# Obama announcing death of Osama bin Laden \[edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435 "2011-05-02T02:15:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/101 "2011-05-02T03:21:21Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > OK so… how do they know it’s definitely him? You’ve seen one old bearded Arab guy in a turban, you’ve seen them all. It’s being tentatively reported that he died April 24, but the testing only came through today(DNA testing). ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/102 "2011-05-02T03:21:30Z")
Look at how many other terrorist groups there are all over the world. Al Qaeda was only one of them. There are still dozens of others. It’s not like terrorism is one giant united creature and Osama was the head and now that he’s gone, the whole thing will die. No. That’s not how it works. _One_ terrorist leader was killed…_one_…after almost ten years and countless billions of dollars spent, not to mention all the troops killed. This is a dixie cup of water on the inferno. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/103 "2011-05-02T03:22:22Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > My next question is: Will it be shown that PAKISTAN KNEW ALL ALONG where he was and was protecting him? Is this supposed to be a surprise? I think this has been the operational assumption by US intelligence for most of the last 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/104 "2011-05-02T03:22:30Z")
> [@Cort](#): > > The Fox News headline currently reads “Usama Bin La **n** den Dead Fox News Conf **r** ims”, so they’re obviously very agitated. This will be a true test of their ability to spin any breaking news story into a Democrat failure. Well Obama is taking his time (he was supposed to speak at 10:30, but it’s now 11:20 on the east coast and he still hasn’t come on). That and the news broke during “The Apprentice,” which I’m sure will provide some faux-outrage on Fox and Friends tomorrow morning. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/105 "2011-05-02T03:22:51Z")
Not giving this to Bush, nor to Obama. I’m thanking tens of thousands of service-men and -women who deployed from many countries, left their families behind - sometimes permanently, and hunted down and killed the depraved mother fucker. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/106 "2011-05-02T03:23:55Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Look at how many other terrorist groups there are all over the world. Al Qaeda was only one of them. There are still dozens of others. It’s not like terrorism is one giant united creature and Osama was the head and now that he’s gone, the whole thing will die. No. That’s not how it works. > > _One_ terrorist leader was killed…_one_…after almost ten years and countless billions of dollars spent, not to mention all the troops killed. > > This is a dixie cup of water on the inferno. Who said different? ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/107 "2011-05-02T03:23:56Z")
> [@Lucretia](#): > > As one who has been deployed to Bagram, and who’s son is currently in Afghanistan…Burn in hell, motherfucker. Got him. Booya. Thank you and bless you and your son. > [@Caveat\_lector\_1](#): > > I don’t know how to feel. A man’s dead and I feel happy about it. I feel elated but vaguely guilty for feeling elated. It feels like some kind of weight has been lifted, but its not like I thought about this every day. There are still terrorists. There are still wars. But some how, for some reason I feel relieved. I was saying similar to my husband. I couldn’t put it into proper words. He came up with exactly the right one: CLOSURE ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/108 "2011-05-02T03:24:33Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > He was hanging out outside Islamabad? > > WTF, Pakistan? I have to say my first thought (well second) was that Pakistan finally decided to get off the fence, at least for now. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/109 "2011-05-02T03:24:43Z")
Killed in Pakistan confirmed by CBS. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/110 "2011-05-02T03:24:50Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > He was hanging out outside Islamabad? > > WTF, Pakistan? They have really crappy HOA’s over there don’t cha know… ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/111 "2011-05-02T03:25:58Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Look at how many other terrorist groups there are all over the world. Al Qaeda was only one of them. There are still dozens of others. It’s not like terrorism is one giant united creature and Osama was the head and now that he’s gone, the whole thing will die. No. That’s not how it works. > > _One_ terrorist leader was killed…_one_…after almost ten years and countless billions of dollars spent, not to mention all the troops killed. > > This is a dixie cup of water on the inferno. But “terrorism” isnt’ a singular thing. Those who use these tactics have a plethora of different motives for using them, some more legit than others. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/112 "2011-05-02T03:26:05Z")
Still a lot of loose threads, Shayna - but it’s extremely cathartic. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/113 "2011-05-02T03:26:06Z")
Fox was just saying that people are spontaneously crowding around outside the White House chanting, “USA! USA!” Talk about a ready made campaign commercial. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/114 "2011-05-02T03:26:44Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > They have really crappy HOA’s over there don’t cha know… Yeah, they don’t allow you to park a cruise missile on the front lawn. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/115 "2011-05-02T03:27:11Z")
If nobody’s noticed, today is the 8th anniversary of the Bush ‘Mission Accomplished’ speech. And Celebrity Apprentice was pre-empted. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/116 "2011-05-02T03:27:45Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Still a lot of loose threads, Shayna - but it’s extremely cathartic. It is, indeed. > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Fox was just saying that people are spontaneously crowding around outside the White House chanting, “USA! USA!” > > Talk about a ready made campaign commercial. Thomas tells me they’re also singing “G-d Bless America”. I’m still totally overwhelmed. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/117 "2011-05-02T03:28:01Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Yeah, they don’t allow you to park a cruise missile on the front lawn. And don’t even ask about a chain link fence. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/118 "2011-05-02T03:28:01Z")
2 minutes ETA: nevermind, crap ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/119 "2011-05-02T03:28:11Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Don’t think we should ever cheer at someone else’s death. > > But I have to say that this was a legitimate target in a legitimate war, and his death comes from his refusal to surrender… so I don’t cheer his death, but I DO cheer the tenacious work of our armed forces and our government, and the knowledge that we don’t need to fear another plot from him causing thousands more deaths. Well said, **Bricker** , from first word to last. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/120 "2011-05-02T03:28:19Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > It’s being tentatively reported that he died April 24, but the testing only came through today(DNA testing). Assuming that’s correct, that tells me just how fake things are on programs like CSI. Because, I’m sure that the DNA tests on this corpse had the highest priority, but it still took a week to complete the tests? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435.md?page=7)