Can Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 (edited) ahem FUCK YEAH Aiight, this is the best news all weekend. Obligatory screw up by Fox News is obligatory: (read the captions) Edited May 2, 2011 by Can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 That's not FOX News. It's a local affiliate. Also what makes this news so good? Osama wasn't even doing anything anymore. Nothing is going to change because of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post staySICK Posted May 2, 2011 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Catharsis. He was a figurehead. A face on brand (to borrow from that stand up that people are linking). Those impacted by the events of 9/11 are feeling "justice" the same way I suppose the family of a murder victim would feel "justice" after the murder is captured and put to death. A weak analogy, maybe. Either way you are right. People will wake up tomorrow, and there will still be high gas prices. Suicide bombings and soldier deaths will still be happening in Afghanistan and Iraq. The TSA will still be able to profile and grope and humiliate you in the name of safety. The Patriot Act will still be in effect. The parties and media will still use fear mongering to influence votes and cow the American public into allowing their rights to be trampled on. American Muslims will still face discrimination. Bigotry and ignorance will still be prevalent. Someone else will step forward to lead Al Qaeda. The cycle will begin anew. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can Posted May 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 That's not FOX News. It's a local affiliate. Also what makes this news so good? Osama wasn't even doing anything anymore. Nothing is going to change because of this. Indeed, nothing will. It's just that, well, after 10 years searching for a guy all over the world, ya kinda hafta celebrate, you know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Basically what staySICK said. Like I said in Dean's status update, if this had happened years ago, it would have been a much bigger event. Yes, Osama hasn't done much since 9/11, but much like a typical murderer, your life essentially ends because authorities are after you. In this case, Osama had the entire United States Armed Forces trying to capture his ass. So while there will be other terrorists, at least the man responsible for thousands of deaths has been put down. The man who caused a child's father to never come home from work, for a man to become a widower as soon as his wife left one morning, and a grandparent to never see their grandchild from New York. It took almost a decade, but the bastard is dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Osama should of died ten years ago. Hell, he almost did. Back then it would of made a difference in the war in Afghanistan. Now... eh. Prior to this news, it would of been a lot better to take him alive. Well, he's dead so nothing can be done about that... At least the person who headed all this is out of the picture. Maybe now we can finally pull out of Afghanistan... after an aggressive push to get the rest of the Al Qaeda leadership, along with a PR improvement on our part and the Afghanistan's government part. A year or two... maybe? Eh. I agree with the push into Afghanistan (Iraq, not at all) but man, this war got to end someday. Hearing and seeing about this war for almost half my life is tiring. This hopefully is a push into that direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 So while there will be other terrorists, at least the man responsible for thousands of deaths has been put down. The man who caused a child's father to never come home from work, for a man to become a widower as soon as his wife left one morning, and a grandparent to never see their grandchild from New York. Next up: George W. Bush! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 I've been reading up on where this assault took place... a 5-stories mansion, which makes it one or the largest building in town. Take into account that the place is only sixty-something miles from the capital... it seems to point that at least some part of the government were hiding him. I think everyone was expecting him to be in the Tribal Region, not in such a large town/city. Pakistan got some explaining to do. However... Going off how Obama didn't mentioned Pakistani intelligence... I think. Did we go at this operation alone? We got some explaining to do as well. Chances are though, we'll never hear about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Obama's address said that intelligence received a lead back in August. It wasn't much to go on, but I guess you can't be picky when it comes to tracking high profile terrorists. Anyway, I believe in the address Obama said a plan was formulated last week, so this isn't a "What the- Osama is here" ordeal. A lot of careful planning went in to ensure things went by smoothly, and of all things to not let him escape after such a long period of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 That is all. Yes, Osama is dead but that is that. Moving on to this gem. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaunchOctopus Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 What's Osama been doing for the last ten years? the fact he's dead is.pretty anticlimatic now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 I got a text about this at about 1 AM this morning and was like "honestly, you think I care about this at 1 AM?