Appeasing sensitivities vs. transparency? It's not like the fantatics are going to hate us any more than they already do. The White House needs to get organized over there. Yesterday it was "we're definitely releasing photos", and today it's "no". Bin Laden was armed, then he wasn't. He uses his wife as a human shield, then he didn't. They shot her in the head, then it was "we shot her in the leg when she ran at the SEALS". We were in a firefight, then a Pakistan official says today there were no shots fired. WTF. Get your messaging shit together!
May-04-2011 18:22
Moral Hazard
Oppressing the 99%
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: with the 1%
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Originally posted by EarnYourKeep
OBAMA SAYS NO PHOTOS
I think the fact that the Taliban are demanding the US produce the photo is the best argument as to why they shouldn't
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lol, i love it when moral feels the need to lay the smack down
May-04-2011 18:25
EarnYourKeep
LIT
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: twentyonetwo
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Originally posted by The17sss
Appeasing sensitivities vs. transparency? It's not like the fantatics are going to hate us any more than they already do. The White House needs to get organized over there. Yesterday it was "we're definitely releasing photos", and today it's "no". Bin Laden was armed, then he wasn't. He uses his wife as a human shield, then he didn't. They shot her in the head, then it was "we shot her in the leg when she ran at the SEALS". We were in a firefight, then a Pakistan official says today there were no shots fired. WTF. Get your messaging shit together!
it's all over the place
apparently his wife is alive now and pakistan hospital is treating her as well as now bin laden's children saw him get shot, who the hell knows anymore.
Also being reported hundreds of taliban's escape an afghan jail
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May-04-2011 18:27
The17sss
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Registered: May 2008
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Originally posted by Moral Hazard
I think the fact that the Taliban are demanding the US produce the photo is the best argument as to why they shouldn't
lol... this is going to turn into the Elvis situation of the muslim world. The believers are just gonna keep on believing he's alive no matter what; nevermind the fact that his own daughter is talking about how he was killed.
May-04-2011 18:28
Lira
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Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
Wow, Anti-Americanists in Brazil have the nerve to argue against Bin Laden's assassination! Sure, it would've been better to just arrest the guy but, I mean, really!? Side with Osama on this one!?
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May-04-2011 18:34
The17sss
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Registered: May 2008
Location: Charlotte, NC
sad people with nothing better to do with their lives.
May-04-2011 18:44
Lira
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Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
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Originally posted by The17sss
sad people with nothing better to do with their lives.
Actually, it's much more complicated than this: It's a "us vs them" issue, in which they see the US as a holier-than-thou domineering power that wants to push values unto us that are alien to our culture and that Americans themselves can't follow. On the one hand, it's nice to criticise ideas whatever their origins are. However, I feel that most of the time it's just our own nationalism rearing its ugly head.
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May-04-2011 18:57
Halcyon+On+On
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Location: midcoast
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Originally posted by Lira
However, I feel that most of the time it's just our own nationalism rearing its ugly head.
That's really the crux of it - all of it - wouldn't you say?
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May-04-2011 19:09
Lira
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Location: Brasilia, Brazil
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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
That's really the crux of it - all of it - wouldn't you say?
Pretty much, yes
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May-04-2011 19:29
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Iwate
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Originally posted by tranceevolution
Those really need to be Street Fighter II screens on the laptops.
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May-04-2011 19:38
igottaknow
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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: The Future
I can't say I ever really liked Bin Laden but I always root for the underdog. Maybe I've seen to many Hollywood movies. His original motivations were stop the western powers from supporting middle eastern dictatorships. Obviously his means to an end weren't justified.