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Could be. It's about the right distance from Islamabad.AndyC wrote:Bin Laden's compound?
'Course you did. The 2012 political campaign already started...pbwalker wrote:I heard a lot of "I, Me, I, Me, I, Me, I...etc"
Yep. And in our best interests, as well. Assassinating the guy who assassinated bin Laden would be a big deal for an Al Qaeda operative.03Lightningrocks wrote:He or she might be better served if that information is never released.Skiprr wrote:I wonder if we'll ever get the ID of that soldier...03Lightningrocks wrote:How cool would it be to have been the one who got to pull the trigger on Bin Laden? That would be almost as good as getting a Boone and Crocket listing.
I wonder if we'll ever get the ID of that soldier...03Lightningrocks wrote:How cool would it be to have been the one who got to pull the trigger on Bin Laden? That would be almost as good as getting a Boone and Crocket listing.
The flip side is worse. If he were killed by disease or accident, the odds are we would never have any uncontroversial proof of death. Just as we did for years, we’d continue to speculate if he was really recording those radical jihadist updates.BLG wrote:If he had died of disease or accident, there might have been less potential for him to become a sort of martyr. If the leadership of Al Qaeda has been crippled as reported recently, that might not make much difference,anyway. On the other hand, it might solidify any factions or inspire some that have lost a little enthusiasm
Ya betcha. Except that the body is very important to some in the Arab world. Simply announing bin Laden is dead and saying that we are certain about it won't cut the mustard. DNA evidence alone may not cut it. It may very well turn out to be that the long delay in nailing him was because the powers that be felt they must have a semi-intact body in hand...flintknapper wrote:It matters not to me....but its hard for me to imagine that he wasn't first shot, then a drone fired a missile as insurance. Time will tell. I'm just happy he's gone!
Threat level will definitely be raised, but I don’t know how much effect—read, impetus—that this will have. Al Qaeda is geographically wider than it was a decade ago, but by its very nature it is even more splintered and less capable of mounting any significant, rapid retaliation. IMHO, of course.bigmoney wrote:Now I wonder what's going to happen next. Retaliation?
I do.bigmoney wrote:CBS says head shot, not drone, who's right? Ah who cares...
That we have his body--if correct--means there were boots on the ground, a planned operation with our troops present to retrieve the body. Personally, I'd rather learn one of our SpecOps snipers did the deed.
