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Breaking: White House Has Decided NOT To Release Bin Laden Photos

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CBS News is reporting that during a sit down interview for 60 Minutes, President Barack Obama revealed to Steve Kroft his decision to not release photos of a dead Osama bin Laden. Republican House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers reportedly said “the risk of release outweigh the benefits” before adding that there was concern over how the image would be viewed as a “trophy” and inflame public opinion in the Middle East.

CBS News reports:

In an interview with Steve Kroft for this Sunday’s 60 Minutes, President Obama says he won’t release post-mortem images of Osama bin Laden taken to prove his death.

Republican House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said Wednesday that the Obama administration should not release the gruesome post-The killing of Osama bin Ladenmortem images, saying it could complicate the job for American troops overseas. Rogers told CBS News he has seen a post-mortem photo.

“The risks of release outweigh the benefits,” he said. “Conspiracy theorists around the world will just claim the photos are doctored anyway, and there is a real risk that releasing the photos will only serve to inflame public opinion in the Middle East.”

“Imagine how the American people would react if Al Qaida killed one of our troops or military leaders, and put photos of the body on the internet,” he continued. “Osama bin Laden is not a trophy – he is dead and let’s now focus on continuing the fight until Al Qaida has been eliminated.”

The debate over whether or not to release the image was based on some Internet-based skeptics who openly wondered about conspiracies and those who were concerned that the image would inflame anti-American sentiment in a world of extremists. A similar debate has arisen over the alleged existence of video footage of bin Laden’s somewhat controversial burial at sea. That video has not yet been release.

NBC News’ Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie appeared to both break the decision via Twitter that President Obama has decided NOT to release photos of Osama bin Laden‘s corpse. This is somewhat of a surprising development given the great amount of buzz yesterday that the White House WOULD be releasing the photos. This report runs counter to CIA Chief Leon Panetta yesterday telling NBC News anchor Brian Williams that the photo would in fact be released.

Watch the first broadcast report of the decision by Andrea Mitchell, courtesy of MSNBC:

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  • Quite the Pundint

    Wouldn’t want to risk pissing off the Religion of Peace!

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Not their fault .

    Fotomat lost ‘em .

  • TerryDo

    I would like to know the answer to this question.

    Since, these elite Seal Team 6 are the ultimate best trained assassins, why did they have to shoot Osama in the head, was that a deliberate attempt to disfigure Osama face?

    He was shot in the shoulder/chest and obviously then in the head near the temple, or maybe he was shot by two different Seals… The Seal, who shot him through the temple, should have shot him through the heart; then there would have been a picture of Osama that could never be disputed.

    And secondly with the burial of Osama’s body in the Arabian Sea, I am sure when they “Gently Slid” him into the sea, it was right into the ships big water choppers. Hopefully!

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Obama wanted to , but Trumka , Soros , Farrakhan and Ayers said no .

  • Edith Massey

    Officially a Deather.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Quite the Pundint says:
    Wouldn’t want to risk pissing off the Religion of Peace!

    Unfortunately, I think this probably played too big of a role in the decision.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    Biiiiig mistake, Obama. Not smart.

  • jerrybobphil

    But two years from now he will

  • Alz

    This is ridiculous. Obama and the other libs have no problem supporting the Ground Zero Victory Mosque/Shrine – which irritates people in the US and especially the families of those murdered.

    It’s amazing how Obama usually picks the wrong thing to do. Supposedly Panetta had to pressure Obama into actually doing it.

    It took Obama 16 hours to actually figure what the right thing to do is: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1383010/Osama-Bin-Laden-dead-Obama-took-16-hours-make-mind.html#ixzz1LJkz0f2d

  • Conservative Tormentor

    First yes then no,then maybe yes again…..than maybe not.Well……alright yes.Naw’ screw it nevermind! This is a bigger tease than my tight Korean high-school girlfriend.

  • TeaPartyPatriot

    “On economy, Obama approval hits new low”

    Do you now understand why “You Lie!” hussein and the d-crat socialists will string out the osama bit as long as they can?

    Interesting fact: although “You Lie!” hussein has been in office for more than two (disastrous) years, and the suspected location of osama has been known for months (he’s lived in that compound for more than six years), osama is killed ONLY AFTER “You Lie!” begins his re-election campaign, ensuring maximum campaign publicity.

    Anybody wanna buy an “obozo killed osama” tea-shirt? All proceeds go to “You Lie!”‘s re-election campaign.

    “Counter Terrorism Chief Brennan Explains Rationale Behind Sea Burial Of Bin Laden”

    When you dispose of the evidence, nobody can then get ALL the facts or all the TRUTH….

    It’s the same trick used when ruby assassinated oswald, when the feds quickly executed mcveigh, when the Roswell and Kecksburg remains were removed immediately and hidden….

  • Kraschman

    To answer TerryDo, in the event of any question as to whether the target may be concealing weapons (like grenades, an IED, etc), it is standard military procedure I believe, in order to protect oneself and ones’ teammates, to shoot the target in the head.

    While the chest is a larger, easier target, it isn’t necessarily an instant kill. Bin Laden’s final act could have been to try and take down as many of the soldiers as possible with him, even if he only had a few seconds to do so.

    Shooting the target in the head, while a much smaller target, is far more reliable as an instant kill.

  • Barack Must Go

    Yes Barack has changed his mind again. I guess the American people will have to wait until the Obama’s wedding anniversary to finally see Osama then.

