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Osama Bin Laden is DEAD.; Best day ever.
Topic Started: May 1 2011, 08:41 PM (2,875 Views)
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I kind of feel like I did when Saddam Hussein was hung. While I think these were very. bad. men. and deserved what they got, their demise was anti-climactic for me. It makes me sad to say that the world can be a very cruel place and it is disturbing how much evil and pain human beings can inflict upon each other. Just because OBL is gone does not mean that Al Queda will roll over and die as well. I think that if anything killing him will only fuel the flame and boost his status as a martyr and encourage people to continue his work.

War has no winners. This will not go away. There will always be bad people. If not him, someone else. If not tomorrow, then sometime in the future. There is suffering all over the world. Gosh I'm depressing.

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Fishy...Olde Speckled Hen...my new favorite. ;)
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May 2 2011, 06:15 PM
Fishy...Olde Speckled Hen...my new favorite. ;)
I don't get it?! :huh:
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Speaking of using his junior wife as a shield, in the 3.5 hour(!) commute I had out to the barn this evening because some idiots apparently can't drive and continue to crash into one another during rush hour I heard a piece on WAMU (public radio) where they were interviewing a former navy seal and expert and the radio commentator asked about the wife, something to the extent of "is it normal procedure to kill an innocent wife/is it acceptable that the wife died" and I just about reached through the the radio and throttled the woman--um, yeah, because there's normal protocol for this? I'm sure at the moment he threw his wife in front of himself his people were also firing back at the US soldiers and it wasn't like they had a moment to figure out how to extract themselves safely and make sure the wife didn't get hit in the fire--seriously? How could someone ask a question like that? As if this type of thing happens everyday and there's some normal protocol that was crossed. Seriously?
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May 2 2011, 06:57 PM
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May 2 2011, 06:15 PM
Fishy...Olde Speckled Hen...my new favorite. ;)
I don't get it?! :huh:
It's a beer my love :) A very very GOOD beer.
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I knew he was not in a cave! Just saying! As for the wife what a coward he was! Such a big man until it really mattered!
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May 2 2011, 04:35 PM
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May 2 2011, 12:39 PM
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May 2 2011, 12:37 PM
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May 2 2011, 12:28 PM
Oh c'mon guys.. Osama.. Obama.. one letter difference. Which to me, is probably the reason the media is now referring to him as Usama.

For the record, I'm not the one who said that first, a group of friends and I were talking and one noticed that the spelling had changed.
seriously? seriously? You find this funny? I find the Daily Show Funny. I find Dumb and Dumber funny. I even found "Old School" funny.

and the "I'm not the one who said it first"--that goes over my head too.

Let's get back to talking about ponies here before my head spins off.

Yup, I think it's funny that the media has all of the sudden changed the spelling. Call me weird, doesn't bother me.

Oh - I'm not sure why the second comment went over your head.. it's pretty cut & dry.

LOL, see this is why I never get involved in political talk.
The only place I have seen the spelling "Usama" consistently over the past ten years has been FOX news... still haven't seen it spelled that way on any of the other venues... I don't care which is more or less correct... he is DEAD and that is all that matters.

I did see something floating in around fb... and admit to posting it on my wall...

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Let's be clear on this: OBAMA did NOT kill Bin Laden. An American soldier, who Obama just a few weeks ago was debating on whether or not to PAY, did. Obama just happened to be the one in office when our soldiers finally found OBL and took him out. This is NOT an Obama victory, but an AMERICAN victory!! God Bless our soldiers and their families for their sacrifices they make to keep us safe!!


Yeah it's Fox I'm referring to. Only news channel I watch.

I agree with that quote! I'm proud to say the Seals that found him are from right here in Virginia Beach!
Edited by kady05, May 2 2011, 07:51 PM.
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Let's be clear on this: OBAMA did NOT kill Bin Laden. An American soldier, who Obama just a few weeks ago was debating on whether or not to PAY, did. Obama just happened to be the one in office when our soldiers finally found OBL and took him out. This is NOT an Obama victory, but an AMERICAN victory!! God Bless our soldiers and their families for their sacrifices they make to keep us safe!! <-----THIS PART IS A QUOTE IT CAME UP FUNNY. NOT MY WORDS.




----> THIS PART MY WORDS:

No more then Bin Laden killed all the Americans - it was not he that flew the airplanes that caused all the 9-1-1 deaths.....
Edited by DairyQueen2049, May 3 2011, 01:33 PM.
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Well I LOVE beer!!! We had a beer tasting event in town a few weekends ago and I had the yummiest chili beer!!!! Spicy!
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Well you learn really fast who you would want in your rowboat...

Fishy...girl you are so IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chili beer you say? :yes: Try the Olde Speckled hen...in the tall cans. ;) Me thinks you will like it!
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I want you in my row boat!
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I want you too Steph!! Al and Rosie can come too ;) ...and the kittehs
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Big boat eh? Angel pup says hey what about me?
Edited by gunnar, May 3 2011, 06:21 AM.
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I don't want to make waves here but I find it interesting that some of the posters who seem to be the most disgusted by it are not Americans. That man spearheaded something that cut our country to the core and I just don't know if you can fully understand how we all felt on 9/11 if you aren't an american.


American AND Washingtonian here. My family is incredibly political. I lost friends in this war. This one's complicated, because I don't generally celebrate death. I would prefer to celebrate life, but his life was not one to be celebrated. But I'm still not sure how dancing in the streets is the answer, exactly, in fact I find it to be really over the top.

A friend posted this on facebook and I thought it was an interesting perspective:

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I posted this because of my own intense discomfort over rejoicing over death and the outright glee I heard on the radio on the way in and over the internet about the killing of Bin Laden... and the desire that the death had been slower and ...more painful. I rejoice over justice. I rejoice over freedom and honor and truth and goodwill. I'll rejoice heartily when the troops come home. I respect and honor the emotion behind wanting to feel relief over the elimination of Bin Laden, but I'll not participate in any joy over death. It dishonors those who have died in the 9/11 attacks, those who have died in the War on Terror and those who are still fighting and facing death everyday.


FWIW, I thought the best typo was in the Washington Post, where they said that George Bush had called for Obama dead or alive.
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When Bush spoke on 9/11, I was in a packed bar with active, retired military and midshipmen (mids) in their final year at USNA. I will never forget looking at their faces while they watched their Commander in Chief speak, especially the mids. Enough time has passed, that I wonder if any of those mids I saw that night played a part in this since their selection board granted their SEALS request.

War is war and it would be super duper if every thing was rainbows and lollipops.

I found it very interesting the USS CARL VINSON conducted "evil dude that can no longer plot terrorist attacks" burial at sea and was also the first launch airstrikes during OEF. The USS CARL VINSON provided relief effort for the 2010 Haiti earthquake, as well. (Kady05 ... she was built in Virginia.)
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