Bin Laden is dead, turn on the tv, that is all

[Kruzen]

Lew rockwell had a great post on this today:

Sorry to piss in your cheerios

Every time the US waves the bloody shirt of Osama, it has a purpose. Obama has been drastically weakened in recent months, and the US has been hurt by murdering Gadaffi’s family members. The mass-killing in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, etc. is not going well. The economy is a wreck. Dollar debasement is speeding up. Gasoline prices are high. So…tah-dah…the body of Osama bin Laden for our edification and distration. It may even be true. Certainly the CIA will assure us that its DNA test proves it.

UPDATE from Darien Sumner:
In re: Osama bin Laden’s death, here are the first three things that went through my mind:
1) Congratulations to the United States government on spending only ten years and a few trillion dollars to kill one old man.

2) This means we get all of our liberties back now, right? And our money? And the thousands of lives lost?

3) Ah, now the Libyan war is beginning to make a lot more sense from a political standpoint. The government needed a new bogeyman to chase.

At least I can count on LRC not to be oozing with “hooray for government murder” pablum like my Twitter feed is overflowing with.

And a great post on fb this morning from a commenter

The TV is dominated now by how it took the most expensive Military Industrial Complex in the world almost 10 years, several trillions of dollars, and around 6,000 troop deaths to hunt down and kill one boogey man who is was the head of an organization designed to function without him, and what a great success this is. In the background, we see strong strains of nationalism, chants of USA, USA, USA, and celebration over how all this was made possible by wreckless government breach of natural rights, rule of law, and the Constitution. Seriously, I'd rather watch or read about Jesus, either the Economist or the Savior of the World. Both are good options.

December 26, 2001 - FOX News: Report: Bin Laden Already Dead - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41576,00.html

January 21, 2002 - CNN: Pervez Musharraf Thinks Bin Laden Likely Died of Kidney Failure - http://edition.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/01/21/gupta.otsc/

July 11, 2002 - New York Times: Osama Bin Laden is Dead - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/11/op...odaysheadlines

July 22, 2002 - BBC: FBI: Bin Laden 'Probably' Dead - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2135473.stm

October 7, 2002 - CNN: Karzai: Bin Laden 'Probably' Dead - http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/as...rzai.binladen/

October 26, 2002 - CNN: Magazine Runs What It Calls Bin Laden's Will - http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/eu...binladen.will/

November 2, 2007 - Al Jazeera: Before Her Assassination, Benazir Bhutto Claims Bin Laden Is Dead - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTV9gFjE3Ac

[Maluco]

[GaryE30]

^ killing a leader really affects moral of the troops.

And yet there are already threats of an upcoming attack to avenge his death. To be honest, I think there are already other leaders amongst al Qaeda whom the rest are following. What they do doesn't require a single leader/authority.

However, I get what you're trying to say. I just don't think its all going to stop abruptly. Troops will remain in the Middle East, and threat advisories will remain high for a long time.

All I have to say is, cool story bro. Terrorism isn't going to die with one person.

+1

[Kruzen]

[jw 325ic]

lulz

[gwb72tii]

i hope they duct-taped him hugging a football prior to launching him off an aircraft carrier

[george graves]

Sorry to piss in your cheerios

That would have been a great post for the P&R sub-forum, but out here in the real world, it's kinda embarrassing.

[be34st]

Great, So now what?

[Desaevious]

Goddamn laughed so hard at this.

[long tall eta]

so, you wana see a place rock? watch the opening of the flyers game when lauren hart sings god bless america

[be34st]

Goddamn laughed so hard at this.

[Maluco]

i hope they duct-taped him hugging a football prior to launching him off an aircraft carrier

LMAO! Best fkng comment yet!!!!

[ck_taft325is]

We may be able to kill that guy, but the talking heads can't kill time for their life. This coverage is brutal.

What I was thinking... hehe.

[mrsleeve]

going to have to go with this one.


but that said, Good fucking riddance

[Ryann]

^ even though I almost always disagree with Obama, I'm just very happy to hear that Osama is dead!! I'll gladly rally behind Obama for this accomplishment.

No offense but this post is exactly what the administration was hoping for after making this announcement.

Wake up and smell the obvious bullshit, people.