    Barack is secretly having bin Laden’s corpes made into a full length coat ( remember he was a tall sucker ) complete with a great hood that he will present to her as a sign of his love, as well as proving he is in fact ” The Lion King ” who singlehandedly ( in his head anyway ) captured and killed his prey to present to his one true love ( besides himself ).

    I here for Michelle’s birthday Barack is considering a Glenn Beck sweater or some Rush Limbaugh overalls for when she’s working in the White House garden.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Conservative Tormentor said:
    my tight Korean high-school

    You went to high school in Korea ? Me too !

    Go Seoul Eagles !!

  • Alz

    Obama is showing Liberal Courage. Liberal Courage is knowingly doing the wrong thing. It takes a certain courage to continue to do the wrong thing.

    As for calling the Bin Laden action, there are some reports that Panetta pressured him to do it. But as we see, it took Obama 16 hours to decide, he pushed for Muslim religious services and now he’s hiding the pictures.

  • BatBoy

    If the WH can people focused on the Death Pictures of UBL, then the public will not dwell on the unemployment and the national debt.

    Why don’t we just rename the UBL Photo’s as “Birth Certificate II!”

  • valkyrie101

    Edith Massey said:
    Officially a Deather.

    Yep, Obama knows a winning plan when he sees one.

  • tgk

    Man, this administration should’ve accepted all the accolades and then just gone inside for a few days. Starting to look a bit “confused” around there.

  • Grammie

    I also think the pictures should be released.

    But either way I don’t think they would be considered “proof” by those who don’t want it to be so.

    In fact I fervently hope his death is a big lie and that we actually took him alive and he is currently in Rendition being squeezed, after every water board session, dry of every last bit of intel.

    Am listening to Rush and he is talking about the possibility raised by someone whose name I missed that not releasing the photos is BHO’s attempt to reassert his role and authority in reaction to this from Alz:

    Alz said:
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1383010/Osama-Bin-Laden-dead-Obama-took-16-hours-make-mind.html#ixzz1LJkz0f2d

  • laceyunderalls

    All Hail the Appeaser-in-Chief

  • BatBoy

    TerryDo said:
    I would like to know the answer to this question. Since, these elite Seal Team 6 are the ultimate best trained assassins, why did they have to shoot Osama in the head, was that a deliberate attempt to disfigure Osama face? He was shot in the shoulder/chest and obviously then in the head near the temple, or maybe he was shot by two different Seals… The Seal, who shot him through the temple, should have shot him through the heart; then there would have been a picture of Osama that could never be disputed. And secondly with the burial of Osama’s body in the Arabian Sea, I am sure when they “Gently Slid” him into the sea, it was right into the ships big water choppers. Hopefully!

    1st It was a “HIT” ordered by the President. Do you understand that? A hit…means he did not want UBL brought back for trial…if they brought him back, then the Pres would have to house him in Guantanamo…how embarrassing it would be for this administration to do that.

    2nd, Not only was UBL a hit, but the very use of the Predator aircraft (chosen by the chosen one and his VP) says that the only prisoner they want is a dead one. (See the reason above)

    He is your guy…you elected him…now you can’t scream and holler about it…

    Hint: Next time vote a Republican in…that way you could be yourself, you know, call for impeachment, investigation after investigation, demonstrate in the streets…the usual.

  • IIWII

    Freedom of Information Act here we (the people of the US who OWN the rights to all photos and videos of this event) come….

  • BlueBunny

    “Imagine how the American people would react if Al Qaida killed one of our troops or military leaders, and put photos of the body on the internet,” he continued. “Osama bin Laden is not a trophy – he is dead and let’s now focus on continuing the fight until Al Qaida has been eliminated.” THE PRESIDENT IS RIGHT ABOUT THIS! AS MUCH AS WE ALL WANT TO SEE THIS HORRIBLE MONSTERS HEAD SHOT THRU! I WOULD BE SO ANGRY IF THEY HAD KILLED SAY BUSH AND PARADED HIS DEATH PHOTOS EVERYWHERE!

  • tgk

    They’ll probably all show up on WikiLeaks soon anyway.

  • dparks2010

    Yup – “President Social & Economic Justice” would now have the American people believe that an elite TEAM of Navy Seals can’t subdue an un-armed man. Are this guy’s supporters really THAT stupid?!
    .
    It’s obvious that the Muslim Sympathizer in the White House decided long ago, that it was much more “respectful” for Osama Bin Laden to go out in a quick blaze of glory and be quietly (and again respectfully) buried at sea – than to have the World’s Most Wanted man be arrested, tried, convicted, and put to the death like Saddam Hussein.
    .
    What a pathetic laughing stock Barrack Hussein Obama has made of the Democratic party and this country.

  • TerryDo

    Kraschman says
    Bin Laden’s final act could have been to try and take down as many of the soldiers as possible with him, even if he only had a few seconds to do so.
    Shooting the target in the head, while a much smaller target, is far more reliable as an instant kill.
    ****************

    Oh Please! Firstly, Osama did not have a gun or any other weapon according to the Seal Team 6 report. And the Seals are trained not to fear nor be flighty in a close situation so needless to say they knew exactly what they were doing.

    My question is…… “Since, these elite Seal Team 6 are the ultimate best trained assassins, why did they have to shoot Osama in the head, was that a deliberate attempt to disfigure Osama face?”

