Just In: Osama is dead

[Targan]

Originally Posted by Cdnwolf

A few people would add George W to that list...

Indeed.

[Cdnwolf]

I totally agree with Moh....

But how about this scenario.... if the world thinks you are dead... and you are held hidden in some safehouse... imagine the techniques they will employ to get you to talk... and then just dump your body afterwards...

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by copeab

The one thing I am celebrating is that this killed the royal wedding coverage on American TV. Even the Alabama tornadoes couldn't preempt the royal wedding coverage ...

I've been sick as hell since Wednesday night -- been bed most of the time. I can't help but think the Royal Wedding coverage didn't help with that...

[Targan]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I've been sick as hell since Wednesday night -- been bed most of the time. I can't help but think the Royal Wedding coverage didn't help with that...

There were some bright moments in the royal wedding coverage... Pippa Middleton's arse for instance. Very spankable.

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by Targan

There were some bright moments in the royal wedding coverage... Pippa Middleton's arse for instance. Very spankable.

I agree and I think the entire world does. Even my wife thinks so.

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by Targan

Pippa Middleton's arse for instance. Very spankable.

Damn! I missed that!
*searches net for pics*

[Ramjam]

I think everybody the world over is happy that OBL's rightful end put a stop to the Royal wedding stories. And that includes the couple involved.

And as for Pippa's dress. I'm just glad I wasn't performing the wedding service. My eyes would be fixed on her and my tongue on the floor.

Quick change of subject I think.

Ok, back to OBL. Yes there will be more attacks in his names as a means to reveage him butwith all the attacks we've had over the last 10 years since 9/11 who can say we wouldn't have anymore attacks if he was still alive.

I very much doubt this war on terror will be over in my life time (I'm pushing 40 now), but if in one day more moons down the road if can bring a more peaceful world than surely the it's worth it in the long run.

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by Ramjam

Ok, back to OBL.

Why? She is a much better subject.

[Mahatatain]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

I'm with Mo on this. Yes it's good he's been found and ended, but he was just one small and almost insignificant cog in an relatively massive machine. Some sources state that he wasn't even involved in AQ in a significant role since the 9th of September 2001.
Basically he was a figurehead, one head of the hydra which will soon be replaced.

While I agree with you that OBL has been uninvolved in AQs operations for quite a number of years (and it's more of an ideology than a structured movement anyway) there are suggestions that with his death (and with the death of Sheikh Sa'id about a year ago) that AQ will find it significantly more difficult to raise funds. Therefore his loss is significant to AQ, though not as much as certain elements of the western media would have you believe!

Have a look at the following article:

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/d...war-on-terror/

[Mahatatain]

Originally Posted by Mohoender

Why? She is a much better subject.

Just for those who've somehow missed Pippa Middleton....



(that's the best photo I can access on my work computer! )

[dragoon500ly]

Ah Pippa! Such a lovely dress....and all I can think about is....what was underneath?

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Targan

There were some bright moments in the royal wedding coverage... Pippa Middleton's arse for instance. Very spankable.

One commentator called her "the hottest maid-of-honor in the world."

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

One commentator called her "the hottest maid-of-honor in the world."

Not only one. A french commentator made almost the same statement.

[Panther Al]

To push it slightly back on track... er... *looks at pics* um... Yeah, back on track. Yeah.

Anyways, dunno who all reads the The Whiteboard, but the best joke I have heard yet about it was told there:

Refering to the burial at sea, the real reason is they didn't want Elton John showing up and singing "A sandal in the Bin.."

[dragoon500ly]

Reference to OBL's burial at sea.....I wonder who signed off on the environmental impact statement?

Such a lovely...err dress!!!!

[95th Rifleman]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

One commentator called her "the hottest maid-of-honor in the world."

I bet Harry has an interest

[Tegyrius]

Originally Posted by dragoon500ly

Reference to OBL's burial at sea.....I wonder who signed off on the environmental impact statement?

Don't worry. The remains dispersed pretty quickly once the sharks smelled the bourbon-infused bacon shroud.

- C.

[Cdnwolf]

Originally Posted by 95th Rifleman

I bet Harry has an interest

Made Harry's date look frumpy! And did you see that stupid hat that Princess Beatrice was wearing... wtf!!

[Legbreaker]

I heard one person comment that it looks like a toilet seat...

[Targan]

Originally Posted by Cdnwolf

And did you see that stupid hat that Princess Beatrice was wearing... wtf!!

Oh I don't know. I thought Beatrice's hat was an inspired choice. It drew attention away from her powerfully ugly face.

