So Long Osama, So Long!

[brendy]

That Osama Bin Laden eh? should be shot in the face...Oh wait!

 

[Ethan]

I prefer Einstein:
"For evil to succeed all good people have to do is nothing".

Einstein is not the usually credited source of that quotation, which is a bit of a bland cliche anyway.

You could just as easily say that for evil to succeed all good people have to do is something possibly originally well intentioned but ultimately naive (or ironically, cynical) and poorly thought through.

Sorry to wrongly ascribe the quotation Edmund Burke I believe, but I find it more pithy than your verbiage.

I can perfectly well believe that you would prefer simplicity to complexity. The original quotation is indeed a load of pith.

 

[colint]

Few will mourn the passing of OBL but his death is now more relevant for Obama's re-election than for global terrorism.

Not that the Afghanistan campaign had much to do with global terrorism anyway. The whole thing is going badly, especially outside Kabul, and the US hasn't a clue how to get out without losing face.

Could this be the opportunity to get out then ? Just before the election, "we killed OBL, brought the troops home etc etc". If they don't use this as an excuse how are they ever going to get out ?

 

[AuburnWarrior]

That Osama Bin Laden eh? should be shot in the face...Oh wait!

He was, wasn't he???

 

[brendy]

Could this be the opportunity to get out then ? Just before the election, "we killed OBL, brought the troops home etc etc". If they don't use this as an excuse how are they ever going to get out ?

The piggy bank is empty, lets go home sounds most likely.

 

[muttleee]

So why didn't they just arrest him, I wonder?

 

[robbest3offthetee]

After 1000 s of man hours,soldiers being killed,Top Intelligence,They finally found OBL..... In his house!!!!!..

 

[Snelly]

I am glad he's dead (although I am not cheering in the street) and I could not give a flying toss about whether he was buried in accordance with Muslim law.

He got what he deserved and as soon as others step in to replace him, I hope they get shot too. This particular brand of terrorists are complete morons that dedicate their lives to ruining other peoples. The sooner they get found and taken out the better in my view.