Post by Rincewind on May 2, 2011 11:50:21 GMT -5
So, they finally caught up with him, and he was in Pakistan, in what was apparently a large fortified stronghold.
I find it interesting that it had been said for a while that Bush's focus on Iraq, to the point of pulling troops who were searching for Bin Ladin out of Afghanistan for his Iraq war, allowed Osama to escape into Pakistan. Looks like that was pretty accurate. Now that Obama's re-focusing on Afghanistan, looks like we're getting some results.
Pity he couldn't be taken alive for a trial, but apparently when you're in a gunfight with some elite Navy SEALs that can be difficult, so we'll have to settle for a headshot. Also a pity that Osama's people used a woman as a human shield. Or tried to. Apparently that was less than successful for everyone involved.
And I'm not fond of the burial at sea thing, but it makes sense and was probably the best way to go. As fun as sticking his head on a pike outside of New York City could be, that just screams bad idea for international relations. Instead, we have the new USA motto, "Mess with us and we'll shoot ya and throw your body into the ocean to be shark food".
Oh, I found a video dramatization. Sortof.
gizmodo.com/#!5797714/this-video-recreation-of-osamas-killing-is-outrageously-insensitive-totally-nsfw-and-absurdly-hilarious
I find it interesting that it had been said for a while that Bush's focus on Iraq, to the point of pulling troops who were searching for Bin Ladin out of Afghanistan for his Iraq war, allowed Osama to escape into Pakistan. Looks like that was pretty accurate. Now that Obama's re-focusing on Afghanistan, looks like we're getting some results.
Pity he couldn't be taken alive for a trial, but apparently when you're in a gunfight with some elite Navy SEALs that can be difficult, so we'll have to settle for a headshot. Also a pity that Osama's people used a woman as a human shield. Or tried to. Apparently that was less than successful for everyone involved.
And I'm not fond of the burial at sea thing, but it makes sense and was probably the best way to go. As fun as sticking his head on a pike outside of New York City could be, that just screams bad idea for international relations. Instead, we have the new USA motto, "Mess with us and we'll shoot ya and throw your body into the ocean to be shark food".
Oh, I found a video dramatization. Sortof.
gizmodo.com/#!5797714/this-video-recreation-of-osamas-killing-is-outrageously-insensitive-totally-nsfw-and-absurdly-hilarious