a concussion.
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 11:00AM
Groad,
that was gorgeously played. Just beautiful.
TennesseeVolunteer| 5.5.11 @ 8:26AM
Hey Cash, see ya, don't want to be ya!
Pecos Pete| 5.5.11 @ 8:46AM
Dear Cash: "He's a smart guy."
On what do you base that opinion?
Seems to me that his results lack much success.
We'll miss you. Not.
Redstateboy| 5.5.11 @ 9:07AM
Pecos Pete.. re: dear Cash.. asking a legitimate and specific question of a Liber-ul is akin to "hate speech"
and Cash... improvement in your reading comprehension would not hurt you.
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:52AM
Yay!
Frisbee| 5.5.11 @ 2:39PM
"People will use it for propaganda." Total nonsense. A dead man was obviously not protected by Allah. In their minds, Osama was handed over to his enemies by the All Powerful. A photo would be a warning. "A while back a cartoon set these crazies off, now we killed their head terrorist and [Oborg] is concerned a photo might incite violence?"
Mimi| 5.5.11 @ 6:59AM
The TRUTH never fails...It is un-American to not put all the raw proof out there...some people, not everybody will want and have a need to see this. As far as "COSIDERATION" to the ENEMEY goes that is totally a no...no. Since when does the U.S.A. bow to ANY need of a enemy....and especially one so savage and barbaric and wrong, against all good , and EVIL....to use God in heaven as an excuse to KILL...To use his NAME , while murdering , deserves great condemnation... not BOWING !!!
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:52AM
Mimi,
you are a dream rabbit.
Sam Levi| 5.5.11 @ 11:34AM
Wait, would not releasing the photos because they might offend the enemy considered giving aid and comfort to the enemy?
Nunya| 5.5.11 @ 1:09PM
I say Yes! Let's charge him with treason. :-)
Mike| 5.5.11 @ 5:11PM
You're a total idiot.
Nunya| 5.5.11 @ 5:48PM
Really Mike? Get yourself a sense of humor, dickhead.
Nuncompoop| 5.5.11 @ 6:39PM
""""Oh! How un-Christian of you.""""
Vic| 5.5.11 @ 7:51PM
Like you would know the meaning of the word...
Gary| 5.5.11 @ 7:03AM
Wait until it leaks out about how the decision was made to proceed with the operation. Obama, as usual, just couldn't get off his "I-vote-present" butt so others had to make the decision for him.
To call him an empty suit is to insult the suit.
Teaghan| 5.5.11 @ 7:23AM
Word is that he had to be "persueded" by senior military officials to give order. Did anyone see the photo of them all in the situation room watching as it all took place? He looked like the smallest person in the room. And in many aspects, he is.
JAwilson| 5.5.11 @ 7:44AM
Go find the Ulsterman on line for some very entertaining reading. Jarrett and Daley are the show to watch.
PJ| 5.5.11 @ 10:14AM
Just read it. Very entertaining! Makes plenty of sense on why Daley came on board. Is Ulsterman credible? Are you able to corroborate the info or at least some of it with reliable sources?
post*tenebras*lux| 5.5.11 @ 8:11AM
Teaghan, but now Panetta is saying they weren't watching the kill take place because no video was taken? Go figure. What were they "watching"? or was this another staged photograph.
Mimi| 5.5.11 @ 8:12AM
T.....He looked scrunched-up, and scared to death....deer in the headlights....oh well , in 2012 we'll get a BRAVE one! The Republicans should save that picture and use it for an add!
Bob Grant| 5.5.11 @ 9:07AM
He appeared like a fish out of water in that situation room photo.
SpiralArchitect| 5.5.11 @ 12:32PM
The "I-vote-present" is useful to the one that wants not to be held accountable (read: blamed) for poor or blatantly wrong decisions.
Doctor_X| 5.5.11 @ 7:03AM
Osama bin Laden may be dead but the stock market is still down, gas is $4.00 a gallon and I still don’t have a job! That is what people are thinking right now.
If bin Laden wasn’t dead we would be seeing photos of him on the Internet holding up the front page of yesterday’s Times of London newspaper. Release the photo, the people who hate us will still hate us no matter what. Obama is withholding the photos for political reasons only! He wants to be able to point to those who disagree with him and call them crackpots for not believing bin Laden is dead. Well it won’t work, the economy is going to do him in!
Redstateboy| 5.5.11 @ 11:38AM
That IS it Is it Not? During 2000-2007 I was earning more income than ever in my life and life was good. Shortly after, Nazi Pelosi, Harry-the-war-lost-Reid and later, Hussein stepped in and it all began to go off the tracks. I was laid off in July of 09 and now? I'm selling Auto Ins. over the phone to the likes of Jamal with a bad attitude from some inner city S-hole earning Half what I was earning. Gas is $4.00 a Gal in Knoxville, my car is in desperate need of Tires, Food prices are ridiculous ($4.00 for a family size Bag of Lay's Chips) My 4 year old Granddaughters unborn, un-thought of children are in Debt.. So, Liber-uls; don't tell Me your Democrat Party is good for America and Don't tell Me Barack Obama is a great President and Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining!
cuban pete| 5.5.11 @ 12:05PM
Good post, however it is-
"Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining."