    Secondly, a bullet through the heart is just as effective as one to the head since they were up close and oh so personal.

    Just saying……..

  • newzmaker

    Appeasing violent radical islamists is not the answer. If we give up our freedoms in order to appease those people, they win. This is ridiculous. Who cares if muslims are offended? I don’t.

  • RhapsodyinBlue

    I was on board with releasing them before realizing no matter what the administration does nothing will appease the weirdos and wackos who think Osama isn’t dead, so what’s the use. He showed his birth certificate and those weirdos didn’t even miss a stride. Does anyone really think Obama would say Osama is dead and risk him (very likely) doing another video on Al Jazeera showing he’s alive? Are those people really that insane to believe that?

  • tatboy

    Although personally disapointed. It is the right decision to keep people from being harmed.

  • Nacho

    Would I look at the pictures if they were released? Yes.

    Do I care if they are released or not? Nope

    In fact, watching it aggravate the loons just the smallest bit is more entertaining. Where’s Trump?

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    newzmaker said:
    Appeasing violent radical islamists is not the answer. If we give up our freedoms in order to appease those people, they win. This is ridiculous. Who cares if muslims are offended? I don’t.

    Seeing gruesome combat pictures is part of “our freedoms”???

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    @Grammie: The “Daily Mail” certainly puts a spin on the 16 hour figure, but the initial reports were that he was deciding between taking him out with an air strike or a tactical team.

    As to the pic, I feel not releasing at this time is the right call, even if it’ll eventually be released via an FOIA request, as John Cook writes on Gawker.

    Right now, I believe releasing the photo would do more harm than good.

  • BlueBunny

    TerryDo said:
    My question is…… “Since, these elite Seal Team 6 are the ultimate best trained assassins, why did they have to shoot Osama in the head, was that a deliberate attempt to disfigure Osama face?”

    NEW CONSPIRACY THEORY BEING PUSHED BY THE FOX ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL!

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    TerryDo said:
    Secondly, a bullet through the heart is just as effective as one to the head since they were up close and oh so personal.

    Just saying……..

    A head-shot is always prefer, a head-shot is always preferable.

  • Nacho

    tatboy said:
    Although personally disapointed. It is the right decision to keep people from being harmed.

    I imagine they will be “leaked” somewhere down the line.

  • BlueBunny

    RhapsodyinBlue said:
    I was on board with releasing them before realizing no matter what the administration does nothing will appease the weirdos and wackos who think Osama isn’t dead, so what’s the use. He showed his birth certificate and those weirdos didn’t even miss a stride. Does anyone really think Obama would say Osama is dead and risk him (very likely) doing another video on Al Jazeera showing he’s alive? Are those people really that insane to believe that?

    YES,YES THEY DO!

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    RhapsodyinBlue said:
    I was on board with releasing them before realizing no matter what the administration does nothing will appease the weirdos and wackos who think Osama isn’t dead,

    There appears to be two “deather” camps; those who believe bin Laden has been long dead and his videos have been fake and those who don’t think him prideful enough to take a “Dewey Beats Truman” shot.

  • Corvax

    Thank you Mr. President for giving credence to every nut job conspiracy theorist. Just release the damn photo, for crying out loud you can look up photos of Kennedy’s face after being shot, why not some Muslim scumbag? You are teetering on turning one of America’s best moments in the last decade to one clouded in mystery and doubt.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    2009 Obama released CIA memos and wanted to release 2000 prisoner photos sure to inflame the Middle East .

    “Mr Obama’s decision to release the four memos came after the most divisive argument yet in his young administration, which passes the landmark of 100 days next Wednesday.

    He was opposed by Leon Panetta, his CIA chief, who argued for redactions of key passages, and John Brennan, a former senior CIA official who is now the top counter-terrorism adviser at the White House.

    The most enthusiastic support for the release came from Eric Holder, Mr Obama’s attorney general and the man who will decide whether former Bush administration officials should face prosecution, and his legal counsel Gregory Craig. ”

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/5215068/Barack-Obama-to-release-up-to-2000-photographs-of-prisoner-abuse.html

    Obama is not too bright , is he ?

  • Kitsune

    Sounds like he’s hoping for a “Deather” conspiracy to shoot up as a result.

  • laceyunderalls

    Obama just compared Our troops to OBL –

    http://twitter.com/#!/chucktodd/statuses/65833390636679168

    POTUS to CBS “Imagine how the American people would react if Al Qaida killed one of our troops…and put photos of the body on the internet”

    Defend that, jackholes.

  • TampopoLoco

    Good for them! Screw what anyone thinks.

  • TangledThorns

    Obama can save them for his 2012 election, the wuss.

  • Grammie

    Magister said:
    @Grammie: The “Daily Mail” certainly puts a spin on the 16 hour figure, but the initial reports were that he was deciding between taking him out with an air strike or a tactical team.

    As to the pic, I feel not releasing at this time is the right call, even if it’ll eventually be released via an FOIA request, as John Cook writes on Gawker.

    Right now, I believe releasing the photo would do more harm than good.

    .
    I simply reported on the speculation in the spirit of “ain’t politics grand”?

    Did you see Judge Nap on the FOIA request? According to him BHO is the ultimate authority on the fate of the photos from which there is no appeal.

    I’m good with that on more than one level. I have a preference but National Security should come first for us all. If this is the biggest disappointment I have for the rest of my life I’ll count myself blessed.

