OSAMA BIN LADEN CONFIRMED DEAD.

[Luna]

http://www.politicususa.com/en/5-responses-bin-laden

[LMNO]

Shit, even my dumb ass has been saying send in the SEALS for years. They love this shit. Common sense, send in a handful of psychos who'll get the job done instead of fucking up whole countries. Which they still managed to do.
Rush still sounds like a fucktard. He keeps repeating "CONTINUING THE BUSH POLICIES"...wasn't the Bush policy GOING TO FUCKING IRAQ FOR NO REASON AND GIVING BIN LADEN A SEVEN YEAR HEAD START?

Hes talking about torturing illegally held prisoners at Guantanimo.

Because for some reason every right wing nut has been spouting about how thats how they found him. Ive yet to hear a thing about it from anywhere that wasnt a tea party blog or Fox News so I assume its bullshit.

The New York Times reported that the pseudonym for OBL's courier (who was the guy they watched go in and out of the compoung a lot, red-flagging it) was given to the military by several Guantanamo detainees.

So, one train of logic goes:  Gitmo -> pseudonym -> tracking -> finding/killing OBL.

We probably could have gotten that info a lot quicker if we weren't spending all that time beating the snot out of those prisoners, though.

[Pope Pixie Pickle]

Lots of Americans were mad it took ten years for the government to kill bin Laden, but I think it was worth them being extra careful to make sure no one else got hurt.

I know I'm not here and all but this made me laugh harder than I can remember doing in a long time.

GET BACK TO WORK!

[Cain]

In a way, it was probably better Bin Laden was killed, as the US would almost certainly torture him if taken alive.  And then it would put him in a legal black hole, as torture would make it impossible for a civilian trial to proceed, but, well who is going to argue in favour of Bin Laden's civil liberties?  It would have been KSM times 1000.

[Luna]

In a way, it was probably better Bin Laden was killed, as the US would almost certainly torture him if taken alive.  And then it would put him in a legal black hole, as torture would make it impossible for a civilian trial to proceed, but, well who is going to argue in favour of Bin Laden's civil liberties?  It would have been KSM times 1000.

True, that.  And torturing him would make him a martyr to some.

The image of him shot while trying to use his wife as a shield (reports vary on whether or not that was true) tarnish the whole martyr thing... and dumping him at sea means there's no gravesite to serve as a shrine.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

True, that.  And torturing him would make him a martyr to some.

More to the point, it would make us - as a nation - bigger scumbags than we already are.

[Luna]

True, that.  And torturing him would make him a martyr to some.

More to the point, it would make us - as a nation - bigger scumbags than we already are.

That, too.

[Cain]

I think he is going to be considered a martyr by many regardless of the circumstances of his death.  Unless he was discovered jacking off to gay porn while smoking weed with pages of the Koran as rolling paper.

Al-Qaeda's ruling shura are going to take a vote, incidentally.  No idea on who the new chief will be, but it could be interesting - Zawahiri may stay in his role as operations commander (though you could certainly argue he has done a piss-poor job in that position) and the new blood members like Sirajuddin Haqqani, Qari Ziaur Rahman, Nazir Ahmad and Ilyas Kashmiri (not to mention possibly Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, with whom Bin Laden met shortly before his death) could make the vote go in potentally interesting directions.

It looks like Osama was a busy little bee before he died.  He was trying to draw the hardcore Islamists within Pakistan into some kind of umbrella organization, while the focus was on the Arab revolts, and possibly to ensure opposition to any similar kind of event in Pakistan (where, after all, two reformist and civil libertarian politicians were recently killed for questioning the Pakistani "blasphemy law").  Contacts in Warizistan have also confirmed that Al-Qaeda and associated militants have declared their ceasefire with the Pakistani military is unequivocally over, and that those involved in the operation are primary targets.

[hooplala]

I think he is going to be considered a martyr by many regardless of the circumstances of his death.  Unless he was discovered jacking off to gay porn while smoking weed with pages of the Koran as rolling paper.

Al-Qaeda's ruling shura are going to take a vote, incidentally.  No idea on who the new chief will be, but it could be interesting - Zawahiri may stay in his role as operations commander (though you could certainly argue he has done a piss-poor job in that position) and the new blood members like Sirajuddin Haqqani, Qari Ziaur Rahman, Nazir Ahmad and Ilyas Kashmiri (not to mention possibly Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, with whom Bin Laden met shortly before his death) could make the vote go in potentally interesting directions.

It looks like Osama was a busy little bee before he died.  He was trying to draw the hardcore Islamists within Pakistan into some kind of umbrella organization, while the focus was on the Arab revolts, and possibly to ensure opposition to any similar kind of event in Pakistan (where, after all, two reformist and civil libertarian politicians were recently killed for questioning the Pakistani "blasphemy law").  Contacts in Warizistan have also confirmed that Al-Qaeda and associated militants have declared their ceasefire with the Pakistani military is unequivocally over, and that those involved in the operation are primary targets.

I think it's high time we got this rumour going...

[LMNO]

Is it all right to talk about vengance-fueled hate-monkeys again?


Mosque Vandalized Following Bin Laden Death

On Monday in Portland, ME the walls of the largest mosque in town were spray-painted with "Osama today, Islam tomorow [sic]" and other phrases, sometime following morning prayers on the day after American forces killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

[Adios]

Is it all right to talk about vengance-fueled hate-monkeys again?


Mosque Vandalized Following Bin Laden Death

On Monday in Portland, ME the walls of the largest mosque in town were spray-painted with "Osama today, Islam tomorow [sic]" and other phrases, sometime following morning prayers on the day after American forces killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

People suck.

[Lies]

Is it all right to talk about vengance-fueled hate-monkeys again?


Mosque Vandalized Following Bin Laden Death

On Monday in Portland, ME the walls of the largest mosque in town were spray-painted with "Osama today, Islam tomorow [sic]" and other phrases, sometime following morning prayers on the day after American forces killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

THANKS FOR RUINING IT ASSHOLES

[Cain]

Is it all right to talk about vengance-fueled hate-monkeys again?


Mosque Vandalized Following Bin Laden Death

On Monday in Portland, ME the walls of the largest mosque in town were spray-painted with "Osama today, Islam tomorow [sic]" and other phrases, sometime following morning prayers on the day after American forces killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

Unfortunately, a lot of people don't hate Bin Laden for being a mass murdering fundamentalist jackass, but for being an Emmanuel Goldstein-esque figure of hate and stand-in for Islam generally.

[Luna]

Is it all right to talk about vengance-fueled hate-monkeys again?


Mosque Vandalized Following Bin Laden Death

On Monday in Portland, ME the walls of the largest mosque in town were spray-painted with "Osama today, Islam tomorow [sic]" and other phrases, sometime following morning prayers on the day after American forces killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

Of course.  Monkeys will fling shit.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Is it all right to talk about vengance-fueled hate-monkeys again?


Mosque Vandalized Following Bin Laden Death

On Monday in Portland, ME the walls of the largest mosque in town were spray-painted with "Osama today, Islam tomorow [sic]" and other phrases, sometime following morning prayers on the day after American forces killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

This is why we can't have nice things.