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You still haven't shown why this version of the military DNA test should not be trusted, but all the others should, including in the case of Saddam which you yourself mentioned. I've asked several times. If you don't have said evidence, just say so. That's all I ask.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
reply to post by nathanscottecho
I know, and I appreciate your comment. I responded to him more to show others that he has no good grasp of logic than to prove anything to him personally.
He really has no good grasp of logic, he is just pretending to to shut people down and boondoggle them.
Originally posted by 000063
Pretty easily. Just assume that they didn't want to piss off Al Qaeda any more than they have already, and thus decided to bury him at sea--which is allowed in Islam--or release the photos which could incite more anger. It's not like Truthers hadn't already declared that any such photos would be shooped.
Originally posted by Leto
Originally posted by boncho
Fits in nicely with the current theme:
1. Planes hit towers, rubble is shipped off for recycling weeks after excavation.
2. Osama is killed, body is disposed of in the Ocean a week later.
Try within 24 hours, they dumped his body into the ocean from an aircraft carrier supposedly within 24 hours of his death. Also just now they decided not to release photos. How can anyone believe their story?
You still haven't shown why this version of the military DNA test should not be trusted, but all the others should. I've asked several times. If you don't have evidence, just say so. That's all I ask.
I didn't see the DNA test for Saddam or any of a ton of other terrorists either, yet no one is protesting those.
Originally posted by Leto
Originally posted by 000063
Pretty easily. Just assume that they didn't want to piss off Al Qaeda any more than they have already, and thus decided to bury him at sea--which is allowed in Islam--or release the photos which could incite more anger. It's not like Truthers hadn't already declared that any such photos would be shooped.
Originally posted by Leto
Originally posted by boncho
Fits in nicely with the current theme:
1. Planes hit towers, rubble is shipped off for recycling weeks after excavation.
2. Osama is killed, body is disposed of in the Ocean a week later.
Try within 24 hours, they dumped his body into the ocean from an aircraft carrier supposedly within 24 hours of his death. Also just now they decided not to release photos. How can anyone believe their story?
Are we supposed to believe our government without any evidence? At least with the photos you could say they tried to prove it. You say the dna test is evidence, how is that evidence? Did you actually see the dna test result?
Speculation. Unless there's evidence that tomfoolery has occured, all you have is "maybe"e and "could've"s.
Did you see them taking a blood sample from his body? Did you make sure they didn't switch the blood sample with another?
Argument from incredulity, not actual facts.
Originally posted by okiecowboy
reply to post by 000063
You still haven't shown why this version of the military DNA test should not be trusted, but all the others should. I've asked several times. If you don't have evidence, just say so. That's all I ask.
What DNA test?? you have any proof that is not hearsay that a DNA test was done? how was it tested? where was it tested? on the ground? in flight? at sea??
where are the results? who did the testing?
I asked for evidence, not speculation. You provided a scenario in which the DNA results were falsified. What evidence do you have that this scenario actually took place?
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
reply to post by 000063
I have told you time and time again, that the test can be 100% reliable, and it still says nothing about when the DNA sample was taken, and whether or not the person was alive or dead WHEN the sample was taken.
You keep asking questions that have nothing to do with the point.
The point is, a reliable DNA test in this case does not prove he is dead, nor does it prove he was killed May 1-2, depending on time zone. All a reliable DNA test proves, notice the limiting factor, ALL it proves is that they had his DNA. Not when they got it, or whether or not he is alive or dead.
I cant make you smarter, and there is no clearer way to say it.
Originally posted by 000063
You provided a scenario in which the DNA results were falsified. What evidence do you have that this scenario actually took place?
Originally posted by 000063
I didn't see the DNA test for Saddam or any of a ton of other terrorists either, yet no one is protesting those.
Originally posted by Leto
Originally posted by 000063
Pretty easily. Just assume that they didn't want to piss off Al Qaeda any more than they have already, and thus decided to bury him at sea--which is allowed in Islam--or release the photos which could incite more anger. It's not like Truthers hadn't already declared that any such photos would be shooped.
Originally posted by Leto
Originally posted by boncho
Fits in nicely with the current theme:
1. Planes hit towers, rubble is shipped off for recycling weeks after excavation.
2. Osama is killed, body is disposed of in the Ocean a week later.
Try within 24 hours, they dumped his body into the ocean from an aircraft carrier supposedly within 24 hours of his death. Also just now they decided not to release photos. How can anyone believe their story?
Are we supposed to believe our government without any evidence? At least with the photos you could say they tried to prove it. You say the dna test is evidence, how is that evidence? Did you actually see the dna test result?
Speculation. Unless there's evidence that tomfoolery has occured, all you have is "maybe"e and "could've"s.
Did you see them taking a blood sample from his body? Did you make sure they didn't switch the blood sample with another?
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
You are just a troll.
A scenario with an extraordinary level of proof, which you have repeatedly failed to justify the need for, or explained why this level would be needed for only this test of all tests.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
Originally posted by 000063
You provided a scenario in which the DNA results were falsified. What evidence do you have that this scenario actually took place?