Fletcher (John Vernon)
The Outlaw Josie Wales.
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:19PM
RedState Boy:
may your tribe increase and your fortune rebound.
drudge ette obama| 5.5.11 @ 7:09AM
Release. Don't release. What fence-sitting. Again, there is little wisdom in the White House. Can't Valerie Jarrett make up her mind?
It's too late for Obama. He's been on the news, 60 Minutes, yada..yada..yada. If he changes his mind AGAIN, then he will really look weak and indecisive.
What he must do now is leak the damned photo. The conduct an investigation on how the photo was leaked.
Pecos Pete| 5.5.11 @ 8:52AM
King O will appoint a commission to determine if a photo should be released. Then he will ignore the commission. Or not. Or cut the photo in half and release the part that shows the non offensive something. Or not. Maybe. You know?
Bob Grant| 5.5.11 @ 9:08AM
Yes, unfortunately I know. Heh, heh.
The Bishop| 5.5.11 @ 7:18AM
President Obummer should just make Joe Biden custodian of the pics. They'd be out sooner rather than later.
I am not Crazy| 5.5.11 @ 7:28AM
You must forgive us birther types. We have a hard time believing anything from the Kenyan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s9StxsFllY
JAwilson| 5.5.11 @ 7:41AM
From what I'm reading elsewhere, this might be the only victory Jarrett won in this adventure. Did you notice Bill Daley in the picture where Obama should have been standing?
benney havens| 5.5.11 @ 7:46AM
Why not show the world the photo of UBL and the smoking Twin Towers, side by side. And insert a caption, YOU DO THIS, YOU GET THIS!
Do you think Al Jazeera will show it?
Melvin| 5.5.11 @ 7:54AM
My wife comes from a Country where political debate, could bring physical harm. She has since become an American citizen, but the, "silence is best," mindset still prevails within her psyche.
But, after coming home from work Monday, the dog was giving me that pained, "Please, get me the hell of of here look," as his nose was pressed up against the screen door.
Inside the house was this fire spewing, at time profanity laced political diatribe from my normally quiet spouse.
"Dear, this is Bull Squeeze, I want to see that damn picture, Everything the President always says is a lie." I was standing there mute, the dog was hiding behind me, and I was looking for the number to the local priest, to cast the spirit of Ron Paul out of my wife.
All humor aside, if all this, "Circle Talk," by this Administration is finally gotten to my wife, who normally doesn't let politics get to here, then it is more serious than anything could have ever thought.
Practically everything that is uttered by this Administration is Bull Squeeze. By and large the American people want to believe him, and when he does seem to be on the straight and narrow, he goes and utters something that totally contradicts the previous statement.
My wife is the first person to give anyone the benefit of the doubt, but this current Administration has lost all if any credibility that it may have had with her.
Nunya| 5.5.11 @ 1:16PM
Melvin, I can only hope that you're right. I'm so tired of our current liar-in-chief I could scream (not that it would do a bit of good).
post*tenebras*lux| 5.5.11 @ 8:08AM
Ahhh, but Mr. Cline, that hacker from Wiki wouldn't be running for President in 2012, would he?
Intelligent Design| 5.5.11 @ 8:10AM
I don't think much good would be accomplished by distributing pictures of bloody corpses. There is already plenty of violence on TV, in the movies, and in every day life. Let's focus on using the records found at the OBL compound to find and kill more terrorists, and perhaps find that some "friends" were supporting terrorists.
Winterhawk| 5.5.11 @ 8:11AM
I've been watching pmsnbc this morning against my better judgement, and I think obama took the fatal shot. He got osama. Nobody else.
Paul| 5.5.11 @ 8:12AM
Does this surprise you from this metrosexual?
We don't want to hurt Muslim sensibilities. No, would not want to do that to people that were cheering during 9 - 11!
Too bad the metrrosexual in chiefs' friends Bill Ayers and his wife were not in the room with Bin-Laden when the Seals entered, 2 more terrorist that need to die.
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:59AM
Paul,
I LIKE the way you think.
Dan Hirsch| 5.5.11 @ 8:18AM
You can be sure that the only reason that Obama got this right, i.e. giving the military the go ahead on taking out Bin Laden was because Bill Clinton was asked the same question twice and got it wrong both times. Clinton is still explaining his decision...Barry is smart enough to learn THAT lesson.
Don't release the pictures.
