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While it's good the world is out a scumbag, his death is largely symbolic. Terrorism has largely morphed into individual actors and/or loosely-affiliated cells. Bin Laden has been too busy hiding to plan attacks.
In the short term, this is going to lead to a lot of violence overseas, especially in Pakistan. That country, by the way, is going to have a lot of explaining to do, seeing as he was killed in a freaking mansion.
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It's funny to think that the whole time Obama was doing his comedy speech at the Correspondents' Dinner, he had this in his back pocket. That's a smooth operator right there.
That was posted by a kid from CBR and I agree completely.
Man, all week long, while President Obama has had to deal with that fucktard Trump talking his shit, the President has been putting wheels in motion and this has been planned.
We'll see how FOX tries to spin his "not at war with Islam" part of tonight's speach into something negative.
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Not bad for a guy who wasn't born here Kudos to you Mr.Prez and especially to the Armed Forces. We don't pay you guys enough for what you do.
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quote:In the short term, this is going to lead to a lot of violence overseas, especially in Pakistan. That country, by the way, is going to have a lot of explaining to do, seeing as he was killed in a freaking mansion.
They felt surprise was wiser course of action.
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Well, ding-dong the beard is dead. Not that it changes much of course, there's still that Egyptian bloke who's supposedly actually in charge of the organisation. Even then, they'll be spinning this war on terror thing out for years so long as it's useful.
quote:In the short term, this is going to lead to a lot of violence overseas, especially in Pakistan. That country, by the way, is going to have a lot of explaining to do, seeing as he was killed in a freaking mansion.
They felt surprise was wiser course of action.
Yeah- suprise was the key: so much so that we never told the Pakistanis about the mission. FUcker was in a mansion just a mile from a boy's military acedemy- you really think the Pakistanis were not supporting him?
Time to announce we're cutting aff all funding to that country- they've been playing like our friend while taking tens of billions in development aid (meaning the moey goes into the pockets of Pakistani leadership)while prividing intel and safe haven for our enemies.
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It was neat watching this unfold on the news last night. Probably as close to the fall of the Berlin wall as my generation is gonna get.
While Im fine with people celebrating and such...I hope they realize that this doesn't mean much in the scope of things. A man who was bright enough to hide from the largest military in the world for a decade was obviously bright enough to make sure his organization would carry on after he's dead.
Oh well. Ding dong the witch is dead...
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I was at work when I heard about this. Way to go SEALs.
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I heard that this op took over a year from the very first bit of intel til pulling the trigger. The raid itself took about 40 minutes. Knowing the SEALS, they probably had him within the first 10 minutes and were just mopping up afterward.
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quote:Originally posted by Irishman: I heard that this op took over a year from the very first bit of intel til pulling the trigger. The raid itself took about 40 minutes. Knowing the SEALS, they probably had him within the first 10 minutes and were just mopping up afterward.
They were gathering evidence- although the compound was isolated from internet and even television connections in a effort to lie low, it had electricity and there were several computers seized in the raid.
Dont be too suprised to learn of additional high-profice raids in the coming weeks- hell, there could be bank account and funding information in there that will do a much more damage than just Bin Laden's death.
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The current conspiracy theory is that he died in 2002-2003 and this is just a fabrication to bolster patriotism. They say the recent photos of Bin Laden are too similar to the early aughts-photos to be real.
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Kudos to you Mr.Prez and especially to the Armed Forces. We don't pay you guys enough for what you do.
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