Osama is dead!!!

[LexiaFira]

I said it at CS, I'll say it here. Meh.

This isn't the first time they claimed he was dead. They said he was dead a couple years ago from a disease.

someone somewhere either in news or televised debate back when they were searching for him in the caves mentioned why would he be in the caves since he is on dialysis. a friend joked that they found him via the ps3 network hack.

glad its over, but i got to hear in spurts starting at lunch time around here and still going on the commotions at the bar. yeah not going out for a long while cause i don't want to be part of the mass drunk mob

[IDrinkaRum]

What I hate are the people who think everything else needs to stop because Osama bin Laden is dead and we don't have to worry/think about anything else.

Case in point:

On FB, I'm a member/friend/whatever of the local newspaper for my neck of the woods. Someone posted on there about a house fire that had happened yesterday. They were wondering what happened/what caused it/if everyone was okay. There were some people who were like: "OMG! I live near there, was wondering about the sirens" or "OMG! I have friends over there, wonder if they're okay." and other things along that line.

Then ... BAM!

Someone had the audacity to criticize the poster for posting something so "mundane"/"unworthy" right now because "OMGWTFBBQ!!!??? Osama is dead! We can't think/talk/interpretive dance about anything BUT Osama being dead! How dare someone post asking about a house fire in some part of the county???? Osama is dead and that's all we're allowed to think/talk/interpretive dance about."

Yeah ....

[Greenday]

There are a few reasons behind Burial at sea:

1) Islam religion dictates a short time between death and burial.

2) They did not want a place where people could worship Bin Laden, which any memorial or gravesite would have done.

3) No countries wanted his body.

[fireheart17]

There are a few reasons behind Burial at sea:

1) Islam religion dictates a short time between death and burial.

2) They did not want a place where people could worship Bin Laden, which any memorial or gravesite would have done.

[insertNameHere]

Apparently, they *don't* have the body... anymore. Burial at sea.

Which, on the one hand, makes sense... but on the other, if it makes even me a bit suspicious, well...

Um, if there was one body they should have put on display, preferably in one of those giant trough urinals you find in old ball parks, so we could pay our respects. They go and decide to bury it, which now means is this all some elaborate hoax to "prove" he is dead because he has switched sides and joined the CIA to eliminate terrorism. Anyone else able to come up with things that fox news will likely say about the body being gone and the conspiracy theories that will result?

Edit:
I just had thought maybe this is to claim closure on the Afghan war so we can turn around and go full force into Libya. Personally, either we drop the big bomb wiping all those countries off the map or don't worry about it, we can't keep wasting our resources to "help" countries that have been in turmoil for as long as their has been history.

[HYHYBT]

Apparently, they *don't* have the body... anymore. Burial at sea.

Which, on the one hand, makes sense... but on the other, if it makes even me a bit suspicious, well...

[Boozy]

Mod Note:

We have another thread going about this here.

The mods have decided not to merge the two threads, since this one deals with the topic in general, and the other deals with the possible political ramifications for the upcoming presidential election. Please try to keep the two discussions as separate as possible for the sake of organization. I understand they'll be some incidental overlap, and that's fine.

Thanks everyone.

[Rapscallion]

Whoever takes over being in charge of Al Qaeda. This won't just make them go away.

Regrettably, I think you're right in that they won't go away, and that they will likely continue being the bogeyman for ages to come.

Wish I'd thought my question through a bit more first

Rapscallion

[Dreamstalker]

I heard that the majority of AQ sect leaders and members never had any direct contact with Bin Laden, so one hopes he wasn't able to pass on his "wisdom".

[telecom_goddess]

Whoever takes over being in charge of Al Qaeda. This won't just make them go away.

Maybe not but it will knock it down quite a bit. Turns out Hitler died the same day and when he was gone the Nazi party was not nearly the power it once was. There are still believers but they don't have any power to take over countries.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

The statement from Obama said that they have his body. The thought I have is who is going to be the next bogeyman?

Whoever takes over being in charge of Al Qaeda. This won't just make them go away.

[daleduke17]

The statement from Obama said that they have his body. The thought I have is who is going to be the next bogeyman?

Lichtenstein.

[Greenday]

The statement from Obama said that they have his body. The thought I have is who is going to be the next bogeyman?

Used to be communism from Russia or China, or the very close threat of commies in Cuba. For a decade it's been Bin Laden. Who are they going to use to distract the citizens of the US now?

Rapscallion

North Korea
Pakistan
Iran
Any number of revolting countries

[Rapscallion]

The statement from Obama said that they have his body. The thought I have is who is going to be the next bogeyman?

Used to be communism from Russia or China, or the very close threat of commies in Cuba. For a decade it's been Bin Laden. Who are they going to use to distract the citizens of the US now?

Rapscallion

[insertNameHere]

Actually, I did bring that up to my co-worker that they did mention a few years ago they believed he HAD to have died of health issues, Idk, I would like to see some local news and weather.

However, the one part they did mention a team of soliders engaged him in a gunfight. So I guess we actually have a body?