[dragoon500ly]

I remember waking up after a glorious party, hung-over like you wouldn't belive....and I swear I saw that hat coming out of the wall after me!!!

The horror, the horror!

[dragoon500ly]

Originally Posted by Tegyrius

Don't worry. The remains dispersed pretty quickly once the sharks smelled the bourbon-infused bacon shroud.

- C.

Won't do, just won't do....now you have PO'ed the animal rights activatists for feeding booze and jacking the cholestral count on those poor sharks!!!!

[WallShadow]

Originally Posted by dragoon500ly

Won't do, just won't do....now you have PO'ed the animal rights activatists for feeding booze and jacking the cholestral count on those poor sharks!!!!

Well, you could make chum by tossing his body, a dog corpse, a pig corpse, a few frogs, and some used feminine hygiene products through a Troy-bilt chipper/shredder to make everything quite unclean--for eternity.

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by WallShadow

Well, you could make chum by tossing his body, a dog corpse, a pig corpse, a few frogs, and some used feminine hygiene products through a Troy-bilt chipper/shredder to make everything quite unclean--for eternity.

I might misunderstand what I'm reading but I have the troubling feeling that this last comment should have been avoided.

[Sanjuro]

An anagram of Osama bin Laden is
lob da man in sea.

Then there is the new special at Starbucks, the bin Latte:

Tall, skinny, quite dark with a frothy head with two shots in it!

[dragoon500ly]

Well, there was an ole NYPD ditty that went along the lines of...

"Twice to the chest and twice to the head and the asshole will be dead, dead, dead!"


Or to quote an old Army buddy...

"They should have flex-corded him to a satchel charge with a two-minute fuse...that would have been justice!"


On the other hand, we have a Vietnam era former SEAL...who is cheerfully accepting drinks from everyone in the office....in honor of his fellow SEALS...the SOB won't be sober enough to work until some time in mid-2012!!!!

[WallShadow]

Originally Posted by Mohoender

I might misunderstand what I'm reading but I have the troubling feeling that this last comment should have been avoided.

If the comment troubles you, Mohoender, you understand the concept behind it--to truly tick off Osama's friends in a really lasting personally and culturally-specific offensive manner. Whether it would make them think twice about ever dealing harshly again with the crazy defiling infidels--who knows, it might. Unfortunately, it would probably also make our Muslim _friends_ very unhappy too.

There are bits and pieces of about 3000 Americans that were buried with the wreckage of the result of Osama's whims, because they couldn't be separated from the ruins. They wouldn't be too happy about what happened to them, or the manner in which it happened. Some of those killed were Muslim, so OBL gains no points for being a hero of his supposed religion, which has no bearing on the actual contents of the Qu'ran.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Originally Posted by WallShadow

If the comment troubles you, Mohoender, you understand the concept behind it--to truly tick off Osama's friends in a really lasting personally and culturally-specific offensive manner. Whether it would make them think twice about ever dealing harshly again with the crazy defiling infidels--who knows, it might. Unfortunately, it would probably also make our Muslim _friends_ very unhappy too.

There are bits and pieces of about 3000 Americans that were buried with the wreckage of the result of Osama's whims, because they couldn't be separated from the ruins. They wouldn't be too happy about what happened to them, or the manner in which it happened. Some of those killed were Muslim, so OBL gains no points for being a hero of his supposed religion, which has no bearing on the actual contents of the Qu'ran.

While I don't support the vengeance/revenge motive behind most comments about bin Laden's death (especially the dancing in the streets which just makes Americans look exactly like the badguys who danced in the streets when they displayed the bodies of US pilots shot down in Iraq), I am broadly in agreement with what WallShadow has said except for one point.
The death toll for the September 11th attacks wasn't approximately 3000 Americans. Although citizens of the USA obviously make up the majority of victims (approximately 2600) some 12% were foreign nationals. Ninety two countries lost people in those attacks, the United Kingdom alone losing over 60 people and India losing 41.

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by WallShadow

If the comment troubles you, Mohoender, you understand the concept behind it

Obviously, yes I did. Altough my comment was in no way a defense of "Bin Machin", it simply comes from a simple fact: no reason to give way to hatred.

He is dead, fine.
May he rest in hell (I don't believe in that but fine).
About those who died from his exactions, may they rest in peace. They need your respect and consideration, not your hatred.

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic

The death toll for the September 11th attacks wasn't approximately 3000 Americans. Although citizens of the USA obviously make up the majority of victims (approximately 2600) some 12% were foreign nationals. Ninety two countries lost people in those attacks, the United Kingdom alone losing over 60 people and India losing 41.

Thank you for reminding that.