Osama bin Laden's hideout in Abbottabad Pakistan
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I wasn't sad to hear him dead. Looking at the jubilating crowd made me.
Anssi
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lol
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Guys,
I am taking all this with a grain of salt until its proven! From what I understand he was shot in the eye while using one of his wives as a shield! Its claimed that this particular wife was also shot dead!
Due to the rubbish claims, it now appears the US authorities are debating whether or not to show pictures of OBL's corpse on 'taste grounds'! When I heard he was 'buried at sea' I had to laugh!
It looks like the US Navy Seals had him cornered! Why the hell wasn't he captured and put on trial in a civilized manner under UN jurisdiction as there are a lot of questions to be answered or at least asked!
As I said, it looks like a load of old cobblers and possibly a PR stunt by OB?
Mike
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I believe it, however I'm confused at the American people, gathering at white house, ground zero, every capital, George Bushes house, etc chanting "USA, USA" from what I'm seeing one would conclude we won a war (USA has never won a war on their own ever), destroyed Al queda, or something like that.
Killing OBL means nothing really, the war continues if not escalates now. I just do not understand the dizzy jubilation.
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I think killing OBL is justified. America should go after the leaders of BP, and those who made money by creating the financial instruments that resulted in the current financial crises.
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Sadly there are a long line of equally bad people lined up behind him, Bin Laden being killed solves nothing beyond salving in some small measure the pain felt by the families of thousands of victims of September 11. The extremists now have another martyr. Great.
There is nothing to celebrate in the intentional death of any person, even one as odious as Bin Laden.
Everyone in that compound knew they were in mortal danger by being there. They all could have left and lived long lives rather than stay and be killed.
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@unknownuser said:
(USA has never won a war on their own ever)?
wtf?
perhaps you were asleep in history class... Revolutionary War, Civil War, Spanish American War, Northwest Indian War, Franco-American War
Half-War, War of 1812... I don't have time to list them all. If you'd like to see a entire list of all the wars of the United States, both won and lost, both righteous and unjust you can follow the link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_StatesIf America has not won any war on it's own then none have in the history of man... nations will as they do meddle in one-another's affairs, but lay life, blood and treasure at the altar of war for the benefit of another country? for freedom alone? not many will do such a thing... if any... such a noble thing as America... but we get your point, you don't like America. because if America was not here then the world would be such a better place... everyone would be free, happy, fed, and safe.
Only one thing runs common in all America's Wars, young men and women gave their lives so that we might sit in freedom and ponder the virtues of the Nation which delivers it.
I congratulate the troops of all the nations who have fought so long and hard to deliver this murderous coward to justice. and I congratulate Obama (a man I did not vote for), for getting the job done.
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Revolutionary war was not a clear win; America was split as loyalists, neutralists and patriots, and France came to the rescue.
War of 1812 ended in a treaty…no win.
Civil war…both were American…hello no win when you fight yourself.
Spanish American war, another treaty, however if I was was to split hairs I'd probably give this to you.
Northwest Indian war, serious, white settlers versus Native Americans…hmm...got turkey?
Franco-American war, aka the quasi-war. Undeclared…so not a war.
Half war…huh?
Kris, I also know better than to debate/argue with a patriot/conservative, so let's agree to disagree. You are using the young soldier patriot card now (as effective as a racist card) so no matter what I will seem anti-American if I continue.
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I thought that a win comes when the other side "gives up".:) America's best win, and perhaps most brutal, was over Japan in WWII. Best because to our credit, was America's contribution to Japan's recovery.
The crowds, and cheers, disturbing to some, but a very human reaction.
To some people's way of thinking, we lost Afghanistan, because after helping to kick the USSR out, we forgot to aid in Afghanistan's recovery.
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From what I read, Bin Laden no longer posed any real threat. From being a military leader to be reckoned with, he'd become a mere symbol. Thus his assassination was simply a pr thing. Violating another states' sovereignity for one's personal gain - ugh.
Obama lost my respect. Big time.
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You're missing the point.
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So, you would have let Hitler go (if he survived) since we defeated the Germany Army?
Hmmmmmm....Maybe that doesn't make sense. I thought I was liberal.
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Maybe we should have tried to extradite bin Laden. I'll bet Pakistan knew that if we found OBL that the US would do what it did.
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@solo said:
Revolutionary war was not a clear win; America was split as loyalists, neutralists and patriots, and France came to the rescue.
War of 1812 ended in a treaty…no win.
Civil war…both were American…hello no win when you fight yourself.
Spanish American war, another treaty, however if I was was to split hairs I'd probably give this to you.
Northwest Indian war, serious, white settlers versus Native Americans…hmm...got turkey?
Franco-American war, aka the quasi-war. Undeclared…so not a war.
Half war…huh?
Kris, I also know better than to debate/argue with a patriot/conservative, so let's agree to disagree. You are using the young soldier patriot card now (as effective as a racist card) so no matter what I will seem anti-American if I continue.
Choke, cough.
