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Originally posted by antar
There is NO denial of the fact no man woman is safe on our planet and the Muslim population hates all of us who not with them.
Originally posted by 27jd
Originally posted by maybereal11
Originally posted by 27jd
reply to post by maybereal11
That sounds just like the talking points being used by our government. Again, doesn't that mean the extremists win? When our decisions are made based on what will, or won't piss them off because we're afraid of them?
Nope...You are asking the wrong question....Why not to release pics and video...the question is Why? To what end?
Another government talking point, I'm afraid.
Originally posted by 27jd
The first amendment, and the accountability of our government, ......
Originally posted by 27jd
maybereal11:
Becuase there is a measure of indecency involved...it has to do with US...not them. We don't parade bodies. If your answer is that it will quell the conspiracy theorists...we all know that is not true.
BS. We paraded the bodies of Hussein, his sons, as well as Zarqawi, by releasing the photos to prove they were in fact dead.
Nobody, but the most hard headed CT'ers disputed those photos. It WILL satisfy those of us who are on the fence.
edit on 5-5-2011 by 27jd because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Sigismundus
Has anyone on this thread checked out Dr Judy Wood's new very well researched (albeit very technical) book, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TOWERS ?
Originally posted by maybereal11
do I accuse you of echoing Al-Qaeda Propaganda?
Originally posted by 27jd
Now you are talking law, not ethics and again dodging my point. File a FOIA request..
They were tried in Iraqi courts and the Iraqi provincial government released those photos.
It is predictable and the idea that you claim pics would satisfy conspiracy theorists rather than fuel them is frankly ridiculous.
Originally posted by 27jd
Originally posted by maybereal11
do I accuse you of echoing Al-Qaeda Propaganda?
If I've been echoing AQ propaganda, PLEASE, by all means...point it out. You have been echoing every talking point that's come from the White House press secretary, I'm not being dishonest in any way.
Originally posted by 27jd
They were tried in Iraqi courts and the Iraqi provincial government released those photos.
Really? Hussein's sons, and Zarqawi were tried in Iraqi courts??
We paraded the bodies of Hussein, his sons, as well as Zarqawi, by releasing the photos to prove they were in fact dead.
This is what I have a hard time believing,this dangerous,scary evil terrorist unarmed?? If he was alive and wanted by the U.S wouldn't he have been armed to the teeth?At least have plenty of armed men around him,no?
Originally posted by 27jd
So, newest info being reported...only one person in the compound was armed, and was killed quickly. All other men in the compound were not armed, but shot and killed. Bin Laden had no weapons on, or near him, and was in his room with his wife, and small children. Navy SEALs had no tape measurer, so one laid down next to him to verify that he was tall? Then they took off with his body...
What happened to the intense firefight, AT ALL. Wasn't that what the administration said they were watching for 40 minutes?edit on 5-5-2011 by 27jd because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by maybereal11
Slow down...be honest...your post..
We paraded the bodies of Hussein, his sons, as well as Zarqawi, by releasing the photos to prove they were in fact dead.
Yes. Hussein was tried in an Iraqi court..
They were tried in Iraqi courts and the Iraqi provincial government released those photos.
Onto the others....Zarqawi? Killed in 2006...Uday and Qusay Hussien?...yes, US Military released photos...Different administration...Ask Rumsfield about it...I would rather we hadn't then and am glad we aren't now.
interesting story of the release of the Zarqawi Post-Mortem here...sums up the debate well.
www.cbsnews.com...
When his sons, Uday and Qusay, were killed in a firefight some months earlier, graphic pictures of their bullet-ridden bodies were available to nearly every man, woman and child in the world. The reason then, as is likely the reason for releasing the Zarqawi pictures now, was believability.
Okay, what do we have here:
1) There was a firefight.
2) There was no firefight.
3) Bin Laden was “resisting.”
4) Bin Laden wasn’t armed. (Makes the concept of “resisting” interesting.)
[4.a) And the newest one: the SEALS thought bin Laden was reaching for a weapon.]
5) He used his wife as a shield.
6) His wife was killed too.
7) He didn’t use his wife as a shield. She ran at a SEAL who shot her in the leg, but she’s fine.
8 ) Some other woman — the maid? — was used as a shield. By somebody. Downstairs.
9) That other woman — downstairs — was killed.
10) Maybe not. She was killed unless she wasn’t — and who was she, anyway?
11) Bin Laden’s son was killed.
12) Unless it was some other guy.
13) Bin Laden’s daughter saw him get killed. She’s undoubtedly traumatized, poor dear.
14) They were going to capture Bin Laden until the problem with the helicopter, which was:
A) It had mechanical trouble
B) It did a hard landing
C) It crashed
D) It clipped a wall with a tail rotor, effectively a crash
15.) They were never going to try to capture him; it was always a kill mission.
16.) No, it wasn’t.
17) The chopper blew up.
18) The SEALs blew it up.
19.) Panetta said yesterday the world needed proof and the photo would be released.
20.) Obama said today in an interview he taped with Steve Kroft for “60 Minutes” to be broadcast Sunday that it won’t be released. It’s too gruesome, would offend Muslim sensibilities (something he worries about a lot — I personally do not give a warm fart on a wet Wednesday about Muslim sensibilities), and how would Americans feel if Muslims released pictures of dead Americans?
21.) Kroft — who’s not a total idiot — pointed out that ever since “Black Hawk Down” days, Muslims have been doing precisely that, filming American bodies being dragged through the streets, filming Daniel Pearl’s head being cut off, filming any and everything.
22) Obama gets pissed at CBS, the tape gets cleaned up, that question disappears. (Inside info.)
23.) We got a “treasure trove” of stuff from hard drives, etc.
24.) There were no phone lines, and no internet access at the “mansion,” they didn’t even have TV — what “treasure trove?”
25.) There is obviously in the pictures of the place a large satellite dish. I guess they used it for making salads.
26.) And now, just today: apparently the idea was to capture him, but only if he was naked. There was a suspicion he might be wearing a suicide bomber type explosive vest, or belt. So if he’s not naked and you can’t see if he has a vest on or not – shoot him.
The idiot Carney — they actually managed to find someone who makes Gibbs look good — is currently twisting himself into knots trying to explain why the photograph that the whole world was expecting isn’t going to be released. (Obviously the thing to do is get Trump on the case, he’ll force Obama to release it.)
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