    Rush just brought up another interesting point re the pics. BHO was very vocal in his demands for all the Abu Ghrab photos. I guess being in the ultimate position such things look quite different to him now.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    laceyunderalls said:
    Defend that, jackholes

    Release ‘em or don’t release ‘em .

    They’ll defend King Obama either way .

    No principles will get in a crazy liberal’s way .

  • joe7

    I can’t believe our President is doing this. The official story has been changing on a daily basis and they refuse to release the photo of one of the things that has remained constant. Good to know a handful of people actually have seen him dead. Such poor transparency and now a campaign stop? Hopefully they will get their heads straight after the euphoria wares off and they realize they have at least some obligations to the American public, especially when they are spending billions of dollars on covert ops in foreign lands and sovereign states. Not to mention issues like torture that they are bumping back into the spotlight, as well as an even greater emphasis on foreign aid.

  • More Liberty5

    This is just more cronyism and secrecy delivered by the government. Should it really surprise anyone?The American people have endured almost 10-years of war at a cost of almost $1 trillion and thousands dead. Release the photo/ videos and let the chips fall where they may.

    Does the WH think so little of the American people that they believe we can’t handle it? Do they think so little of Muslims that they believe that muslims will automatically resort to violence simply because of a photo or a man that used pushed terror in the name of “islam” is released?

  • skyfet

    Here comes the Deathers. From Birthers to Deathers in few days is a phenomenon.

  • Corvax

    skyfet said:
    Here comes the Deathers. From Birthers to Deathers in few days is a phenomenon.

    Both are/were self inflicted issues. Show the evidence and move on in both cases. Its really that simple.

  • Edith Massey

    valkyrie101 said:
    Yep, Obama knows a winning plan when he sees one.

    Birth Certificate and Osama is dead, trust us nothing to see here is a little too perfect for Mr. Win Re-Election at all costs Obama.

  • Cecelia

    it’s the right decision.

  • BlueBunny

    “HE SIMPLY DOES NOT WANT TO SPIKE THE FOOTBALL” ! WONDERFUL! GET USED TO OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF! THIS IS A THINKING PRESIDENT NOT A GUN HO SHOOT UP GOOD OL BOY KIND OF PRESIDENT!

  • Edith Massey

    I think I am officially a Liberal all the Republicans are going to love cause I think Obama is full of it, OBL has been dead for years and Obama has to win an election.

  • Enrobria Regnar

    Dearest Donald,
    My sources have informed me that Obama will not be releasing the death photo. Please do not try to intervene, it is a Trap! This should also serve as notice that I have fulfilled my obligations regarding the Blood Sacrifice.

    XOXO Omarosa,

    cc. The Hair

  • cjd ohio 1

    BlueBunny said:
    “HE SIMPLY DOES NOT WANT TO SPIKE THE FOOTBALL” ! WONDERFUL! GET USED TO OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF! THIS IS A THINKING PRESIDENT NOT A GUN HO SHOOT UP GOOD OL BOY KIND OF PRESIDENT!

    pretty gung ho to me, ordering the shooting in the head, but hey

  • The Lantern of Truth

    BlueBunny said:
    HE SIMPLY DOES NOT WANT TO SPIKE THE FOOTBALL

    THAT’S A PIGSKIN !

    YOU MUSLIM INFLAMER !!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chuck-Steele/1147844375 Chuck Steele

    You can count on the photo’s being released through alternative channels (aka: leaked) within the week. Obama does not have the character to not allow them to be released. He is just after the “plausible deniability” that gives him political cover during this prolonged election season. He covers his butt with the left wing “war is evil, I don’t want to see it” people and silences the doubters at the same time.
    Just another game. Both sides play them and we, the lemmings are expected to go along with the program.

  • BatBoy

    Carey is at his press conference right now….these guys have a different story every time they talk.

    If the put out enought different stories…it will appease many more people.

    As for me, the Pres can just say, “I ordered a Hit – I didn’t want to bother with a trial!” That is good enough for me….now work on the unemployment, under employment, the debt, etc.

  • ndanielson

    In the day of photo shop does it really matter?

  • Grammie

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    pretty gung ho to me, ordering the shooting in the head, but hey

    .
    But only after 16 agonizing hours of intense cerebral activity leading him to use the 9 iron…………..uh to order the only rational civilized democratic way to handle it.

  • Paul G

    Just wait till it gets out that Barack Osama…er…I mean Obama… called Bush to ask what he should do now?

  • joe7

    skyfet said:
    Here comes the Deathers. From Birthers to Deathers in few days is a phenomenon.

    you can’t be serious…

    So they killed an armed man…he had a human shield… wait no?

    I don’t see reason not to believe Osama’s dead even though its based on the changing word of a few very high ranking officials. When people are dying and billions are being spent; with such far reaching covert ops in foreign lands; you don’t think they have any responsibility to the American people at all when showing them the results of such? What are people who question the WMD claims wmddenialers or something?

    At least we know where you stand on transparency with wars and deaths of Americans in these wars. They should be able to do whatever they want overseas and one is a conspiracy nut for wanting voters and citizens to at least know what’s going on. Just look at all those conspiracy nuts questioning Bush over Iraq, Afghanistan and waterboardering amirite?

  • ndanielson

    skyfet said:
    Here comes the Deathers. From Birthers to Deathers in few days is a phenomenon.