During the Second World War, Resistance fighters' best practice was to kill then hide the bodies of the enemy. This served to un-nerve the remaining troops as they never knew what happened to their comrades. Uncertainty is far more destructive than certainty about a loss. You can't get mad at something that you don't know about...
If I were President, I'd have had him taken out and then told nobody. Two weeks later I'd start saying that he was ineffective and baiting him. The enemy would be left trying to come up with a response to defend him - and the enemy might not know whether he was dead or alive and just hiding somewhere else. That would certainly weaken there side and do no harm to mine.
Five years later, (after my re-election because of a strong foreign policy and economy) I'd let the pictures out to finally settle the question.
Obama has politicized this to get himself a one month bump in the polls way too soon - we are still 18 months to the election....
TennesseeVolunteer| 5.5.11 @ 8:28AM
Dan, remind me to never get on your bad side!
post*tenebras*lux| 5.5.11 @ 8:42AM
TV, ditto.
John Navratil| 5.5.11 @ 8:40AM
Din Hirsch,
I agree. Releasing the pictures will not convince the already convinced of anything. The only value to releasing the pictures is to convince those who think he is alive that he is, in fact dead. What value is there in that, especially considering the down-side? Perhaps it serves to convey the message that the U.S. can, in fact, get you where you are hiding, in which case I'd prefer the tactical advantage of going against an uninformed or unprepared foe.
Mike C| 5.9.11 @ 2:33AM
He will release them, Sept 2012.
Trotter| 5.5.11 @ 8:44AM
Dan, I like the way you think. Of course President Frequent Flier used this for purely political reasons. And, now that we are starting to find out that he wasn't even involved in the planning or run-up to go, even his political opportunism was done from a position of leading while following.
PolishKnight| 5.5.11 @ 9:48AM
I'm amused myself that the Taliban is arguing that they aren't going to believe him AND simultaneously angry that they didn't bury a "war hero" properly (as if they are any more decent and respectful of the dead of their enemies and civilians...)
How about this? Obama should release the DNA analysis AND provide samples to three other countries for their own labs. But Dan has a great point, let the enemy sweat it out.
Mimi| 5.5.11 @ 10:51AM
Heh DAN HIRSCH.....Are you IN ?
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:58AM
Yes, Dan, but there's a major difference between O and yourself: you are competent.
Tomp| 5.5.11 @ 8:32AM
http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler.....-obl-raid/
Big Shawn| 5.5.11 @ 8:32AM
I think that the decision to use SOF to infiltrate the compound and execute bin Ladin was wise on several levels. Firstly, a cruise missile wouldn't have "vaporized" bin Ladin. At best, it would have just killed him and let control of his body be attained by the Pakistani government. At worst, he survives and becomes a symbol of omnipotence to the radical Muslim movement. By sending in SEALs to execute and capture the body, the United States controls the message. This was a wise decision.
The Arab/Muslim jihaddist knows bin Ladin's dead. The message we send by not showing the photo is this, "You cannot hide, you cannot run. You will just disappear with no one to mourn over your grave. "
It also demonstrates that this war isn't over. There are far more to deal with yet.
A. C. Santore| 5.5.11 @ 8:56AM
My thoughts exactly, thanks.
PolishKnight| 5.5.11 @ 9:49AM
In addition, we got the hard drives and other intelligence that should cause major sweating in the enemy camps. That would have been destroyed by a cruise missile.
SuffolkVA| 5.5.11 @ 8:44AM
Just one more secret for Obama to keep from the people of America. Is it 2012 yet?
Pecos Pete| 5.5.11 @ 9:04AM
But, but, but ....
King O's Administration is the most transparent administration ever.
It has become clear (transparent?) that King O is nothing other than the public face of Valarie Jarrett who apparently is the real president.
Nunya| 5.5.11 @ 1:28PM
Valarie? Hmmm... I'm thinking it's George Soros, and Obozo is simply the front man. He and his merry band of idiots.
Bob Grant| 5.5.11 @ 9:15AM
Folks, you just don't get it. Daddy Obama will determine what's suitable and not suitable for viewing. We can't handle the truth so we must place our trust in Ubama to look out for our best interest.
It's a new day in America folks. This is the way things will roll from now on. Get used to it.
rjh| 5.5.11 @ 9:33AM
"The president says, and he is right, that some people will not be convinced no matter what the government releases."
Gee, I wonder why. Could it be that obama has proven himself to be a serial liar and deceiver? At this point, if he said the sun would rise in the east tomorrow, I would have my doubts. As to the picture issue: photos are easy to fake in this day and age.
hardcard| 5.5.11 @ 9:39AM
Photos ? What sinkin photos?What would george s. do ? We don't need no stinkin photos ! Do we ?
Radioman777| 5.5.11 @ 10:09AM
'It might incite violence'. Well, whoop-te-damn-do! What else is new? As if we didn't already know that the islamic world is generally populated by mentally unstable losers that wreak havoc any time something "offends" them.
