Implications of Bin Laden's death?

Exile 1798 · 02-05-2011 09:19AM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Any psychological gain will have to be balanced against the 'The great Martyr Osama died fighting the Infidels' effect.

And unfortunately the scenes of jubilant American's celebrating the news of his death will only increase his legend and play right into Al-Queda's mythology.

mike65 · 02-05-2011 09:30AM

I'd say the most immediate effect could be some changes to the Obama itinery. He is due here in 3 weeks. Wonder if he will make a stop that is not of any real political need.

Chuck Stone · 02-05-2011 09:48AM

jank wrote: »

Bush was president for 8 years and it didn't happen. It is well known that Bush didn't want to appear too eager to go into Pakistan.

Also, Obama's Team America will be shown to have acted on good intelligence and got the job done surgically.

Bush's Team America 'acted' (created?) on bad intelligence and made an utter balls of things.

Poccington · 02-05-2011 10:26AM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Also, Obama's Team America will be shown to have acted on good intelligence and got the job done surgically.

Bush's Team America 'acted' (created?) on bad intelligence and made an utter balls of things.

You can guarantee the same people involved in putting together and carrying out the Op to kill Bin Laden were still doing the same job when Bush was in office.

This isn't an Obama/Bush thing. You can guarantee that for the ISI to give OBL up, either the boots on the ground either got completely concrete proof that OBL was living there or something big went on behind closed doors between the US and the ISI.

gandalf · 02-05-2011 10:28AM

As I said in the AH thread I fail to understand why the US forces could not have made a concerted effort to capture Bin Laden rather than carry out what appears to be a execution operation. If the US wanted to show the world that it behaves in a different manner than the terrorists that it rails against then this would have been the opportunity.

Instead they have given this vile man the heroes death that he must have longed for and the so called Jihad fresh oxygen to recruit a new generation of disillusioned to carry out acts of violence against innocent civilians (probably in their own countries). Surely it would have been preferable to let this man rot for years in a cell following a trial for the crimes that he was responsible for.

I hope that this does not act as a catalyst for acts of murder against innocents in any country but the cynic in me feels that it will.

metrovelvet · 02-05-2011 10:33AM

gandalf wrote: »

As I said in the AH thread I fail to understand why the US forces could not have made a concerted effort to capture Bin Laden rather than carry out what appears to be a execution operation. If the US wanted to show the world that it behaves in a different manner than the terrorists that it rails against then this would have been the opportunity.

Instead they have given this vile man the heroes death that he must have longed for and the so called Jihad fresh oxygen to recruit a new generation of disillusioned to carry out acts of violence against innocent civilians (probably in their own countries). Surely it would have been preferable to let this man rot for years in a cell following a trial for the crimes that he was responsible for.

I hope that this does not act as a catalyst for acts of murder against innocents in any country but the cynic in me feels that it will.

Ahh... I was looking forward to getting my civil rights back until I read this.

gandalf · 02-05-2011 10:35AM

metrovelvet wrote: »

Ahh... I was looking forward to getting my civil rights back until I read this.

Oh please you are guaranteed that there is another bogeyman being conjured up to replace OBL as the new "improved" number one public enemy

Poccington · 02-05-2011 10:38AM

gandalf wrote: »

As I said in the AH thread I fail to understand why the US forces could not have made a concerted effort to capture Bin Laden rather than carry out what appears to be a execution operation. If the US wanted to show the world that it behaves in a different manner than the terrorists that it rails against then this would have been the opportunity.

Instead they have given this vile man the heroes death that he must have longed for and the so called Jihad fresh oxygen to recruit a new generation of disillusioned to carry out acts of violence against innocent civilians (probably in their own countries). Surely it would have been preferable to let this man rot for years in a cell following a trial for the crimes that he was responsible for.

I hope that this does not act as a catalyst for acts of murder against innocents in any country but the cynic in me feels that it will.

In all fairness, nobody on here knows what went on during that Op or what went on when they faced him.

I highly doubt OBL would've allowed himself be taken alive. Though when they found him, he was doing his best impression of a coward, hiding behind a human shield, he'd never allow himself go into custody.

stoneill · 02-05-2011 10:39AM

The biggest implication:
There will deffo be a hollywood film made.

mike65 · 02-05-2011 10:39AM

Well they say the Navy Seals gave Bin Laden the opportunity to surrender but regardless of how true that is does anyone actually believe Ozzys Bin Liner would be willing to be paraded as a prisoner? Equally I don't think the Yanks would want him alive as he would be a focal point of far greater power behind US bars.

bmaxi · 02-05-2011 10:44AM

Jonny7 wrote: »

Just saw it mentioned that they buried his body as sea... oh sweet jesus, don't be true.. all the retard conspiracy theorists will have a field day with that

Probably so as not to create a martyr's shrine.
Now that the preoccupation with Bin Laden is gone, maybe the powers that be could turn their attention to the world's most successful terrorists, those that live in Wall St., Frankfurt etc.

gandalf · 02-05-2011 10:44AM

Poccington wrote: »

In all fairness, nobody on here knows what went on during that Op or what went on when they faced him.

Granted and tbh we probably never will.

Just from the coverage that I have seen of this so far it would appear that this was carried out with the aim of eliminating him.

