I noticed a Gadsden flag in the middle of 19 American USA government flags on CNN.
Aljazeera: “President Osama confirms Obama’s death.”
LOL.
Have you been checking out the demographic? Looks like a bunch of kids. It’s a little disheartening. It isn’t representative of all the youth of course, but I still like to think that the libertarian shift in thought is becoming increasingly mainstream among them.
That is the top story on Google news. Lew Rockwell has thoughts similar to mine on this matter. There is already a Wikipedia page: Death of Osama bin Laden
I will wait for more evidence. As anyone who knows Guantanamo bay, just because the government says something does not mean it is true. Many Guantanamo bay detainees were released and the rest remain indefinitely detained, unable to be convicted on secret evidence in front of military tribunals. Until definitive evidence is shown bin Laden is dead, I remain skeptical. Even if proved he is dead, WHY WAS HE KILLED? Why not a trial? Or was there the possibility the government could not have convicted him? The government had a lot of trouble convicting the Gitmo detainees despite them being roughed up for years.
Still, was bin Laden coordinating the attacks against the U.S. military across the Middle East? No. Killing civilians inspired the living to oppose the U.S. military. Propping up dictatorships did not help either. Bin Laden was a figure head at best these past few years.
I bet praise for President Obama will be forthcoming, but why should he be praised? Any president would have ordered the killing of a U.S. enemy. If anyone deserves credit, it is the U.S. military and intelligence, but I ask, again, why was he not taken alive? Condemning a dead man is easier than convicting him, I suppose.
A reporter on the street, in front of the White House, interviewed some students from American University. You should have seen the students’ reactions after they realized they had just been interviewed by Aljazeera. Lol.
‘I noticed a Gadsden flag in the middle of 19 American USA government flags on CNN.’
No doubt one of the Tea-partiers upholding the traditionalist foreign policy of the United States which calls for crushing monsters abroad. However, when one ponders on the foreign policy of the United States, it is legitimate to ask whether the U.S. has been an isolationist country. When has America ever ‘minded its business?’ Perhaps Tea-partiers are upholding traditionalist values but not ones centered on isolation but on aggressive imperialist impluses.
‘Have you been checking out the demographic? Looks like a bunch of kids. It’s a little disheartening. It isn’t representative of all the youth of course, but I still like to think that the libertarian shift in thought is becoming increasingly mainstream among them.’
It is war fever. Faux patriotism. It is nothing more then the joyous linkage of one’s identity with a national cause which is suppose to bring great recognition.
I’m going to believe the government on this score. I don’t think they would announce to the world something that could go terribly awry if it were false. At least with something like Guantanamo they are taking advantage of something most Americans and the world turn a blind eye to. But this is a huge story.
Also, I think libertarians need to separate ideology from how an act was accomplished, at least in this scenario. Bin Laden was wanted dead or alive, and apparently there was a “firefight” (cue Willem Dafoe from Boondock Saints!). It’s pretty obvious that Al-Qaeda pulled off 9-11 and bin Laden was the mastermind behind it. Plus the other bombings that he spearheaded.
On CNN, you can watch the crowd being herded away from the White House fence.
Btw, anyone got any good live feeds related to Osamania? I’ve got Aljazeera and CNN going.
Yes, Obama roasts Donald Trump, turns around, kills Osama bin Laden! He is the action man! Best start to campaign season ever!
I think people thinking Obama will be helped by this in the long run are being a little short-sighted. We’ve got a whole year and a half between now and election time and inflation will probably start to settle in. People will forget about Osama and start worrying about $5.50/gallon (at minimum) gasoline.
True dat. What’ll matter during the election are the few months leading up to the election, not what happens this year. Although, 9//11 and the subsequent WoT did help Bush in 2004.
Then why did a bin Laden body double appear in the videos released by “al Qaeda” after December 2001? Why were tapes analyzed by European researchers released by al-Qaeda after December 2001 not voiceprint matches of bin Laden’s voice?
And how could the story go wrong? These are all US government troops. They kill the body double and ship the corpse off to have its identity “confirmed” by “experts.”
The real reason bin Laden was “killed”:
http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/02/bin-laden%E2%80%99s-death-drives-u-s-dollar/
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Friends, are we forgetting where this “bin Laden” was purportedly found? Time to roll out the “Mission Accomplished” banner and liberate the Pakistanis from themselves!
That was my thought as well. This could either the signal NATO is ready to pack it up and go home (due to budget constrains) or war is about to spill into Pakistan officially after years of (more or less) covert operations.
But it’s a useful smoke and mirrors device. Anybody want to take a guess stock markets will skyrocket today and this will be taken as a hint of, you guess it, “economical recovery”?
Yes, didn’t Obama start the re-election campaign about a month ago? It seems it really is on.
Damn, it’s good to know I’ve actually got some people to talk to who agree with me.
I couldn’t care less if he died yesterday, or if he died 10 years ago. I’m sick of the nazi-style nationalism, personally.
“Bin Laden was buried at sea and his body was handled in accordance with Muslim custom, the Associated Press reported, citing an unidentified U.S. official.”
What?
I expect many more dramatic announcements by the Prez to interrupt Donald Trump’s TV show