Anthony| 5.5.11 @ 10:12AM
Congrats Mr. Cline, you got one right, albeit somewhat circuitously with your snarky analysis of the "deathers" to the "birthers". This is not an issue of the "deathers" v. Obozo, similar to the birth certificate fisaco, which was completely mishandled by Obozo, but praised by the hero worshippers in the LSM, which apparently, you are one.
The issue, as I posted yesterday, concerns Obozo's misguided calculus in his decision to pay more respect to Muslim sensitivities than to the sensitivities of the American people, especially those who directly suffered as a result of 9/11.
Obozo has no feelings or concerns for what Americans suffered through on 9/11. As I said yesterday, his first reaction to 9/11 was probably that America deserved what happened, as his pastor, Rev. Wright has so often said.
Obozo's assinine comment about "not spiking the football", is proof that his Muslim leanings are stronger than his ties to America.
We Americans deserve to be treated with respect. We deserve to be treated as adults. We deserve cloture, for what ever reasons we want. We deserve to see the pictures of the man who has caused so much pain and harm to America, damn what some 7th century Muslim fanatics think!!! They already hate us, what more provocation do they need?
There is a dangerous mind set in Washington among both the Ds and Rs, as the increasingly isolated ruling class loses all touch with the people of America. For some time now, the elites have believed the American people are children to be led and controlled. Members of the club have all the answers and know best, we Americans just need to sit down and shut up, as the elite ruling class knows best.
I don't give a damn that some senator has seen a picture of Osama and that that should be good enough for the hoi polloi.
While you got this one right, Mr. Cline, you nonetheless, apparently think you are part of this elite class.
I've news for you, Obozo, and the elites in congress; don't get too comfortable guys, that rumbling in the distance you're hearing ain't thunder!!!
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:55AM
Spiking the football would have been VERY appropriate here.
SUBVET | 5.5.11 @ 6:36PM
Anthony........on target.....muslim leanings for sure. What is with "clean him up and pray over him" before you give neptune a snack. Being a X sewer pipe sailor a MK45 torpodo could have finished him off.
Jean| 5.5.11 @ 10:35AM
Bin Laden's picture was posted on the Daily Mail from the UK that morning but was eventually taken off. I saw him...it was him. Good riddance
jd| 5.5.11 @ 11:18AM
That was a confirmed fake.
Oldefarte| 5.5.11 @ 10:39AM
For once [and only once] I'll agree with Obama on this issue. I don't give a rat's rear about Muslim sensitivities or feelings, but i do care a great deal about our military men and women. If some looney Muslim becomes enraged over viewing those pictures of UBL with a bullet hole in his grimy head and decides to sneek up [and kill/injure] on one of our military members who is casually walking down the street in say Germany, then I think that my and everybody else curiosity and desire to see the dirty little pictures will just have to take a back seat. These Muslim extremists become enraged over political cartoons, books written etc that are detrimental to their worshiped profits/gods; just think what they'd do after viewing those pictures. We got him/UBL and our Seal Team 6 members can/will eventually give testamony/write books concerning same; and that's all the proof that I need. Job well done, congrats to our outstandingly brilliant military for their typical excellence, and BRAVO!!!!!!!!
solidground| 5.5.11 @ 10:48AM
I totally disagree. The bad-apple Muslims are already enraged and ready at any opportune moment to kill Americans. Usama's demise will not incite them further. But Obama's refusal to release the photo will do for him exactly what his refusal until recently to release his birth certificate did for him--bring out the crazies and conspiracy theorists, enabling him to point his long, condescending finger at "the nuts on the right." It is all an election tactic, one more baldly implemented by the most dissembling president in our history.
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:56AM
What's easier to kill: hopped up idiots screaming and running at you, or hiding sneaky idiots. I appreciate the sentiment, but nothing we do can change the bloodthirstiness of the Zombies we fight.
Oldefarte| 5.5.11 @ 4:10PM
TRUE, but I'm not concerned with those running at [in front of] you, but those running in back of [or disguised] of you, which are typical of their cowardice/chickenexcrementism. As indicated and typical, UBL was cowering in an upstairs bedroom when it was obvious that our Seal Team was about to force him to eat a bullet-sandwich for breakfast [others there hid behind women and children]. They are brave warriors when burkaed/masked alongside their Muslim brothers en masse shooting their Russian rifles into the air, but act quite differently when they are face-to-face with a SEAL!!!!!!!
Oldefarte| 5.5.11 @ 10:43AM
PS: I thank the Almighty each and every day for our military members, both past and present, and now I/we all just have another reason to say THANK YOU to them for their excellent work and for protecting us daily. To all of you out there and here blogging, let me take this opportunity to say THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO ME, MY FAMILY AND TO ALL OF US; AND MAY GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU ALWAYS!!!!!!!!
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:54AM
Second the motion, Olde.
