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Obama Says He Will Not Release Bin Laden Photo

I don't know whether it should be release, I cannot decide.

Don't feel alone. I am in the same boat. But I guess that is why there are people who know more about the actual situation than you and I do that are calling the shots on this.
 
If you think ever more appeasement is the answer you should check how that's worked in Western Europe.

Obama may be a lot of negative things, but if you really believe that he is an appeaser, then think again. It was only 3 weeks into his presidency when he gave the go on the mission that killed the Somali pirates who were holding hostages. What he is doing now is not appeasement, but weighing the release of the photos against compromising American security.
 
Obama may be a lot of negative things, but if you really believe that he is an appeaser, then think again. It was only 3 weeks into his presidency when he gave the go on the mission that killed the Somali pirates who were holding hostages. What he is doing now is not appeasement, but weighing the release of the photos against compromising American security.

Grant has a rather "special" view of the world.
 
Obama may be a lot of negative things, but if you really believe that he is an appeaser, then think again. It was only 3 weeks into his presidency when he gave the go on the mission that killed the Somali pirates who were holding hostages. What he is doing now is not appeasement, but weighing the release of the photos against compromising American security.


I think he has improved a lot since he first commenced his presidency with his world apology tour.

What he is doing, and said he is doing, is not releasing the photos for fear of aggravating Muslims.

He also spoke out against freedom of speech in the United States for the same reason.
 
Don't feel alone. I am in the same boat. But I guess that is why there are people who know more about the actual situation than you and I do that are calling the shots on this.

Yes, and the people calling the shots are saying no, don't release the photos. Why not?

It would just inflame passions and serve as a terrorist recruiting tool.
The "deathers" who say the story is a hoax would just say the photo was a fake.
We don't need to descend to the level of the people we're fighting.
 
Don't feel alone. I am in the same boat. But I guess that is why there are people who know more about the actual situation than you and I do that are calling the shots on this.

Yeah, isn't he the same President that said "Sure go ahead... video and photograph coffins returning of Dead Americans."
 
The government didn't want photos of flag draped coffins because no Americans were supposed to die in the elective war against Iraq, you know, the one that wasn't supposed to last even six months, that was supposed to get Saddam's WMD, that had nothing to do with 9/11, and that was supposed to have been paid for by Iraqi oil, that war.

You do remember it, don't you? Of course, it was over back in 2002, so it's ancient history now, but the news clips of Iraqis cheering the liberating army were wonderful, weren't they?

Isn't the mutability of the past a wonderful thing?
 
Yes, and the people calling the shots are saying no, don't release the photos. Why not?

It would just inflame passions and serve as a terrorist recruiting tool.
The "deathers" who say the story is a hoax would just say the photo was a fake.
We don't need to descend to the level of the people we're fighting.

That would make sense if the photos of the other dead people weren't released. So it's okay to show the dead body of relatively annonymous bad guy but not a celebrity?

As for bad sentiment by our enemies? Who the **** cares!!!? They were are enemies before, they are our enemies now and if you asked a single one, "Would you stop being our enemy if we don't release the photos?", the answer would be negative.
 
That would make sense if the photos of the other dead people weren't released. So it's okay to show the dead body of relatively annonymous bad guy but not a celebrity?

As for bad sentiment by our enemies? Who the **** cares!!!? They were are enemies before, they are our enemies now and if you asked a single one, "Would you stop being our enemy if we don't release the photos?", the answer would be negative.

Osama Bin Laden is a "celebrity"?

The bottom line is that there is no upside to showing the photo.
 
Osama Bin Laden is a "celebrity"?

The bottom line is that there is no upside to showing the photo.

The upside would be that Americans would not now be arguing with each other and debating an issue that should have resolved immediately.

A leader would have released the photos immediately, with an appropriate warning, and the controversy would have disappeared long ago. As it is it will remain unresolved and the debate will continue. That's what happens when there is no serious leadership, and this result was quite predictable..
 
The upside would be that Americans would not now be arguing with each other and debating an issue that should have resolved immediately.

You're beating a dead horse... The only argument and debate is between the Reps and their biased media. All loyal Americans should believe their president, because he's in a better position to know all the facts.

ricksfolly
 
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Dumbest thing I've ever heard. "We'll definitely release it" "No, it might make people mad we can't release it."

Dumb.. .all around dumb.

He probably realized after his birth certificate debacle that people in the public know how to use photoshop and can determine just how fake the photos are and will raise further doubts that the story we are told reflects the truth. (ie : OBL has been dead for years.)
 
