Re: Bin Laden: Surprising to see people really buying into this stuff
Even Bin Laden’s own terrorist organization has now confirmed that he is dead. Will you be among the last to realize the truth? Is it not fair to assume that those few who doubt Usama Bin Laden’s (UBL) death would remain unconvinced by images, no matter how authentic, in this era of photoshop forgery? Dear readers, beyond a shadow of doubt, UBL was shot and killed by the team of US navy seals in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Dear Readers, did not UBL wife identify her husband’s corpse to Navy SEALs and to Pakistani authorities. UBL DNA matched his siblings as confirmed in the following link by the doctor who conducted the DNA test on UBL remains:
The proof, dear readers, is in every passing day that UBL does not release a recording or a video. The proof, dear readers, is UBL absence from terrorists meetings in other safe houses. Forum readers, thankfully and with great relief, the proof is in every passing day that families no longer have to mourn an innocent loved one murdered in a terrorist attack masterminded or inspired by UBL.
Do we not understand the reason behind the decision not to release post- mortem images of UBL or does this provide another great opportunity to focus on conspiracy theories? President Obama clearly states during an interview: “ “It is important to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence or as a propaganda tool,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvDjCcxMSbs
Do we not understand that, unlike our adversaries the US, in accordance with international law in the Geneva Convention, does not use combat fatalities as trophies or for propaganda?
Dear readers there will, unfortunately, never be enough proof for the weak minded who in desperation wish to believe UBL lives. But we do express hope that more people will take this episode as an object lesson on the silliness of such conspiracy theories, and think twice before accepting them in the future. The fact is that UBL, conspiracy theories aside, is dead, but our fight against Al Qaeda and violent extremists continues.
CDR Bill Speaks,
DET, United States Central Command