RCV| 5.5.11 @ 10:57AM
Count me in.
Nunya| 5.5.11 @ 1:32PM
I couldn't agree more, Olde. God bless our troops, and all those who serve or who have served.
Bill Carson| 5.5.11 @ 10:50AM
Look, let's clear up this misconception that Obama took the "risky" path. He took the logical path that 99 out of 100 managers in any field would have taken. Bin Laden was on foreign soil. We did not absolutely know he was there. We strongly felt he was but did not have absolute assurance. If we had sent in 50 cruise missles, the whole world would have found out and we would have been highly embarrassed if a week later bin Laden released a tape laughing at us. We would have more or less lost our right to another strike (helo OR cruise missle!) in Pakistan with a failure like that. With a helo raid, we had the advantage of going in and essentially looking around. If bin Laden wasn't there, we'd run. No shots fired, nothing. The Paks would complain some but we'd just say it was "an important intelligence gathering mission." Obama wouldn't be embarrassed and could very, very easily downplay the whole thing. So this writer and others need to do a lot better job of selling the idea that Obama took the riskier path.
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:54AM
That's not the spirit of Ron Paul, but Donald Trump.
RCV| 5.5.11 @ 10:56AM
We Shall Overcomb!
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:57AM
Indeed, RCV, indeed.
What do you think of the validity of an FOIA request for the photo, by the way?
victor| 5.5.11 @ 4:10PM
THAT was truly funny, RCV.
Margie| 5.5.11 @ 4:11PM
Oops, that was me, saying that, RCV. Forgot to remove hubby's name from the box before posting. :^)~.
RCV| 5.5.11 @ 5:35PM
Watch it, Margie, or you'll fuel Tim*'s obsession that you and Victor are really the same person!
Clint| 5.5.11 @ 6:14PM
You're the Assface , who seems to have an Obsession with Me, RCV ObamaBoy.
Nuncompoop| 5.5.11 @ 6:41PM
LOL. I knew that when I made the correction, but at this point, I could care less! ;^)
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:22PM
RCV,
you see, it IS an addiction. ;)
RCV| 5.5.11 @ 11:30PM
...and I'm not even Jewish!
Clint| 5.5.11 @ 6:10PM
"Texas Rep. Ron Paul said Tuesday that he was delighted to hear of the death of Osama bin Laden.
The Texas Republican, and potential Republican presidential candidate, discussed the killing of bin Laden on The Diane Rehm Show, saying he is “still looking for more information” concerning the details of the killing.
Mr. Paul said he supported the killing of bin Laden, adding that he voted for the authority to go after those responsible for 9/11."
RCV| 5.5.11 @ 7:24PM
As if anyone cared whether Ron Paul approved or not!
Clint| 5.5.11 @ 9:23PM
Apparently, You Israel Firsters Do, RCV ObamaBoy,because Israel Firsters are Fixated & Obsessed with Our Tea Party Co-Favorite Dr. Ron Paul.
Wipe Your Assface, ObamaBoy.
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:24PM
I admit, the desire to experiment, to see the degree that you can push the dog to Pavlovian extremes is overwhelmingly tempting, but fight it, RCV, fight it.
RCV| 5.5.11 @ 11:33PM
Don't you love how he has to say "Dr. Ron Paul"? He gets marked down if he forgets to use the title.
RCV| 5.6.11 @ 3:10PM
By the way, Tim*, I'm genuinely curious of what you think after last night's GOP debate. Your hero, Senator DeMint, was shocked and disappointed at the comments of your other hero, Dr. Ron Paul, on heroin legalization and gay marriage. Whose side is your tea party taking?
Mike | 5.5.11 @ 11:13AM
Release or don't release the photos. Makes no difference what the president does, you clowns on the right will argue for the opposite course of action.
Stammon| 5.5.11 @ 11:50AM
Yes, it's what is called "Learned Behavior";
"They had been against practically everything George Bush did from 2004 to 2008. I never saw anything like it. As someone who studies and teaches history, foreign policy, and the Middle East, I watched in great frustration as Democrats opposed things they had always supported when their guy was commander-in-chief, and no doubt would again, once back in the White House. They slammed away at George W. Bush, scourging the man, roasting and toasting and turning and skewering, politically crucifying him. It was ugly -- and so unjust. Finally, after eight years of Bill Clinton, we had a president who cared not a whit about polls, completely giving himself for what he believed was right, and liberals torched him."
Paul Kengor
http://www.americanthinker.com.....cy_of.html
Controse| 5.5.11 @ 11:15AM
Mr. Andrew Cline refers to the lack of proof of Obama's birth as a cancerous lie. Mr. Cline one question please. If the latest from your favorite disassembler is genuine how could it possibly refer to our President's father as being a citizen of a country that didn't exist at the time of our President's birth? Or is it just that you don't want to talk about it any more? Of course this country of origin business is just one of the many "truth tumors" found on the latest practical joke of a birth certificate.
