Comments | shortindiangirl: Bin Laden - justice by killing or by capture

shortindiangirl

Bin Laden - justice by killing or by capture

May 02, 2011 23:32

I am more acutely aware (today) of the need for Obama to say “I” rather than “we” with respect to the operations regarding Bin Laden. This is a security issue. Lest the jihadists identify and hunt down the military involved in the operation, Obama takes responsibility. He was cognizant of the price on his head going up as he said this. And the ( Read more... )

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deponti May 3 2011, 08:41:14 UTC

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/05/government-has-photos-of-osama-bin-laden-with-gunshot-wound-and-other-news.html

What an incredible typo in the caption in the Fox News video!!!

I'm a little puzzled... dakini_bones May 4 2011, 04:15:10 UTC

It almost sounds like you are kinda of er, jubilant about this(?)
Maybe I'm reading this wrong?

Re: I'm a little puzzled... shortindiangirl May 4 2011, 13:25:38 UTC

Haha, no. I'm very glad that he's dead and out of the way. But I'm curious as to how controlled the situation was. Did he die of renal failure some months ago, and they raided someplace, found some guy, killed him and then declared the real Osama dead ? Or did they kill him on Fri night and didn't release it so as to not compete with the Royal Wedding ? Did they carefully construct the fact that he had to be killed and not captured ?
I'm curious about the strategies.