    I think skypets is a better name than sheep, or lemmings for 0bama followers.

  • valkyrie101

    More Liberty5 said:
    Do they think so little of Muslims that they believe that muslims will automatically resort to violence simply because of a photo or a man that used pushed terror in the name of “islam” is released?

    Its a tough call on the photos, but Obama just does not want to inflame the Muslim world. Let the memory of Usama just fade away.

  • Notsofast

    I don’t particularly care to see it.

  • ndanielson

    valkyrie101 said:
    Obama just does not want to inflame the Muslim world.

    Then when will 0bama renounce his being an infidel?

  • RhapsodyinBlue

    What photos of Adolf Hitler did we have after he died? He’s still alive then I assume, I saw it on the Weekly World News.

    It’s a different era, weirdos can go inside their internet echo chamber and sniff each other’s farts for awhile until something leaks into offline and becomes something more weirdos can believe into. People like Alex Jones are frauds who do nothing but swindle money from stupid people who want to believe nothing happened ever and need reason to not give Obama any credit but rather demonize him.

  • Conservative Tormentor

    Ding dong the birthers are dead. Not yet Oliver! The deathers are coming,the deathers are coming!

  • Paul G

    Paul G said:
    Just wait till it gets out that Barack Osama…er…I mean Obama… called Bush to ask what he should do now?

    I mean Ubama….(I forgot already) Isn’t that what the FBI/CIA say we should spell it now?

  • More Liberty5

    The most “transparent” administration ever huh? What a joke. “He was armed” – He wasn’t armed.” “He used a human shield – He didn’t use a Human Shield.” “We are going to release the photo – we are’nt going to release the photo.”

    Make a damn decision. OBL is dead, but the American people should be allowed to see all of the photos/ videos. How many Americans are dead? A trillion dollars of taxpayer money has been used for almost a decade during these wars – who really knows how many innocent civilians have been killed. Release the photos and let the chips fall where they may. Respect Americans first, overseas crazies second.

    No one seemed to give a rats ass when those Abu Garab photos were released.

    We deserve an open government – not one shrouded in mystery, half truths or lies.

  • BlueBunny

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    pretty gung ho to me, ordering the shooting in the head, but hey

    NO! THAT IS CALLED A THINKING COMMANDER IN CHIEF!

  • joe7

    So they have nothing to show for it…

  • ndanielson

    Conservative Tormentor said:
    Ding dong the birthers are dead. Not yet Oliver! The deathers are coming,the deathers are coming!

    I guess you’ve never heard of Photo Shop either? Don’t be a skypet.

  • IIWII

    RhapsodyinBlue said:
    What photos of Adolf Hitler did we have after he died? P>

    Ask the Russians… they made it to Berlin first.

  • cjd ohio 1

    BlueBunny said:
    NO! THAT IS CALLED A THINKING COMMANDER IN CHIEF!

    thinking to shoot in the head, thats gung ho

  • ndanielson

    BlueBunny said:
    NO! THAT IS CALLED A THINKING COMMANDER IN CHIEF!

    HE SHOULD HAVE WAITED 18 MONTHS UNTIL THE ELECTIONS! WHAT WAS HE THINKING???

  • joe7

    Conservative Tormentor said:
    Ding dong the birthers are dead. Not yet Oliver! The deathers are coming,the deathers are coming!

    The difference is that there was proof of Obama’s citizenship, there is none for Osama’s death. Just a changing story. They can’t not expect questions to be asked. Grow up.

  • BlueBunny

    Paul G said:
    I mean Ubama….(I forgot already) Isn’t that what the FBI/CIA say we should spell it now?

    JUST FOR THE IDIOTS WHO CAN NOT REMEMBER WHO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS!

  • cjd ohio 1

    BlueBunny said:
    NO! THAT IS CALLED A THINKING COMMANDER IN CHIEF!

    conducting military operations, in a sovereign country, without its permission, well that is pretty gung ho too

  • More Liberty5

    valkyrie101 said:
    Its a tough call on the photos, but Obama just does not want to inflame the Muslim world. Let the memory of Usama just fade away.

    He’s not going to fade away. The area where the twin towers stood is still empty. We are still in Afghanistan – US soldiers are still fighting and dying.

    The more open a government, and the less secrets they hold from the citizens who pay their salaries, the more liberty an individual has. An open transparent government allows for accountability, and the more accountable a government is the more liberty an individual has.

  • Conservative Tormentor

    joe7 said:
    Grow up.

    OK:(

  • BlueBunny

    ndanielson said:
    HE SHOULD HAVE WAITED 18 MONTHS UNTIL THE ELECTIONS! WHAT WAS HE THINKING???

    YOU FORGET HE IS NOT A TEAPUBLICAN/REPUBLICAN, SO NO!

  • ndanielson

    BlueBunny said:
    JUST FOR THE IDIOTS WHO CAN NOT REMEMBER WHO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS!

    WHO CAN FORGET, DUMMY? ARE YOU THAT DENSE? DON’T BE A SKYPET, BLUEBONNET.

  • RhapsodyinBlue

    IIWII said:
    Ask the Russians… they made it to Berlin first.

    The point was Hitler was a pile of dust before anyone got to him and photos of a dead Hitler were not even possible but it didn’t stop anyone at that point in time in thinking he was dead.

  • joe7

    Conservative Tormentor said:
    SO

    its okay. it was kinda funny.