Mark Shepler| 5.5.11 @ 11:43AM
We are told Obama demanded we send troops in to capture or kill Bin Laden expressly so the world would know it for good and all. Implicit in this version is the acknowledgement that pictures, videos, autopsies, dna reports and all the usual modern proofs simply will not suffice to bury the legend. For us or the primitives, Team Obama doesn't say. Then, supposedly in a shallow, misguided respect and comedy of errors for the religion of the mass murderer we immediately dispose of the body where the world can never find it again and deprive ourselves the very proof that was deemed so necessary not more than 24 hours before and for which we placed our men at grave risk.
Now, out of even more obscure reasoning even the pictures are deemed too inflammatory and we're not to see them either. Of course, as anyone could've predicted, anyone but our authorities, the icing on the cake is "muslim scholars" say the whole burial at sea thing is not islamic and an affront. Imagine that. So the very thing that was meant to be avoided, irrefutable proof of Osama's death, has become the crux of the matter by the deliberate decisions and miscalculations of those who claim they saw it as the crux all along. And all of this is thought by these geniuses to be the path to putting the whole Osama matter to rest.
Good luck with that.
Read my full view at www.rightwingmuse.com | Obama Killed Osama? Don't Bet On It...
Melvin| 5.5.11 @ 11:57AM
This President and his administration couldn't take Bo the Chinese Water Dog outside to do his business without an extreme level of difficulty.
Carney, "This is all just too confusing," Obama, "Do I use the doggy pooper scooper or do I use the little rolled up plastic bags?" Carney, "This is all just too confusing." Obama, "Maybe we should call and ask Rahm?" Michelle, dancing to Beyonce, "We can't he changed his number again, did anyone notice how fab my arms are?" Obama, "OK guys, I'm going to make a Presidential decision. Bo you decide." As Bo trots off to the Lincoln Bedroom.
JimP| 5.5.11 @ 12:06PM
This kind of thinking has become classic Obama by now. That is, he contradicts himself. Frankly after what the author and so many others point out, I am inclined to believe the raid was initiated without Obama's approval until the Seals were en route as detailed in the link below. I have no idea if the link is accurate, credible etc, but it sure rings true. Obama is the ultimate Beta Male. Sheeesh, what a piece of work.
http://socyberty.com/issues/wh.....bin-laden/
Nunya| 5.5.11 @ 1:49PM
I'm not even sure he's a beta male, is there something below that? The man can't make a decision to take out the piece of scum Bin Ladin? Really??
Obozo is so far out of his league it's almost painful to watch--and certainly painful to listen to his self-serving BS.
Dave Williams| 5.5.11 @ 4:36PM
Good thought, but "work" isn't exactly the word that springs to MY mind....
JimP| 5.5.11 @ 4:58PM
Dave and Nunya:
Both of you made me LOL. Good points!
drgene| 5.5.11 @ 12:14PM
Isn't inciting Terror in the hearts of Muslim Terrorists the best strategy?
Let them see the grotesque fate that awaits them--not martyrdom but execution, like any criminal on death roll who's executed before the audience of his victims.
This is ALL OBAMA 2012 propaganda
:he wants to look Tough, but with empathy for his Muslim brothers and sisters! Just like today's phony visit to Ground Zero:look empathetic to American victims of Muslim terrorists while
AG Holder prosecutes the CIA guys who got the information needed to kill Osama!
Does anyone think its "gutsy" to order Others to risk their lives to execute Osama. Real gutsy!
It would be gutsy if Obama went in and took out
Osama himself:mano a mano.
Obama is a narcissist wimp who fawns on his own
image as The One. Sadly he has fooled at least 40% of the electorate--those who don't pay taxes.
Here's a 2012 anti-Obama campaign slogan:
Fool me once, shame on You.
Fool me twice, shame on Me!!
Obama is a wimp!!
Dustoff| 5.5.11 @ 12:21PM
Let's see. O-bummer say's we can't see the photos of this guy, yet we can see the photos of our dead returning from combat?
LiveFreeOrDie| 5.6.11 @ 1:04PM
Good point
LiveFreeOrDie| 5.6.11 @ 1:04PM
Good point
Wayne | 5.5.11 @ 12:55PM
This has nothing to do with making the right or risky call. It is about dragging out the discussion all week, and once again we get played for fools.
Purple Lips| 5.5.11 @ 1:18PM
....And in other news, new claims for unemployment compensation rose for the third straight week, which set an 8 month high...."
Pass me the pork rinds and call Meals on Wheels. Tonight we shall celebrate Field Marshal von Obama's victories.
