Bin Laden Dead?

oh idk, there's a lot about the BL raid that's nasty, and while i'm wearily jaded about its use politically, that's pretty nasty too.

I am sure glad killing OBL at least put an end to all that airport security Terror Theatre, I'll give ya that!

t/f: extralegal black hits are bad but if anyone on earth deserved one it's osama bin laden

the trouble is the capability to do the thing doesn't exist in a vacuum; OBL might have been 'exceptional' as a person but the act of killing him turns out not to be

tbh it said more about the state of things re: Pakistan/US than anything

you know pre-9/11 i had an opportunity to work at lawrence livermore national lab on a naval oceanography environmental remediation project that was yanked because they didn't think it was worth the effort to try to get a security clearance for a nationalized citizen who was born in iran

where was the aclu on that day is what i wanna know

uh...

true story! (joeks bruv)

:(

oh man did i just kill the thread??

:-(

nah

The fact is, OBL was in a sovereign nation that is nominally an ally, but an absolutely unreliable and often hostile one. That also meant that taking the legal path, by formally sharing info with the Pakistani government, obtaining its permission and planning a joint operation, with OBL taken into their custody until extradition could be arranged, was more or less a doomed option. Once legality is taken off the table, it is entirely off the table.

My reaction to the whole thing is still kind of mouth-hanging-open awe in that it was "Hey, sorry Pakistan but we found Osama hiding in your country so we sent an elite kill squad in. Uh, what is up with him being in your country anyway? Kind of weird, hope you don't mind. Love, US"

viva

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/05/man-who-claims-he-found-bin-ladens-body-doesnt-have-bin-ladens-body/51818/

Bin Laden is the new Titanic

Unless they somehow tagged the body or container with a locator beacon or something, no one is ever finding that.

Brian Williams, on bended knee in the Situation Room.

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/03/nbc_news_top_hagiographer/

RIP

Conspiracy theorists just got a new tank of high-octane...

Newly released emails say no sailors watched bin Laden’s burial at sea after Navy SEAL raid

WASHINGTON — Internal emails among U.S. military officers indicate that no sailors watched Osama bin Laden’s burial at sea from the USS Carl Vinson and traditional Islamic procedures were followed during the ceremony.

The emails, obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Information Act, are heavily blacked out, but are the first public disclosure of government information about the al-Qaida leader’s death. The emails were released Wednesday by the Defense Department.

http://www.esquire.com/features/man-who-shot-osama-bin-laden-0313?click=pp

guy has no healthcare

isn't that against the law now

read the memo, Shakey Mo.

I meant not having healthcare. somebody tax that guy!

Government don't care shocker!

Government don't health care shocker!

shakey otm

Conspiracy thoughts: this guy sold his story to Hollywood (a breach of govt contract) and so the govt says "peace, good luck".

Happy almost anniversary.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/04/30/osama-bin-laden-death-white-house-oral-history-484793

10 years after the operation against Osama bin Laden, President @BarackObama and Admiral Bill McRaven sat down to reflect on the thousands of people who made that mission possible—and what that meant to the families of the victims of Sept. 11. pic.twitter.com/Mhy7cSDmpz

— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) April 30, 2021

finally, something that will shut Trump up

maybe

― I've seen it in your eyes and I've read it in blogs (King Boy Pato), Sunday, May 1, 2011

Oh those starry-eyed days.