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Most of your bullet points as you've described didn't actually happen they way you've outlined. The only thing listed remotely accurate is that there is no offi

Most of your bullet points as you've described didn't actually happen they way you've outlined. The only thing listed remotely accurate is that there is no official picture of OBL dead with a bullet in his head, and it has been purposefully kept that way to keep it from being used as further propaganda.

mcantelon 11y ago
I'm not sure what propaganda value there is in noone knowing if the US actually killed Bin Laden. Benazir Bhutto said, a month before she was assassinated, that Osama Bin Laden was killed in 2001 by Omar Sheikh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MBTd5QNGB0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MBTd5QNGB0
revelation 11y ago
There was an actual person there live-tweeting the thing. Of course pakistan knew perfectly well.
unclebucknasty 11y ago
Not really sure why so many accept that explanation at face value. The biggest single victory in the so-called WoT and it is handled with a quick, quiet, burial at sea with absolutely no evidence because, what, a photo would make terrorists even angrier? No third-party corroboration. No photos. Nothing but a story. That is supremely ridiculous.
- res0nat0r 11y ago
  Unfortunately evil conspiracy at every turn is going to be the norm from here on out in the post 9/11 world. Parading his dead picture around would for sure just anger more people, so there is no need. If OBL is in fact alive he should show up holding today's newspaper any day now in a new video showing how incompetent the USA really is. Also what good does it do to fake his death? We certainly aren't winning over there and everyone knows it, as Obama just committed to extending our stay in Afghanistan. Faking OBL's death makes no sense if he can just show up on YouTube the next month alive and discredit everything the government told us.
  - unclebucknasty 11y ago
    The U.S. started an illegitimate war that has killed hundreds of thousands of civilians by some accounts. We are executing drone-strikes that are killing more civilians and "enemies". We tortured, engaged in rendition, suspended detainee rights, and more. We continue to hunt and kill Al Qaeda affiliates, as well as create "collateral damage". How much angrier can we make people? And, we have done this, presumably, because of OBL. After killing him, we can tell detailed stories about how the raid was performed, describe where he was shot, etc., but we just can't actually show evidence? Sorry. Makes no sense. As to why he doesn't show up, some believe he was already dead, which is plausible. Bhutto said as much years ago, before her passing. If he had actually died much earlier, then the charade would have to end at some point, right? There would need to be closure.

mcantelon 11y ago

I'm not sure what propaganda value there is in noone knowing if the US actually killed Bin Laden. Benazir Bhutto said, a month before she was assassinated, that Osama Bin Laden was killed in 2001 by Omar Sheikh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MBTd5QNGB0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MBTd5QNGB0

revelation 11y ago

There was an actual person there live-tweeting the thing. Of course pakistan knew perfectly well.

unclebucknasty 11y ago

Not really sure why so many accept that explanation at face value. The biggest single victory in the so-called WoT and it is handled with a quick, quiet, burial at sea with absolutely no evidence because, what, a photo would make terrorists even angrier? No third-party corroboration. No photos. Nothing but a story. That is supremely ridiculous.

res0nat0r 11y ago
Unfortunately evil conspiracy at every turn is going to be the norm from here on out in the post 9/11 world. Parading his dead picture around would for sure just anger more people, so there is no need. If OBL is in fact alive he should show up holding today's newspaper any day now in a new video showing how incompetent the USA really is. Also what good does it do to fake his death? We certainly aren't winning over there and everyone knows it, as Obama just committed to extending our stay in Afghanistan. Faking OBL's death makes no sense if he can just show up on YouTube the next month alive and discredit everything the government told us.
- unclebucknasty 11y ago
  The U.S. started an illegitimate war that has killed hundreds of thousands of civilians by some accounts. We are executing drone-strikes that are killing more civilians and "enemies". We tortured, engaged in rendition, suspended detainee rights, and more. We continue to hunt and kill Al Qaeda affiliates, as well as create "collateral damage". How much angrier can we make people? And, we have done this, presumably, because of OBL. After killing him, we can tell detailed stories about how the raid was performed, describe where he was shot, etc., but we just can't actually show evidence? Sorry. Makes no sense. As to why he doesn't show up, some believe he was already dead, which is plausible. Bhutto said as much years ago, before her passing. If he had actually died much earlier, then the charade would have to end at some point, right? There would need to be closure.