Osama Bin Laden Is Dead

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Originally Posted by markabilly

It is funny how the Demes lashed out at Bush for the interrogations at Gitmo, yet those waterboardings are exactly what lead to his killing. Even funnier is how Demes have tried to blame Bush for 911 and all the rest, and now want to give Obama credit for killing Osama.

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It's not funny. It's politics.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Death of scum like Osama is great news, I will open a champagne bottle today evening to celebrate it with friends. The only sad things about his death is that I didnt get the opportunity to take a piss on his corpse and that he wasnt subjected to a 6 month continuous rape by homosexual rapists, which he so richly would have deserved.

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LOL

I find it rather distateful that people are celebrating the death of Bin Laden, it would have been far preferable if he'd been put on trial. That said I won't exactly lose any sleep that he's dead, but I do wonder at the sanity of people who believe the world is somehow a magical safe place where the biggest risk to our safety is tripping over a rainbow and stabbing yourself on a unicorn's horn.

Talking of trial, I hope that now the USA has disposed of its supposed main threat it will close Guantanamo Bay and either charge or release the inmates. They have no right to call themselves a civilsed society while they operate an illegal torture facility, if any other country acted in such a way it would be described as a War Crime. The failure to follow through with this election promise is, for me as a foreigner, the biggest single disappointment of the Obama administration.

I don't need to see OBL put on trial Dave but agree with the rest of your post.

As for Osama, I'm glad they finally tracked him down and eliminated him. No great feelings of joy or celebration but a long sigh of relief that this mass murdered is no more. There is a lot more to do before the threat of terrorism is resolved but it's a move in the right direction. Now it's time to build on this foundation, address the illegal Guantanamo prison and rethink foreign policy.

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Originally Posted by markabilly

all this crap about a muslim burial and such. They should have fed his body to the dogs and burned the bones. People deserve the same murdeous painful death that they have caused to others, an eye for an eye. But alas, just like modern brits, we have lost our backbone when it comes to such things.

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Totally dissagree, I guess you would probably want to burn a few Korans while you were at it? I find your views above not only lacking in foresight but as uncivilized and barbaric as their own sharia law can be. How could it achieve anything positive?. Its nothing to do with losing your backbone, its the smarter, civilized and longer sighted way of dealing with the bigger picture.
I think they did the correct thing. No onshore burial place to allow for 'pilgrimages' or a shrine and respect paid in part at least, to muslim tradition and beliefs.. to hopefully begin to put an end to a potentially perpetual cycle of evil and hate.

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Originally Posted by Dave B

it would have been far preferable if he'd been put on trial.

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Of course, but his death is much more preferable to him being alive and on the run. We can only hope with the hard drives found at his compound that other senior Al Qaeda members can be captured and put on trial.

As has been mentioned, the “head” of Al-Qaeda has been eliminated, but the terrorist organisation will continue to thrive as long as it has financial support.
Cut off the funding and Al-Qaeda will abolish in a matter of months.
But that won’t happen because we all know who is funding them. Like Arrows said, it’s all politics...

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Originally Posted by Dave B

I find it rather distateful that people are celebrating the death of Bin Laden, it would have been far preferable if he'd been put on trial. That said I won't exactly lose any sleep that he's dead, but I do wonder at the sanity of people who believe the world is somehow a magical safe place where the biggest risk to our safety is tripping over a rainbow and stabbing yourself on a unicorn's horn.

Talking of trial, I hope that now the USA has disposed of its supposed main threat it will close Guantanamo Bay and either charge or release the inmates. They have no right to call themselves a civilsed society while they operate an illegal torture facility, if any other country acted in such a way it would be described as a War Crime. The failure to follow through with this election promise is, for me as a foreigner, the biggest single disappointment of the Obama administration.

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100% agreed.

How do we know that he is actually dead? Has a picture of his body been confirmed?

Where's Markabilly's Koolaid pitcher ?
Just believe all they say and everything will be just fine .

Nice they waited for the Royal wedding to be over and done with .
They might have waited until our election was over , though . Just as I predicted , the crooks got back in , and with a majority this time .

Now , the US will really have an ally .
I guess that was the plan all along .
It looks like my nephew will be going overseas after all .