No. I didnt. I provided a scenario in which the results were 100% reliable. You are just a troll.
/ignoreedit on 4-5-2011 by Illusionsaregrander because: (no reason given)
Personal attacks again? That's maybe the fifth time you've alleged I'm something I've repeatedly said I'm not, and you have no evidence of.
Originally posted by 27jd
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
You are just a troll.
I suspect he's more than just as troll, as I've made clear. This is a public opinion agent, on the clock.
Doing damage control overtime because it's becoming more and more obvious to everybody, that our government is playing us for fools, again.
Originally posted by areyouserious2010
reply to post by 000063
On a side note, if he was not armed during the encounter, why was he shot and not captured alive? I am not saying that they would have not been justified in killing him, but they have provided no reason he was shot. If you are satisfied that just because he physically resisted he was killed then fine. But you cannot tell me that with all the extensive training of the Navy Seals, in a hand to hand battle with Osama bin Laden the Seal (or multiple SEALS) could not easily overcome him and take him into custody. If they said Osama reached for the SEAL's weapon or something to that effect, I would say fine. But they didnt offer any explaination whatsoever other than he resisted physically.
Because they have the DNA to ID.
Originally posted by areyouserious2010
reply to post by 000063
And in the case of evidence supporting the government's claims there is no direct evidence. It has only been this is what happened "because we say so."
The DNA test is not good enough because why settle for the DNA...WHEN YOU HAVE THE BODY?
His dead sister who died of brain cancer. I'm getting most of my sources from Wikipedia, BTW, which takes only seconds of looking it up. You could find the answers to your questions a lot faster.
Plus they are not giving the details of the DNA test. What are they comparing it to?
However, it doesn't prove that it wasn't taken when they say it was, either. Given that no one has questioned any other DNA test from the US military, I need more evidence before I blow this particular one off.
And like others have stated, a DNA test does not verify when and how he was killed. It only verifies that they have some DNA that they claim is Osama bin Laden's.
Speculation.
I understand the need for anonymity when it comes to Seal Team Six. This just shows that it is very convenient that it was not some Private in the Marine Corps or Army that wasted him. A Private would champion the fact that he was the one to kill Osama bin Laden and all his Private buddies would verify his claims.
They offered his body to Saudi Arabia, who would've been able to verify. They didn't want it. If Saudi Arabia had taken it, that would've thrown a monkey wrench into the conspiracy. Best not to make the offer in the first place.
What countries did they ask to independently verify it was Osama bin Laden. Probably none.
If they have a positive ID of a dead guy, they don't actually need anything else. It's not the moderates they're worried about, it's the extremists and borderline extremists.
If they did then they should say they did and provide examples of what countries refused and why. Why the time limit? Are they really that worried about Muslim tradition? Should they be? Moderate Muslims around the world should recognize the need to break tradition in this case.
The second DNA sample is being flown to the US to be tested.
If the government has undeniable proof of something, they should not get rid of it within 24 hours.
And no one has provided any evidence to the contrary.
And now we will not see any pictures of the body or video of the burial at sea. They have thereby provided absolutely no evidence of what they have accomplished whatsoever except for the fact that they said it happened in exactly the way they said it happened.
I can't see that part sits well with me either, but I'm waiting for the official account before I pass judgment.
On a side note, if he was not armed during the encounter, why was he shot and not captured alive? I am not saying that they would have not been justified in killing him, but they have provided no reason he was shot. If you are satisfied that just because he physically resisted he was killed then fine. But you cannot tell me that with all the extensive training of the Navy Seals, in a hand to hand battle with Osama bin Laden the Seal (or multiple SEALS) could not easily overcome him and take him into custody. If they said Osama reached for the SEAL's weapon or something to that effect, I would say fine. But they didnt offer any explaination whatsoever other than he resisted physically.
Still classified.
You can not tell me that the SEAL team was not extensively debriefed on the operation. That does not sound like an extensive explaination of the occurance.
There is no such thing as an incapacitating shot. Any shot to the body, head, or limbs, can kill with the slightest of variables.
Originally posted by Broll
Originally posted by areyouserious2010
reply to post by 000063
On a side note, if he was not armed during the encounter, why was he shot and not captured alive? I am not saying that they would have not been justified in killing him, but they have provided no reason he was shot. If you are satisfied that just because he physically resisted he was killed then fine. But you cannot tell me that with all the extensive training of the Navy Seals, in a hand to hand battle with Osama bin Laden the Seal (or multiple SEALS) could not easily overcome him and take him into custody. If they said Osama reached for the SEAL's weapon or something to that effect, I would say fine. But they didnt offer any explaination whatsoever other than he resisted physically.
... and its just as easy to put two in his knee rather than his eye. Quite an effective technique when trying to incapacitate someone for capture.
Originally posted by 000063
There is no such thing as an incapacitating shot. Any shot to the body, head, or limbs, can kill with the slightest of variables.
Originally posted by Broll
Originally posted by areyouserious2010
reply to post by 000063
... and its just as easy to put two in his knee rather than his eye. Quite an effective technique when trying to incapacitate someone for capture.