  • joe7

    RhapsodyinBlue said:
    The point was Hitler was a pile of dust before anyone got to him and photos of a dead Hitler were not even possible but it didn’t stop anyone at that point in time in thinking he was dead.

    You can’t take pictures of piles of dust? Cameras must have sucked back then.

  • cjd ohio 1

    RhapsodyinBlue said:
    The point was Hitler was a pile of dust before anyone got to him and photos of a dead Hitler were not even possible but it didn’t stop anyone at that point in time in thinking he was dead.

    there was a lot of people that thought hilter escaped

  • ndanielson

    joe7 said:
    The difference is that there was proof of Obama’s citizenship, there is none for Osama’s death. Just a changing story. They can’t not expect questions to be asked. Grow up.

    Yeah. And now there are as many pictures of a dead Osama online as there are pictures of 0bamas real birth certificate.

  • ndanielson

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    there was a lot of people that thought hilter escaped

    And Elvis.

  • ndanielson

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    there was a lot of people that thought hilter escaped

    Hell there is a whole bunch of a certain type of people that believe that Bush was behind 9/11, and that we never landed on the moon, that we went to war for oil, and that America is an occupying nation…

  • RhapsodyinBlue

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    there was a lot of people that thought hilter escaped

    They were an extreme minority and were treated as such. And dust isn’t very photogenic or give an accurate depiction of the departed fuhrer

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Frank-Kush/100000128002454 Frank Kush

    Nice to know that our government values the opinions of foreign Muslims more than those of its own citizens!

    I am SICK TO DEATH of being concerned about Muslim sensibilities!! Who can point to a single instance of their being worried about Christian feelings?

    We should do what is right FOR US and they’ll just need to get over it and grow up.

  • ndanielson

    joe7 said:
    You can’t take pictures of piles of dust? Cameras must have sucked back then.

    With photo shop, you can have all the pictures of a dead Hitler that you want. I think skypet would love to see one, just to see if he could authenticate it.

  • cjd ohio 1

    ndanielson said:
    Hell there is a whole bunch of a certain type of people that believe that Bush was behind 9/11, and that we never landed on the moon, that we went to war for oil, and that America is an occupying nation…

    RhapsodyinBlue said:
    They were an extreme minority and were treated as such. And dust isn’t very photogenic or give an accurate depiction of the departed fuhrer

    not supporting the claims, just saying people believe weird sh*t

  • Grammie

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    there was a lot of people that thought hilter escaped

    .
    I saw a special on that after the USSR collapsed. It seems that his bones were separated and buried, dug up and reburied multiple times.

    The interesting thing that I remember was that Der Fuhrer had been shortchanged when God was handing out testicles. I wonder if, and how much, that contributed to his sick evil mind?

  • Kitsune

    skyfet said:
    Here comes the Deathers. From Birthers to Deathers in few days is a phenomenon.

    When “The Most Transparent President Ever” intentionally withholds information in the HOPES of stirring up conspiracies that he can spin for political advantage, you can’t even pretend to be surprised.

  • More Liberty5

    I’m glad he is dead.

    The partisan craziness of this whole thing is mind boggling. A President the came into office under the guise of change utilized unilateral action to invade a country, and kill an unarmed old man using intelligence initially gleamed from “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Then after the raid is complete, tell a story that must be changed within 24 to 48 hours. (Glad he got that Nobel Peace Prize)

    If this would have happened under Bush the Neocons would have been cheering, and the liberals would be in the street in the name of “peace.” Now the roles are fairly reversed.

    The only difference between these parties is they letter behind there name. One side wants control, while the other has it.

  • Knowledge_Is_Power

    I don’t care one way or the other if they release the photos. I can live with them or without.

    But Obama needs to wake up to reality. When he said how would American’s feel if they killed one of our soldiers and paraded their body around…UMM..HELLO Mr. Pres…they HAVE done that MANY times over! In fact they have taped the killing and put it online. Selective memory or what!? Should we do the same? Oh..we have! Anyone remember Saddam and his sons deaths being put online? So what’s the difference this time?

    Al Qaeda and other terrorists groups who hate us won’t change how they feel just because Obama didn’t release any pictures. In fact it will make them think he and we are liars and Osama is alive and well. Releasing the pictures can’t make them any madder than they already are at us. Regardless if the pictures ever come out or not these groups are going to try to retaliate against us for this. That much we can count on!

    Eventually these pictures will be leaked, there is no doubt about that.

    And on a side note Al Arabiya reported that Osama’s 12 yr old daughter told the Pakistan government that the US soldiers had Osama on the 1st floor and shot him in front of all of the family. CNN is reporting that the daughter saw Osama being shot but they are not telling everything that Al Arabiya reported. Anyone else hear anything else regarding this?

  • BlueBunny

    ndanielson said:
    WHO CAN FORGET, DUMMY? ARE YOU THAT DENSE? DON’T BE A SKYPET, BLUEBONNET.

    NICE RUSHBO COPYBOT! YOU SEEM TO HAVE TROUBLE WITH NAMES ALL THE TIME!

  • ndanielson

    Kitsune said:
    When “The Most Transparent President Ever” intentionally withholds information in the HOPES of stirring up conspiracies that he can spin for political advantage, you can’t even pretend to be surprised.

    They can’??? You don’t know skypets. Despite all the evidence, both shown and hidden, skypets believe that 0bama is the smartest president ever and that loves America more than his own wife and preacher!

