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Obama right not to release pics -- Osama Bin Laden photos will likely leak anyway

Posted on Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 03:43 PM

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President Obama is correct not to release the pictures of a dead Osama bin Laden.

Chances are, given that so many people say they have already seen them, that they will leak to some news organizations somewhere along the line

No one with any intelligence seriously doubts that it was Osama who was killed in Sunday night's raids.

Evidence presented today from Pakistani military clearly shows that Obama's daughter identified the man killed a s he father and the Pakistanis have accepted that it is the terror leader.

Like Obama's birth certificate there will always be conspiracy theorists who will assume other wise but even releasing the photograph would not appease them.

It serves no purpose to do so, merely making Islamic militants worldwide even more angry.

Have you noticed though the lack of street demonstrations in the Arab world over Bin Laden's death?

It is clear that the Arab world has moved on, seeing that they can grab democracy by ousting unpopular dictators not by Al Qaeda terrorism but by people power.

The strange part is that Osama was never more irrelevant than when he was killed. While his movement will continue to threaten, the reality is that history has passed it by.

The death of Bin Laden will be seen as the closing chapter on an era where such terrorists held the upper hand.

Now pro-democracy movements have proven to have far more power and courage than Al Qaeda ever had.

Obama has done the world a favor by moving on.

Let's hope the rest of the world does too,'




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Stuff the photo’s, they will never ever be released. But that’s another story. America is nothing more than an Israeli proxy and this murder proves it. Every man has a right to his day in court. Bin Laden was never charged with the 9/11 event. There is no evidence linking him to that atrocity. Ever since the Jews cunningly wrested control of your political system, your media, your banking system, your judicial system and your education system all presidents ever since (with the exception of JFK and we know what happen to him in broad daylight) have been nothing more than puppets. Running around the world assassinating and murdering those you don’t agree with is an Israeli trait, for which they are renowned. The Jews will do to you that which they have done to all nations were they have gained control. They are the destroyers of nations! America is finished! Too late, already! Your nation is snared in wars you can’t afford; your dollar is worthless, you have been robbed blind by criminal Banksters, your pension funs have been looted and you are being readied for the mother of all wars, which the USA will be the loser. Christians and Moslems at each others throat and the Jew walks away the winner! Good night Irean…….. sweet dreams.
You are so correct, EphraimKibey. Well said.
How do you get that the US was "weakened in its resolve" out of this? 9 years, 7 months and 20 days after the truly evil acts of 9/11, its master mind was hunted down and killed. Wow, do SOME AMERICANS really take this "punishing the wicked" stuff seriously no matter how long it takes. You are mistaking "weakened resolve" for the desire to see justice done to the real terrorists without the destruction of all of Islam. The United States has changed its beliefs about personal privacy, lost thousands of young men and women, spent TRILLIONS of dollars and almost 10 years on what you call "weakened resolve." But we still believe that we should protect the innocent and bring justice to the guilty. The only loss of resolve that I remember hearing and seeing, to my great disgust, was when our former president answered on National TV "I don't know where he is and he is not really that important anymore" to questions from reporters after he pulled the military back from Tora Bora and let Bin Laden escape into Pakistan so that he could concentrate on his plan to attack Iraq. The AMERICAN people have never lost resolve, the AMERICAN military has never lost resolve, the CIA has never lost resolve. Sadly some of our former leaders had "BETTER" things to do. As disappointing as that was, this Administration's refocusing on the real evil-doers has been truely awe-inspiring. THANK YOU to everyone involved in bringing Bin Laden to justice - THANK YOU for your never weakening resolve.
Someone is going to push for the release of the photos I am sure. I don't need to see them, in this current political air I am sure if the photos were fake the Republicans would all be screaming foul by now.
I'm sure the "Birthers" will milk the release of the photo of Bin Laden right up to the election. Donald Trump is finished in his campaign so it will probably be Sara Palen.
if the repugs insist on realeasing - i'd wait until two weeks before the election, the result of which would bury them bigtime.
Hindsight is always 20/20 isn't it? But what have we learned by our own experiences? Americans knew the Twin Towers fell, but the Liberal media made a conscious decision NOT to keep showing the video of the planes hitting the towers or of them falling ... but what did that do? It made the U.S. WEAKER IN OUR RESOLVE TO FIGHT the Evil that does exist! This was the "plan", and it's purpose was to give radical Islam another tool to use against us, for weakness has allowed radicalism to be the cancer that is slowly sickening Europe, and America. By NOT showing the pictures, our resolve is weakened, our moral courage to continue the fight against Evil corrupt. Showing the pictures will not stop terror. It will NOT stop the killing of the innocent, who only want to live in peace free from religious oppression. Terrorist don't care about peace, they need blood & guts to fulfill their "martyrdom" to see Allah !! Radical Islam is patient, and we have proven that America ... is NOT.
A prudent move by those against releasing the pictures. The overwhelming majority of islamic people do not wake up in the morning wanting to blow up America! releasing the pictures would be rubbing their noses in it... Even if they do not , or ever did approve of Bin ladin, blood is thicker than water. If you are living in New Jersey, or Iowa it would be no big deal, but if you are an American living and working in Pireaus, Marseille,Alexandria, an enraged and humiliated Arab people coud start picking off Americans like squirrels. As it is now, in some parts of Europe, it is difficult for Americans to find apartments, because other residents feel that Americans living in the complex make the building a target.
Obama has the right spin on not showing the pics as how can anyone get a pleasure out of seeing guts and blood. Sick. Believe he "will not be seen on this earth again" God Bless our President for having prudence and excellent judgement.
It's simple really. There are only two possibilities - release the pictures or don't. The Fascist Spin Room Hate Machine was ready either way. Release the pictures and he's a monster for giving my kids nightmares. If you doubt that Bin Laden is dead, aren't you wondering why he doesn't just throw a press conference? Maybe he's in on the Great Conspiracy too.
@manhattan....I wondered about that m'self, and agree that an apology is due someone for an out and out blatant LIE!!
There's been a warning here in the U.S. that one of those fake pictures on the internet carries a virus, so if you click on it, you've infected your PC.
I see you removed your comments that a Navy Seal who was on the raid to capture Bin Laden was a mexican american and his parents were presented a american flag in his honor. How about a retraction on your lie? You will stop at nothing to defend illegal's even lie about a our brave navy seal's.
I don't understand why you feel the pictures should not be released..Also you can thank the US military they did all the heavy lifting...
i think we should see the pics. for the rest of our lives we have 9/11 pictured in our brains. I think they should have tortured him like he has tortured thousands here and abroad. He was EVIL!!! I would love to see the hole in his head from being shot.
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