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connorrrr Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 (edited) It feels weird, I was nine years old when 9/11 happened, and now after all this time the man who is said to be responsible for it is dead. However, I'm not naive enough to think that Al Qaeda are going to surrender, or that this is a true victory for America. Yes, it's a victory for justice and a small victory for America. People are ecstatic that he's dead, and with good reason, of course, but the real problem is what is going to happen next. Al Qaeda aren't going to just lay down their arms now. They have a martyr and someone will step up to the plate and I suspect there'll be some more serious (not 9/11 serious, but serious) terrorist attacks in the near future. However, enough with the pessimism. For now, let us rejoice that the man responsible for claiming the lives of thousands of innocent people has finally been dealt justice after ten long years. See you in hell, Bin Laden. Edited May 2, 2011 by Connorrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgamemnonV2 Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 What's Osama been doing for the last ten years? the fact he's dead is.pretty anticlimatic now http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid_Train_Bombing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai_attacks It's interesting how we forget about things that don't happen in our own country. Anyway, it's interesting to note that this compound that he was in was close to a Pakistani military compound and apparently only a block away from a Pakistani police station. Obama said nothing about a "joint military operation" which coincides with reports we're hearing that we went in without telling Pakistan. Honestly considering it's pretty clear they've been protecting him I'm sure they made sure not to inform the Pakistani government or else they probably would have warned him. Also, note Pakistan's "cover-your-ass" move by saying it was a "joint operation" and that they're glad that he's been killed/captured. If people weren't so war-weary already something tells me that there would be another coalition-type gathering to "liberate" Pakistan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Osama had nothing to do with those. He's been dead as a leader for ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgamemnonV2 Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Yeah, I'm sure a guy hiding in Pakistan as the world's most notorious terrorist had nothing to do with Pakistani terrorists. But yeah, the alleged mastermind behind killing three-thousand Americans is no bfd. Maybe you should just stick with the whole "Bush is a baby-killer" bit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 I think you're missing my point. al-Qaeda has already been operating without Osama and will continue to do so. The same can be said every other terrorist organization. This is only significant in the sense that he was a figure head and al-Qaeda is big on mind games. Plus, Bush is a baby killer? Way to add in something I never said. Really makes your argument solid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirandello Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 I think you're missing my point. al-Qaeda has already been operating without Osama and will continue to do so. That's pretty much it. Everywhere I hear people talking about this, they speak of it as if something productive had actually happened. Nothing has. I doubt that killing a spokesman for a terrorist organization really does much in the first place. Also, obligatory: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 It's been well known that bin Laden was a millionaire. The fact that they found in in a plush mansion doesn't surprise me. If they had actually found him in a cave; I'd had been surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgi Duke of Frisbee Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Like Mark Twain said: "I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiDyrkU0WAQ&feature=player_embedded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgi Duke of Frisbee Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiDyrkU0WAQ&feature=player_embedded ... What the fuck? I thought we were being extreme, but we aren't showing him getting raped by pigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshi Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 The internet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 lol, I like that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaunchOctopus Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 What's Osama been doing for the last ten years? the fact he's dead is.pretty anticlimatic now http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid_Train_Bombing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai_attacks It's interesting how we forget about things that don't happen in our own country. Anyway, it's interesting to note that this compound that he was in was close to a Pakistani military compound and apparently only a block away from a Pakistani police station. Obama said nothing about a "joint military operation" which coincides with reports we're hearing that we went in without telling Pakistan. Honestly considering it's pretty clear they've been protecting him I'm sure they made sure not to inform the Pakistani government or else they probably would have warned him. Also, note Pakistan's "cover-your-ass" move by saying it was a "joint operation" and that they're glad that he's been killed/captured. If people weren't so war-weary already something tells me that there would be another coalition-type gathering to "liberate" Pakistan. I'm British so I'm aware about the London bombings, but how much of "Al-Queda" was Bin Laden? I know they claim to have perpetuated every act of terrorism ever, but the London Bombings had no direct links to him, though some to the orginisation. The Madrid bombings were never even claimed by Al-Queda. I'm not saying that terrorist attacks haven't existed, but I wonder how much influence he really had considering his focus on evading capture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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