  • BlueBunny

    ndanielson said:
    skypets

    YOU SEEM ALSO TO HAVE A CRUSH ON THIS PERSON! THIS THREAD IS ABOUT A KILL SHOT PHOTO RELEASE !

  • ndanielson

    BlueBunny said:
    NICE RUSHBO COPYBOT! YOU SEEM TO HAVE TROUBLE WITH NAMES ALL THE TIME!

    OH, I MISSPELL CARTOON NAMES, BLUEBONNET??? YOU WANTED TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY??? OH. YOU SEEM TO HAVE TROUBLE WITH CAPS. WHY IS THAT, SWEETPEA?

  • BlueBunny

    ndanielson said:
    ndanielson

    SO IDIOTS LIKE YOU CAN SEE IT,SWEETIE! YOU SHOULD GO TAKE A WALK TO RELEASE ALL THAT ANGER!

  • ndanielson

    BlueBunny said:
    YOU SEEM ALSO TO HAVE A CRUSH ON THIS PERSON! THIS THREAD IS ABOUT A KILL SHOT PHOTO RELEASE !

    PHOTO SHOP RELEASE??? THERE IS A PHOTO RELEASED? WHO KNEW THAT BUT YOU? YOUR PET PRESIDENT IS POLITICIZING THIS “RELEASE” AS MUCH AS THE RELEASE OF HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

  • ndanielson

    BlueBunny said:
    SO IDIOTS LIKE YOU CAN SEE IT,SWEETIE! YOU SHOULD GO TAKE A WALK TO RELEASE ALL THAT ANGER!

    I AM THE FARTHEST THING FROM ANGRY, SWEETPEA. I AM CONTINUALLY AMUSED AND AMAZED AT CLOWNS LIKE YOU. YOU ARE MY ENTERTAINMENT BETWEEN MAKING A KILLING IN 0BAMA’S ECONOMY.

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    I would say let the vast right-wing fringe conspiracy bullshit begin, but it already has with Beck and his kool-aid guzzling followers. I’m sure we’ll have to read comments from the dumbasses who will also try to excuse it like they do everything else. I say keep it up! Drive the independents further and further into the welcoming arms of the calm black man.

  • trica

    TerryDo says:
    May 4, 2011 at 1:34 pm
    5 7
    “Since, these elite Seal Team 6 are the ultimate best trained assassins, why did they have to shoot Osama in the head, was that a deliberate attempt to disfigure Osama face?”

    He was shot in the head above the eye because they did not know if he had his body booby trapped, as to avoid killing themselves (Seals) while killing Osama.The shot above eye was to instantly incapacitate him, so that he could not activate any booby traps! Standard law enforcement SWAT practices.

  • Grammie

    More Liberty5 said:
    I’m glad he is dead.

    The partisan craziness of this whole thing is mind boggling. A President the came into office under the guise of change utilized unilateral action to invade a country, and kill an unarmed old man using intelligence initially gleamed from “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Then after the raid is complete, tell a story that must be changed within 24 to 48 hours. (Glad he got that Nobel Peace Prize)

    If this would have happened under Bush the Neocons would have been cheering, and the liberals would be in the street in the name of “peace.” Now the roles are fairly reversed.

    The only difference between these parties is they letter behind there name. One side wants control, while the other has it.

    .
    I disagree with you.

    I have absolutely no problems, in fact I applaud the raid, the shooting of UBL like the mad dog he is, the intelligence gathered any way necessary to get it etc. I did and do wholeheartedly support drone attacks even with their inherent possibility of targeting essentially innocent people or as collateral damage. My opinion and political activity is the exact same now as it was the day after 911.

    My only problem is that those selfsame people, and that includes BHO; Holder; Biden etc, both before and AFTER they came to power, not only criticized that which they themselves just did but carried it so far as to talk of “war crimes”, prosecuting intelligence agencies, releasing Abu Gharab photos with the intent to score political points etc.

    These same people just put us thru the charade, especially so in light of these recent events, of the following:

    Declassifynig them as “illegal enemy combatants”. It is precisely that designation which justifies the attack and his execution. He was not entitled to the protections of The Geneva Convention. None of them are.

    Shutting down the Military Tribunals and working towards trials in our Criminal Courts thereby giving them Constitutional protections b/c they are no longer IEC. Think that one thru to the very end. The Embassy bomber had evidence thrown out b/c of the “fruit of the poisonous tree” legal argument. Using that isn’t the fact that the info came sans all the protections citizens have (enhanced interrogations are just a small part if you use the Constitution as the ruling authority) means we had no right to act upon the info?

    I applaud the action. I think it was legally and morally justified. I think the methods used were also both legally and morally justified.

    It is those who fought the GWB Admin tooth and nail and are now cheering BHO on who are the hypocrites. It is those who wanted to prosecute those very same people who eventually gave us UBL now knocking themselves out to cheer on and revel in what they were so adamantly opposed to a few years ago who are the hypocrites.

    Let them either admit that their ideas have changed or admit that they were never really opposed to the policies but only to the President and Party in power at the time.

  • TerryDo

    trica says:
    He was shot in the head above the eye because they did not know if he had his body booby trapped, as to avoid killing themselves (Seals) while killing Osama. The shot above eye was to instantly incapacitate him, so that he could not activate any booby traps! Standard law enforcement SWAT practices.
    *****************
    The operation took place at a fortified compound on the outskirts of … The raid happened at some time between 0000 and 0130 local time on Monday …

    The raid took place between midnight and one thirty a.m. in the morning.
    Osama and his family more than likely were asleep; they certainly did not expect to be attacked.