Occam's Tool| 5.5.11 @ 10:25PM
Well played, my purple brother (and you know TCU's colors are...)
gary siebel| 5.5.11 @ 2:28PM
Despite all the rounds he took, they somehow managed to miss his head. I refer to John Dillinger. The Feds proudly displayed his carcass, just like a trophy head on the wall. Head shots are a different matter, however, and those who so eagerly want to see them reveal a gory side.
Of greater concern is the complaint that Osama was unarmed and should have been merely arrested instead of riddled with lead. It seems unlikely he only took one shot to the head If they didn't empty an entire clip in him I would be surprised. But so what?
They should have killed his bitch, too, because any brat she produces will be just another potential terrorist. Not killing or capturing her was clearly an act of forbearance.
btw, it's still too soon to blame Obama for the economy. That's still a Republican baby, as is the deficit.Reagan and Bush both screwed up the economy on their watch. It managed to recover (barely) under Reagan, but Bush nonsense has proved harder to undo. Memories are not that short so as to blame Obama for the current mess, except, apparently, amongst the ignorati.
Perusha| 5.5.11 @ 2:37PM
Obama promised the most transparent administration in history.
Instead, we just get more and more examples of him ALWAYS doing the opposite of what he says----count on it, LIARS tell LIES!
Anyway, what about the TRUTH?
We’re supposed to be living in an OPEN society, and the government is supposed to be humbly serving THE PEOPLE, so it is condescending to the umpteenth degree that the Dictator Obama chooses not to be OPEN and HONEST about OBL!
Just show the damn pictures, etc, and let ALL humans deal with it!
Obama as Hamlet, it seems to me, is destined to accentuate his proclivity to merely spend TIME pondering whatever is on his decision plate, so I look forward to a further downward trend in this.
HAPPILY!
He is beginning to resemble a thermostat that’s been set to turn the oven on at 250 degrees and turn it off at 250 degrees---
The definition of a neurotic?
Poor America, too deluded and fooled to see through this nihilistic monster, it---WE---will simply have to deal with the consequences of our politically collective past actions.
Karma rules!
Firozali A.Mulla DBA | 5.5.11 @ 2:46PM
Great I love blue films. And Bush loves this too but only reason he will not watch thiese is . Obama takes more years now if Sarah Palin does not bbut her nose in. I thank you Firozali A.Mulla DBA
Samuel af Ugglas| 5.5.11 @ 2:59PM
The most transparent or secretiv president of The United States?
JLKthree| 5.5.11 @ 3:05PM
Can a future president release the photo?
MattZ| 5.5.11 @ 3:42PM
Hey, if your guy had caught him, you could have hung him from the Brooklyn Bridge, for all I care.
But that didn't happen, did it? Deal with it!
MZ
Firozali A.Mulla DBA | 5.5.11 @ 3:49PM
On the matter of Osama bin Laden's departure, Clinton warned that the United States and its allies would continued to \"crack down and where necessary kill or capture\" those directing actions against US and allied troops. With hands on the mouth she said THAT I wonder. Must be a joke. I thank you She seems surprised Firozali A.Mulla OOHHH Osama is dead ohhh
Post-bin Laden Racism: Teacher Tells 9th Grade Muslim Girl, 'I Bet You're Grieving' While new news on Osama bin Laden's killing seems to emerge hourly, one aspect of the aftermath has been reported sparingly: the related vitriolic racism that not only gets directed towards Muslims, but to Middle Easterners, South Asians, and various other racial, ethnic and religious groups that are ignorantly perceived to be 'other.' And while there are certainly other accounts of racism flaming up since bin Laden's killing on Sunday, this story is probably the most egregious, disgusting and hateful we've heard thus far: News travel fsat don't they not I thank you Firozali A.Mulla DBA
Firozali A.Mulla DBA | 5.5.11 @ 3:49PM
On the matter of Osama bin Laden's departure, Clinton warned that the United States and its allies would continued to \"crack down and where necessary kill or capture\" those directing actions against US and allied troops. With hands on the mouth she said THAT I wonder. Must be a joke. I thank you She seems surprised Firozali A.Mulla OOHHH Osama is dead ohhh
Post-bin Laden Racism: Teacher Tells 9th Grade Muslim Girl, 'I Bet You're Grieving' While new news on Osama bin Laden's killing seems to emerge hourly, one aspect of the aftermath has been reported sparingly: the related vitriolic racism that not only gets directed towards Muslims, but to Middle Easterners, South Asians, and various other racial, ethnic and religious groups that are ignorantly perceived to be 'other.' And while there are certainly other accounts of racism flaming up since bin Laden's killing on Sunday, this story is probably the most egregious, disgusting and hateful we've heard thus far: News travel fsat don't they not I thank you Firozali A.Mulla DBA
JimmyMac| 5.5.11 @ 4:41PM
Lots of trolls here today. Must not be anything good on TV.