You're beating a dead horse... The only argument and debate is between the Reps and their biased media. All loyal Americans should believe their president, because he's in a better position to know all the facts.

ricksfolly

It's clear that despite your opinion the American people are still divided on the subject and that this divisiveness will continue. Now it's gone so far that anyone who is critical of the decision has their loyalty being questioned, and in fact some have made charges of 'racism" as well.

That's a result of the man's weak leadership, nothing else. Give them a strong leader and they'll be a strong people. Give them a weak leader and these sorts of arguments will continue.
 
He probably realized after his birth certificate debacle that people in the public know how to use photoshop and can determine just how fake the photos are and will raise further doubts that the story we are told reflects the truth. (ie : OBL has been dead for years.)

Or that some people are so deranged and in the thick of conspiracy theories that they will question literally anything that comes out. Some people will always be nutcases.
 
All loyal Americans should believe their president, because he's in a better position to know all the facts.

ricksfolly

Truly the most inane comment I've seen on here so far....

Blind loyalty to his master. Thats called a servant

If Bush No 3 is elected in the future will you be so gung-ho to support ANYTHING he does or will you become a hypocrite?
 
The upside would be that Americans would not now be arguing with each other and debating an issue that should have resolved immediately.

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Of course they would.

He released that gory photo? He shouldn't have done that. He just did it for political points. What a (insert insult here) to have done that. Is it really him? I don't believe that is Bin Laden. That photo was faked. He's just going to inflame the terrorists anyway. Who cares about the terrorists? I thought we were trying to win hearts and minds. Oh, no, this is war! Who cares what jihadis think? Well, I'm sure it's really Bin Laden. Oh, you're just gullible. You can see where it was faked.


and on and on. Not arguing with one another? That will not happen if the photo is released. It will happen when pigs fly, Hell freezes, and San Francisco votes Republican.
 
Of course they would.

He released that gory photo? He shouldn't have done that. He just did it for political points. What a (insert insult here) to have done that. Is it really him? I don't believe that is Bin Laden. That photo was faked. He's just going to inflame the terrorists anyway. Who cares about the terrorists? I thought we were trying to win hearts and minds. Oh, no, this is war! Who cares what jihadis think? Well, I'm sure it's really Bin Laden. Oh, you're just gullible. You can see where it was faked.


and on and on. Not arguing with one another? That will not happen if the photo is released. It will happen when pigs fly, Hell freezes, and San Francisco votes Republican.

What would be the point in debating after the photos are released? It would be like debating his birth certificate after it was released.

Trying to hide things away in an open society never works, and BHO has not yet learned that. His bungling of the story following the success of the Seals only highlights his incompetence..
 
and on and on. Not arguing with one another? That will not happen if the photo is released. It will happen when pigs fly, Hell freezes, and San Francisco votes Republican.

Geez....like bullet trajectory. Was he hit from the back, sideways, front?

Just how many hits?....

Just sayin for historical reasons

Are you cool with that?
 
the only real reason to release the photo would be as proof it was Bin Laden. Al Queda has already admittted it was him.

No real compelling reason to release the photo remains.
 
I think he is wise not to release the photo. That will give the birther's something new to whine about and keep them occupied and out of the way.
 
I think he is wise not to release the photo. That will give the birther's something new to whine about and keep them occupied and out of the way.

That's assuming the birthers and deathers are the same people.

But I've changed my mind on this; I now agree that not releasing them was probably a good idea.
 
What difference would it make? There are terror threats all over the place right now. Check out Drudge today.
 
Or that some people are so deranged and in the thick of conspiracy theories that they will question literally anything that comes out. Some people will always be nutcases.

Here's the 9 times he was reported dead :

1 - 2001: FOXNews.com - Report: Bin Laden Already Dead - U.S. & World
2 - 2002 : CNN.com - Pakistan's Musharraf: Bin Laden probably dead - January 18, 2002
3 - 2002 : FBI Official Thinks Bin Laden Is Dead - CBS News
4 - 2005 : Senator Harry Reid Told Osama Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan Earthquake
5 - 2006 : French Intelligence Also Suspects Osama bin Laden Is Dead
6 - 2007 : YouTube - Benazir Bhutto: Bin Laden was Murdered
7 - 2009 : The American Spectator : Osama bin Elvis
8 - 2009 : Zardari says Osama dead
9 - This escapade of resurrecting a dead guy to kill him again...

Thanks - http://www.corbettreport.com/osama-b...he-ninth-time/
 
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