Revolutionary War - Before the war there was no independent nation known as the United States. After, there was a country known as the UNITED States of America. All British troops left. We made our own laws without British help. We no longer paid British taxes. A German named Baron Von Stueben who showed up to drill American troops said, "You say to your soldier, 'Do this' and he does it. But I am obliged to say to the American, 'This is why you ought to do this' and then he does it." - Baron von Steuben. Then there was the young French teenager, the Marquis de Lafayette who became a 19-year-old Major General in the American Army. Seems like a ploy to generate some limited French support. However, battles are not all one on the battlefield. They are also won through alliances.War of 1812. Lets look at one of the major battles for some perspective. At the Battle of New Orleans under the Overall Command of Andrew Jackson the Brits took casualties of 2459 (killed wounded missing)while the ragtag American Army and a French Pirate had total casualties of 333. End result, treaty or no treaty, the Brits went home in disarray.
Moving on.Civil War - hello, the Union of states stood. That was the major condition of success. Without that we would now be the Disunited States of America rather than the United States of America. United we stand.
Spanish American War - Lets be real. The Spanish fleet was destroyed at Manila in the Philippines. And Teddy Roosevelt rode up San Juan Hill in Cuba. In both cases Spanish Forces were totally destroyed and the Spanish abandoned their former colonies. A relative, Colonel Alexander Leroy Hawkins, leading the 10th Pennsylvania volunteer infantry died of cancer and was pickled in a whiskey barrel so he could return home to a parade attended by 10,000 well wishers. The treaty was just the runner up medal for the sake of Spanish pride. They certainly do not count it as a victory.
Northwest Indian War - We wond that based on superior technology and resources. I grant you that. However, the native Americans fought with inside lines and a short supply train which is a tremendous advantage. I guess you are saying that war was not fair. I say if you fight fair in a war you are doing it all wrong and endangering your own people.
Franco American War. Hmmm that was an unsuccessful attempt at collecting a bad debt on the part of the French. We borrowed money from the French Crown during our revolution and when France changed hands and became a Republic we didn't feel a need to pay them because they were not involved in the original deal. I am not going to count an unsuccessful attempt at repossession as a loss. Not long after we even bought the entire Louisiana territory from the French for a song.
OK where were we.
The half war - That is really the same conflict as the Franco American war which, as we said, was more of a debt collection scheme componded by the fact that the French were mad because we had made up with the Brits who the French were really fighting. We conquered 85 of the French military while loosing only one of our own. That almost sounds like a total victory except that we lost 2000 merchant vessels some of which were barely much larger than rowboats. We suffered serious economic loss but pound-for-pound we beat the crap out of the French Navy
Yes, I served and yes I could possibly be called a patriot, but certainly not of the moronic tea party variety. However Pete, I don't think your weak semantic argument gives you a peg leg to stand on.
Regarding Mike's comment, if someone had blown up 3000 British citizens, don't you think the SAS would double tap them without a second thought. What about the Malvinas Islands that the Brits took from the Argentines. Calling small Islands off the coast of South America where few Brits could ever find them is a stretch, but you snt in the Royal Marines, your Ghurka proxy fighters, and the and the SAS just for the sake of British pride.
Can't you guys just stop for a moment and realize that killing 3000 people (Americans and otherwise) is not going to be received well and not deserving of turning the other cheek? That is not exactly jingoism.
--Roger
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@honoluludesktop said:
Maybe we should have tried to extradite bin Laden.
That would've been better, yes. Though possibly not from Obama's point of view. Whatever the route taken - trial/no trial, trial in the US/trial in The Hague, incarceration/execution- the outcome would've been messy. I think I understand why the Obama administration chose to go into Pakistan. Still, they should've not done it without Pakistan's consent.
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@unknownuser said:
Still, they should've not done it without Pakistan's consent.
I'm sure they didn't...
Parkistan was informed, but because of their internal situation, they can't say it was approved in any way...
They had to turn their blind eye away from it and let the Americans do what they had to...
Why do I believe this...?? Simply because they haven't complained about the operation carried out on their land... -
When you think about it, the Civil war was not simply Americans fighting each other. The South had succeeded from the Union to form the Confederate Nation, then attacked the Union at Fort Sumter. They even began treaty negotiations with Mexico. If it wasn't for the industrial strength of the North, and Lincoln's commitment to the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, there would be two countries today.
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Only one question:
How do you know OBL was guilty?
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I think it is in these words from Obama after killing Bin Laden, as he assures, where it lays the behaviour of this actual President of the United States of América :
YouTube - JUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE - .avi
JUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE
No need of Court
No need of anything____________________________-
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@srx said:
How do you know OBL was guilty?
Sorry... What a lame question is that...??
Should I interpret your question as OBL would be innocent...??
What planet have you been on during the past 10 years...?@juanv.soler said:
JUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE
No need of Court
No need of anythingExactly... None of the above was needed in this case...
OBL was killed like a coward - just as he deserved...
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