Kathleen Schofield| 5.5.11 @ 5:54PM
There you go again....calling us Birthers 'crazies'. I love you guys but I hate it when you call us that. We are just simply people that believe in common sense. And yes, I am still crazy because I believe the Kenyon BC making the internet rounds is the real one, not the one he produced. And why do people totally overlook the fact that he has dual citizenship? Go figure.....
bravebear| 5.5.11 @ 7:51PM
Isn't it interesting that OBL achieved room temperature 66 years (give ot take a couple of hours) after Adolf Hitler accomplished the same goal. Perhaps this is both a positive and negative for bin Laden: he gets his 72 virgins, but one of them will be Herr Hitler!
BackToBasics| 5.5.11 @ 9:44PM
Evenif the long form birth certifcate was fabricated, at least he was forced to come up with something. But now he can hide these photos so they sort of replace the hiding of the long form birth certificate. Why should we expect anything else?
Nite| 5.5.11 @ 11:03PM
I doubt Obama made this decision on his own. He is too lazy and afraid of what Muslims will think of him. I doubt that the fact OBL killed 3,000 US citizens bothers Obama very much. He was looking for a way to boost his sagging poll numbers. He apparently found it, but it won't last. I am glad OBL was finally found and eliminated. You live by the sword and you die by the sword.
chaussures converse | 5.6.11 @ 1:52AM
Failure could have ended all of them. A missile strike would have been clean, quick, and easy to explain. Just one problem: It would have vaporized bin Laden.
C Smith| 5.6.11 @ 2:18AM
For a almost a decade the world has been asking: "Where is Osama"? Now the world is asking every other question but "Where is Osama now"?
Under our feet this very moment is a subterranean world. The Hebrew Scriptures refer to it as the pit, the abyss, the nether parts of the earth, Abaddon.... No, it is not Hell. Hell is not yet. The Judgment must come first. The name of this present shadow land is called Sheol. And within it a place reserved for those who "caused terror in the land of the living."
"Asshur is there and all her company... all of them slain, fallen by the sword... which caused terror in the land of the living" (Ezekiel 32:22-23).
"There is Elam and all her multitude... fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living" (Ezekiel 32:24).
There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude... they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen... which are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living" (Ezekiel 32:26-27).
There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit" (Ezekiel 32:29).
"There be the princes of the north... with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword...." (Ezekiel 32:30).
"Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee" (Isaiah 14:9-11).
http://theisraelofgod.blogspot.....-dead.html
Jeff| 5.6.11 @ 1:42PM
those pictures ARE trophies ... and Obama has them ... all to himself ... so you could say he is keeping a trophy of his kills ... and the DNA material ... I wonder what it is ? a finger tip or two in a jar ?
the fact that they exist is all the incitement the crazies need ...
kevin| 5.8.11 @ 8:37AM
I understand the US euphoria but they forget that the invasion of a sovereign nation and the killing of its citizens is an act of war and they should not be surprised if many foreigners are less than happy with this behaviour.
Mark| 5.8.11 @ 9:24AM
Most of the posts are jokes. Blaming Obama for shit that started long before he took office.
You don't want to see pics for proof you want to see them to quinch your thirst for the proflic.
Hitlers body was never shown. Weres your beef with that and he killed many many more and raged a more destructive terror.
Jon | 5.8.11 @ 2:51PM
It does seem a bit odd. Shen Saddam was killed his photo was in the papers the next day. Why not this time?
Michele San Pietro| 5.8.11 @ 7:11PM
I agree with you, those pictures should be no secret at all. I don't give a damn for the reactions of islamic fundamentalists!
Dee See| 5.8.11 @ 11:42PM
AS 6 decades of Rockefeller/Carnegie engineered
cultural subversion via their creation 'POP culture' finishes off
AS our borders are wide open
AS Janet Napolitano secretly signed 80 MILLION
Mexicans into 'Trusted Trtaveller' (ie green card)
status
AS some 50 MILLION American unborn have been 'terminated'
As our entire economy has been moved to
RED China, at taxpayer expense, while that country's 'EUGENICS
friendly' Halocaust is buried in world media
AS the greatest world nuclear disaster in human
history (Fukishima) is blacked out (again think
RED China/EUGENICS friendly')
"We are using MASSIVE third world immigration
to destroy British culture once and for all
---forever."
-TONY BLAIR
(Daily Mail 'Annihilation of Britain'
on Youtube)
AS the capstone creeps polish off new primary residences in Shanghai and Beijing
WHAT ABOUT THIS SITUATION DON'T
WE UNDERSTAND?
HUAC meets NUREMBERG 2012
Replica | 5.9.11 @ 11:12PM
Good article, I think surely Obama will do somethings for that.
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weddingdress | 7.1.11 @ 12:41AM
those pictures ARE trophies ... and Obama has them ... all to himself ... so you could say he is keeping a trophy of his kills ... and the DNA material ... I wonder what it is ? a finger tip or two in a jar ?
the fact that they exist is all the incitement the crazies need ...