    Do you expect me or anyone else to believe that Osama sleeps with booby traps all over his body every night just in case there is a raid, on his compound?

    They did not need to shot Osama in the face and now the 12 year old tells police that the soldiers shot Osama in front of the family, if true, indicates they had him under control..

    Good that Osama is dead, should have could have been sooner.

  • valkyrie101

    ndanielson said:
    Then when will 0bama renounce his being an infidel?

    Look, bin laden is gone, forget him.

  • valkyrie101

    More Liberty5 said:
    He’s not going to fade away. The area where the twin towers stood is still empty. We are still in Afghanistan – US soldiers are still fighting and dying.

    …but Usama is dead and justice has been done.

  • Kitsune

    The_Reasonable_Lib said:
    I would say let the vast right-wing fringe conspiracy bullshit begin, but it already has with Beck and his kool-aid guzzling followers. I’m sure we’ll have to read comments from the dumbasses who will also try to excuse it like they do everything else. I say keep it up! Drive the independents further and further into the welcoming arms of the calm black man.

    If he wants ANY shot at THIS independent, he’s going to have to fire Cass Sunstein, and you know damn well he won’t do that.

  • trica

    @TerryDo

    Bin Laden was dressed, he had almost a $1000.00, phones #s, and other papers sewn into his clothing. The seals know their job.

  • Gasket

    TerryDo said:
    Do you expect me or anyone else to believe that Osama sleeps with booby traps all over his body every night just in case there is a raid, on his compound?

    They did not need to shot Osama in the face and now the 12 year old tells police that the soldiers shot Osama in front of the family, if true, indicates they had him under control..

    They did not know! The standard procedure is to assume the worst case scenario. Giving the benefit of doubt to a terrorist gets you killed. This was not a police raid.

  • TerryDo

    Wasn’t there a tale wherein someone will be assassinated and that assassination will start WWIII could Osama be the person they were referring to?

    Or was it a prophecy fforetold?

  • Grammie

    Gasket said:
    They did not know! The standard procedure is to assume the worst case scenario. Giving the benefit of doubt to a terrorist gets you killed. This was not a police raid.

    If it was a police raid, especially by a SWAT type team they would make the exact same assumptions and act exactly the same and correctly so!

    TerryDo, do you seriously think that those men who had already put themselves willingly and gladly into such a high risk situation should have just taken the chance b/c you, who is obviously leaning back in your safe little armchair, can’t think of a scenario where UBL and/or the compound was booby trapped b/c he was in bed.

    What if there were a control that he could use at the last second to blow the building and all those close to kingdom come. Would you be so sanguine that UBL hadn’t a dead mans switch to use if he had been able to take a step or two.

    Get real!

  • Alz

    The Lantern of Truth said:
    2009 Obama released CIA memos and wanted to release 2000 prisoner photos sure to inflame the Middle East .

    “Mr Obama’s decision to release the four memos came after the most divisive argument yet in his young administration, which passes the landmark of 100 days next Wednesday.

    He was opposed by Leon Panetta, his CIA chief, who argued for redactions of key passages, and John Brennan, a former senior CIA official who is now the top counter-terrorism adviser at the White House.

    The most enthusiastic support for the release came from Eric Holder, Mr Obama’s attorney general and the man who will decide whether former Bush administration officials should face prosecution, and his legal counsel Gregory Craig. ”

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/5215068/Barack-Obama-to-release-up-to-2000-photographs-of-prisoner-abuse.html

    Obama is not too bright , is he ?

    Thank you! It just shows how corrupt the regular media is by covering for Obama and lying to us. Leaving this information out is lying by omission – something that one would expect journalism school to teach..

  • skyfet

    joe7 said:
    you can’t be serious…

    So they killed an armed man…he had a human shield… wait no?

    I don’t see reason not to believe Osama’s dead even though its based on the changing word of a few very high ranking officials. When people are dying and billions are being spent; with such far reaching covert ops in foreign lands; you don’t think they have any responsibility to the American people at all when showing them the results of such? What are people who question the WMD claims wmddenialers or something?

    At least we know where you stand on transparency with wars and deaths of Americans in these wars. They should be able to do whatever they want overseas and one is a conspiracy nut for wanting voters and citizens to at least know what’s going on. Just look at all those conspiracy nuts questioning Bush over Iraq, Afghanistan and waterboardering amirite?

    ndanielson said:
    I think skypets is a better name than sheep, or lemmings for 0bama followers.

    I’ve got news for you both, you might be Deathers without knowing it.

  • Gasket
  • Pablo

    TerryDo said:
    Do you expect me or anyone else to believe that Osama sleeps with booby traps all over his body every night just in case there is a raid, on his compound?

    Gee, could the most wanted man in the world, a man wanted for sending out suicide bombers, possibly have a doomsday plan of his own? Perhaps we should have asked him over tea.

  • Tedderman

    The good news is, without the release of the “death photo,” there can be no long form death photo forthcoming.

  • CAconservative

    The timing isn’t right. We can look forward to it being “LEAKED-OUT”, when Obimbo needs it to bolster his sagging ratings, and his defunct bid for reelection.

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