If you can't kill Bin Laden in person, what a better way than to kill him in the media.
Maybe this is the only way the US will be able to kill Bin Laden...in essence problem solved....
Think about it:
1. Smooths things over with Pakistan
2. Any subsequent video or audio from the Bin Man can be construed as doctored....
3. Eases up the world stress he causes
4. Gives US an excuse to stop spending Billions on Homeland Security
If another Terrorist strike occurs....and I'm sure it will, it will be claimed as someone else unrelated to Bin Laden.
Thoughts?
2006-09-23 07:36:54 · 16 answers · asked by Gurn B 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
i dont know if he's dead or not, i hope he is though. i dont wish death on anyone in most cases, but he is the exception.
it would have been much better to have caught him, and i think you're right about it solving problems, but i bet Bush wont pull us out of anywhere anytime soon. and the reports are saying that bin laden may have died of typhoid, but i bet bush will put a spin on it that takes credit for it somehow. just like when the guys in the UK prevented the terrorists from getting on the plane last month and Bush talked about the great job "we" did.
2006-09-23 07:47:31 · answer #1 · answered by hellion210 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The report of Bin Ladin's death is a RUMOR at this point, but one that the govmnt thinks has a somewhat strong weight to it. The story is not planted for some reason as to smoke Bin Laden out of his retreat, for if it is a lie, Bin Ladin could always make a videotape showing that its a lie. The previous videotapes of him have not yielded his secret refuge so far, so there would be no point for the govnmt to try this now. Most likely, the informant source of this leak is a creditable one, that is why they are giving it some possible credibilty.
The West can't kill Bin Ladin in the media. They're not stupid. He'd just make another tape showing them wrong & dumb, or liars. There are professional ways of proving whether or not a tape has been doctored or not. They've been testing all of them so far..
2006-09-23 14:52:05 · answer #2 · answered by Bronweyn 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You act as if the death of Usama bin Laden (UBL)would stop all terrorism and we would no longer need to worry about our security. What a naive position! You even condradict yourself by saying that you are sure there will be another terrorist strike. If you believe this, why would you want to dismantle homeland security?
Think about this, buddy:
1) The terrrorists wish to destroy the Jewish state and the USA.
2) They seek world domination and will kill anyone who does not convert to their religion.
3) UBL's death would not stop the terrorists from continuing to try and achieve their goals, so why try to make up such a story?
4) Just what are you saying is being covered up? Your question makes no sense as worded.
2006-09-23 14:54:21 · answer #3 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that won't solve all of our problems, especially because the U.S. gov't WANTS to be over there doing this. Oil, money, religion, theories of western supremacy, there are so many reasons they're over there besides retaliation for 9/11 and U.S.S. Cole.
BUT, one thing I do agree with you on is the fact that media does play such an important role in how we view things. The majority of Americans would feel better if we "got rid" or bin Laden. The rest of us realize that that's not an end all be all solution.
2006-09-23 14:41:20 · answer #4 · answered by it's me! 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
how can so many people be so easily taken in if the US goverment had really wanted bin Laden why did they private jet all the Bin Laden family out of the US a couple of days after 9/11 when all other flights were grounded .it was all over the TV here and if he is so clever no one could find him, why couldn`t he think up his own terrorist name so the CIA or who ever ,had to come up with Al Qadar for him
2006-09-23 15:13:26 · answer #5 · answered by keny 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't really think it matters if Bin Laden dies or not. There will be someone else to rise up and take his place. His death wouldn't be the end of terrorism... don't people realize this?
2006-09-23 14:49:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Or, if another terroist strike happens, they can claim (like on soap operas) that Bin Laden came back to life!
2006-09-23 14:44:21 · answer #7 · answered by nido_tr3s 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the guy died in 98 - and that they have been using him as a justification ever since - so if they "kill" him it will only be the end of this story line in the CIA script
2006-09-23 14:43:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
personally i think that bin laden isn't dead and all those things you claimed are right on. hes not dead the government makes it look that way so they can have their way
2006-09-23 14:41:15 · answer #9 · answered by silent 1r 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It gives the Bush Administration a gold star on their collective forehead. They didn't earn it though.
2006-09-23 14:40:56 · answer #10 · answered by Active Denial System™ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