Go ahead and release the real one...
UPDATE: This article from ABC News says that a photo has been prepared for release…
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Lots of people talking about whether or not the Obama administration should release photographic proof of Osama Bin Laden’s death. As in, the close up of his blown-away skull, with blood, brains, and skull fragments in all of it’s beautiful glory. Jake Tapper at ABC News says the White House is debating the issue today.
The administration is still weighing whether to release photos of bin Laden’s corpse and video of his swift burial at sea. Officials were reluctant to inflame Islamic sentiment by showing graphic images of the body. But they were also eager to address the mythology already building in Pakistan and beyond that bin Laden was somehow still alive.
Do I want to see the pictures? Yeah, I do actually. But I don’t need to see them. While I don’t believe a word Obama ever says, the fact that the US Navy SEALS are saying they killed him, verified that it was him, and then said they dumped his lifeless body into the cold, dark sea — well, the word of US Navy SEALS is more than good enough for me. I don’t need any additional proof.
As for whether or not the White House should release them or not? I’m indifferent on it, though I lean more towards release it than don’t release it.
The primary reason some oppose it is that it would further “inflame” the adherents of the Religion of Perpetual Outrage™. Which it would. But so what? How much more outraged could they be than they already are over the death of this unholy (but very holey) piece of shark chum? How much more could they possibly hate us already? Our “friends” and “allies” in Pakistan are already in the streets mourning his loss. As Michelle Malkin noted “about the tired old concerns that photos/video might “enflame” the Muslim world, when is it not enflamed?
In fact, that it will inflame the unholy goat rapers into fits of spitting rage is all the more reason I’d like to see ‘em release the photos.
I’d especially like to see the video of his body sliding off the flat-board and into the dark waters. That would make me feel a bit better.
We saw our Twin Towers crumble to the ground; we watched people jump from impossible heights rather than burn to death. Plus, I don’t remember the Adherents of the Religion of Pieces withholding the images of the Daniel Pearl and Eugene Armstrong beheadings in order to not “inflame” Americans. So…show ‘em.
An argument in favor of releasing them is that it will quell conspiracy nutjobs from…well…coming up with nutjob conspiracies.
No it wouldn’t. Photos of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon (or ,according to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, on Mars) only fueled the idiots who believed it was filmed in a movie studio.
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Yes, yes, yes!!!! My new FB profile pic!
Like you, all I need is the word of our Spec Warriors. They would never lie about this or for anyone. Honor is a way of life for these men, unlike the Poseur In Chief.
Fine with me either way, though I don’t really like the idea of children being exposed to the images, knowing what a .45ACP round does to a human skull, first hand. In my experience, a young man was shot in the back of the head from a few inches away and his entire face(and most of the contents of his head) were gone. Images like that are shocking to talk about, and even more shocking to view.
Parents should monitor what their kids see. I lost 2 best friends in the 9/11 attacks. Post that shit ASAP.
Ooops, cookies cleared. The above statement was from me. I never go anonymous.
I agree they should, but in this day and age once that image is out there, it is out there for anyone with any form of communication, smart phone, blackberry, computer or ipad.
ONLY IF THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS.
BUT THE GORE OF SAVAGES LIKE THE MUSLIMS LOOKS GOOD.
Having waded through blood and guts, if I had the option of erasing some of those images from my mind, I would gladly do so.
There is no fool proof way of making those images of Butt Nuggetts dead body unavailable to young children, once they get on the innernut. That is my only concern. I don’t have any concerns about the sensitivities of muslims, just innocence being robbed from young children.
Let me guess, you’re call yourself a christian too. Do you need to see pictures, really?! Did we need to see pictures of people jumping from the Trade Centers in a glossy photo book released by Time??? FUCK NO! The moral decay of this country is at the hands of the hypocrites claiming christian morals and Freedom, Freedom, Freedom all the while committing every sin in the good book and wanting to take freedoms away from the people that don’t think like them. This mentality is a disgrace to this Country, our founding fathers, Jesus and the big guy upstairs or what ever the fuck you’in believe!
Bad case of moonbatitis, there barry’sboy-toy.
I actually am not in favor of releasing the photos, you SanFrancisco fudge factory. You live in that rancid toilet water town and lecture us about moral decay?
Too fucking funny.
The fact that you and I breathe in and out inflames islamists. I say release these pictures of bin laden with his brains blown out. And print them on the one dollar bill…in God we trust….if you fuck with us you’ll look like this.
I JUST RESENT THE SHIT OUT OF THE “NANNIES” THAT BELIEVE WE ARE NOT MATURE ENOUGH TO HANDLE OBM’S HEAD WITH A COUPLE OF EXTRA HOLES IN IT.
we paid for ‘em, let’s see ‘em already!
Yes Release the photos. I believe whats exposed now a days to children alike, a picture of this dirt bag with a bullet hole in his brainless head is nothing. Being in the US Marines 4 years and serving my country with honor, I believe we are all due some sort of closure.
Semper Fi! Thank you for your service to our beautiful country
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