I highly doubt OBL would've allowed himself be taken alive. Though when they found him, he was doing his best impression of a coward, hiding behind a human shield, he'd never allow himself go into custody.

Of course he wouldn't want himself to be captured alive which is precisely why that is what they should have been doing as their primary aim.

Instead they have handed him the martyrs death that he and the criminal organisation that he was the supposed head of wanted. One that will be used by extremists as a recruitment asset against the US and its allies.

blinding · 02-05-2011 10:53AM

Jaysus just think of the hassle of taking Bin Laden alive.

Where to jail him.

All kinds of nutters trying to pull stunts to free "Osa"

In fairness if "Osa" had any balls left at all he could'nt allow himself to be taken alive.

It was one of those operations where everybody got something out of it,

American and Pakistani securities = success

"Osa"= martydom, what else had he to achieve ?

Some informer/informers = loads of lolly

All in all pretty good day for everyone. Its not often you please pretty much all the people !

JustinDee · 02-05-2011 10:57AM

Maybe if they just sat on their hands and closed their eyes, he and his following would just go away? :rolleyes:

RandolphEsq · 02-05-2011 11:04AM

Apparently he was killed a year or two after 9/11. It was reported in the news then that he was so I am taking this news with a pinch of salt from the U.S. Department of Morale.

JustinDee · 02-05-2011 11:06AM

You choose to believe that news but not this news?
How come?

RandolphEsq · 02-05-2011 11:08AM

JustinDee wrote: »

You choose to believe that news but not this news?
How come?

I choose to neither believe nor disbelieve as I have no way of verifying the truth

Sierra Oscar · 02-05-2011 11:17AM

RandolphEsq wrote: »

Apparently he was killed a year or two after 9/11. It was reported in the news then that he was so I am taking this news with a pinch of salt from the U.S. Department of Morale.

Lawl to be honest if, as many conspiracy theorists suggest, this is merely a stroke to increase Obama's approval ratings before the presidential elections then he should have probably waited until closer to the election itself. Its still a year and a half away.

WIZE · 02-05-2011 11:30AM

Me thinks someone got the $25,000,000 reward

RandolphEsq · 02-05-2011 11:33AM

WIZE wrote: »

Me thinks someone got the $25,000,000 reward

It's funny, after watching Hannibal last night I went on the FBI website to see the '10 Most Wanted Fugitives'. He was there with a big fat reward for information leading to his arrest. He's still there now so they have to update it, oh the excitement of who will replace him!

mike65 · 02-05-2011 11:34AM

Ayman al-Zawahri is the new number one, I suspect he is already a dead man walking.

KeithAFC · 02-05-2011 11:40AM

This is truly great news.

Laminations · 02-05-2011 11:47AM

Great news. Serious questions need to be asked of the Pakistanis. And the security for Obamas visit here needs to be beefed up tremedously. Reprisals will likely be messy

WhiteRussian · 02-05-2011 11:48AM

KeithAFC wrote: »

This is truly great news.

I'm looking forward to the South Park episode that deals with the reactions of U.S. people to this news. An enemy created by the media, one man responsible for all the heartache and terror, now dead. As if somebody won't step in to take his place. Looking at some of the videos on YouTube you could be forgiven for thinking that U.S. people believe this is the end of terror.

Laminations · 02-05-2011 11:52AM

This is a great day for Muslims too, a man who has portrayed their religion in a twisted and hateful way is dead, celebrations on the streets?? or will the muslim reaction be shown as outrage and effigy burning

wes · 02-05-2011 12:27PM

Osama has been imho largely irrelevant for a while now. He wanted to create a mass movement, but he failed. Instead we have the Arab spring of largely peaceful protests taking down the dictators, that Osama wanted to get rid of. His death is just the final part of his utter failure to achieve any of his objectives.

COYW · 02-05-2011 12:37PM

jank wrote: »

One thing for sure, huge PR coup for Obama. If he can just give the economy a bit more puff then re-election is a sure thing.

I think this will help him secure another term. He hasn't a prayer with the economy.

southsiderosie · 02-05-2011 12:57PM

COYW wrote: »

I think this will help him secure another term. He hasn't a prayer with the economy.

The election is still 18 months away, which is an eternity in politics. I think his re-election (if it happens) will have more to do with the ineptness of Republicans than anything Obama does specifically.

Jonny7 · 02-05-2011 01:09PM

RandolphEsq wrote: »

Apparently he was killed a year or two after 9/11. It was reported in the news then that he was so I am taking this news with a pinch of salt from the U.S. Department of Morale.

Well common sense tells me its a rather large risk Obama is taking by lying that he's dead, because if he isn't, then a future video featuring Osama + that days newspaper is really gonna ruin his reelection chances

Photo/video of the corpse will go a long way towards killing the inevitable conspiracy theory

invinciblePRSTV · 02-05-2011 01:17PM

Mission accomplished. Well worth the decade long orgy of violence across Afganistan, Iraq and Pakistan perpetrated by the US military I say.

So can we expect the Americans to go home now from these area's?

Or, more likely, will we see them stay in these places long term fighting locals who are labelled as 'terrorists' whilst propping up puppet governments? Will they in fact ever leave these countries? somehow i doubt it.

Implications of Bin Laden's death?

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