05-02-2011, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by BigBrodieFan
I am a little skeptical.
Before Obama spoke, all of the major news channels were reporting that the US had Bin Laden's body for awhile (some said a week) and had done conclusive DNA testing. There were a couple different theories, and the theory that he was bombed and killed was most prevalent. In fact, while President Obama was speaking, Fox News was still running a ticker that said 'Osama Bin Laden killed a week ago.' Now normally, if it were just Fox News with this theory, I might shrug it off but every news channel was reporting that he had been dead for days and the US had his body. Now the news says that Bin Laden was buried at sea and no country would take his remains.
If you google it, a lot of links to the 'Osama dead one week ago' have been broken, but there are message boards rampant with questions on about the conflicting reports. I just read one story on TIME's website that said the DNA evidence was taken from the body before the burial at sea and it's still in process, and they didn't want to bury Bin Laden for fear of a shrine to him by his people (which makes sense).
I am not trying to make a big conspiracy, I am just saying that the whole thing sounds pretty shady to me. I don't think we'll ever really know what happened. I just hope another videotape doesn't surface with Osama holding a paper up from the future, in the future.
I hope, for all of the people who were killed in 9/11, for all of the military who selflessly gave their lives (Canadians, Americans and allies), for all of the civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan who died, for all of the strife and heartbreak suffered by families of the victims-- that Osama Bin Laden's death gives hope
for peace, and gives some closure to the immense grief he has caused.
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I know right!
And can you believe there were media reports right after Pearl Harbor that Japanese troops had actually landed on Hawaii soil, and that a car bomb had exploded outside the Capitol on 9/11, and that a hijacked plane was headed for the whitehouse on the evening of 9/11, and that Gabrielle Giffords was killed on Jan 8, an that Al Gore won the state of Florida!?
I can't believe the media doesn't get every detail correct right after an event like this!
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05-02-2011, 09:34 AM
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#462
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Aaaaand look who it is, everybody!
24 pages in, Mikey? You're late!
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05-02-2011, 09:36 AM
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#463
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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When would it NOT be politically opportune?
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05-02-2011, 09:37 AM
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#464
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CP Pontiff
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
The U.S. government better come up with solid proof of identity, and release it to the public. No "national security" excuses.....
I find this a bit fishy because it is widely known that Bin Laden had kidney disease even before 9-11, and needed dialysis machines to survive.
How long can you have a body on ice in a morgue? Maybe Bin Laden was killed earlier, and the establishment wanted to wait for a politically opportune time to declare his death....
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Inside the minds of Birthers and other Conspiracy Theorists - Washington Post a few days ago:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...iEF_story.html
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05-02-2011, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by HeartsOfFire
Aaaaand look who it is, everybody!
24 pages in, Mikey? You're late!
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I already posted several comments.....
Many people are questioning the legitimacy of this, it's healthy. If the U.S. releases photos etc., I'm on board.
Not that Bin Laden's death will change anything.....but score some political points for Obama.
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05-02-2011, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
How long can you have a body on ice in a morgue? Maybe Bin Laden was killed earlier, and the establishment wanted to wait for a politically opportune time to declare his death....
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Politically opportune time? Like what, the Royal Wedding weekend??
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05-02-2011, 09:37 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary
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No he's not late, he has been doing his internet research.
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05-02-2011, 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Cowperson
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Oh yes........because if you believe in one conspiracy, you must believe in them all....  .
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05-02-2011, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
I already posted several comments.....
Many people are questioning the legitimacy of this, it's healthy. If the U.S. releases photos etc., I'm on board.
Not that Bin Laden's death will change anything.....but score some political points for Obama.
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And who are these impartial people whom you speak of?
So a President goes on air and announces the death of their most hunted man in the last 50 years, and you are skeptical? Why? to what end would this be if it had a chance of being wrong?
Give it a rest already.
Last edited by SeeBass; 05-02-2011 at 09:45 AM.
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05-02-2011, 09:43 AM
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THE Chuck Storm
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
The U.S. government better come up with solid proof of identity, and release it to the public. No "national security" excuses.....
I find this a bit fishy because it is widely known that Bin Laden had kidney disease even before 9-11, and needed dialysis machines to survive.
How long can you have a body on ice in a morgue? Maybe Bin Laden was killed earlier, and the establishment wanted to wait for a politically opportune time to declare his death....
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I see your conspiracy and raise you...
What if the media/GWB Whitehouse reported he was close to death and very ill so he wouldn't seem so important and thus take the pressure off the Bush presidency???
DUN DUN DUNNNNNN!
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05-02-2011, 09:46 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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Originally Posted by transplant99
I dont get it...why would they wait a week? What purpose did it serve?
Instead of announcing this in primetime for all the country to see, Obama instead called a hasty address that went live after 11 PM on a Sunday night and missed a huge part of the audience he could have had?
Why is there a conspiracy behind EVERY *** thing these days. Its so annoying.
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Hasty address?? He delayed his speech for more than an hour last night. And as far as missing his audience- the news of Osama Bin Laden's death interrupted every major network during Prime Time and announced the President would be speaking at 10:30 EST, which ended up being 11:35EST.
Come on.. missed out on his audience?? I haven't talked to one person today who didn't sit with anticipation to hear that speech.
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05-02-2011, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
Oh yes........because if you believe in one conspiracy, you must believe in them all.... . |
only in the ones that fit their narative
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05-02-2011, 09:47 AM
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05-02-2011, 09:49 AM
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10:30PM is prime time? More like bed time. If I were in the eastern time zone, I would have totally missed the address.
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05-02-2011, 09:49 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by La Flames Fan
I see your conspiracy and raise you...
What if the media/GWB Whitehouse reported he was close to death and very ill so he wouldn't seem so important and thus take the pressure off the Bush presidency???
DUN DUN DUNNNNNN!
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Someone posted a video a few pages back of George W. telling the media that Bin Laden's capture was not the primary focus of operations in the Middle East.
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05-02-2011, 09:50 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: H-Town, Texas
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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
Won't argue this. But just because one President lies doesn't mean another will ...
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05-02-2011, 09:52 AM
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#478
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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
The U.S. government better come up with solid proof of identity, and release it to the public. No "national security" excuses.....
I find this a bit fishy because it is widely known that Bin Laden had kidney disease even before 9-11, and needed dialysis machines to survive.
How long can you have a body on ice in a morgue? Maybe Bin Laden was killed earlier, and the establishment wanted to wait for a politically opportune time to declare his death....
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So in your opinion this is a "politically opportune time". A Sunday night close to midnight EST, over 400 days to an election.
Yeah you sure got your thinking cap on.
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05-02-2011, 09:52 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Lethbridge
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
No he's not late, he has been doing his internet research.
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I have been paying close attention to the war on terror, and Osama Bin Laden for years now, ...sorry if that upsets you.
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05-02-2011, 09:53 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
I already posted several comments.....
Many people are questioning the legitimacy of this, it's healthy. If the U.S. releases photos etc., I'm on board.
Not that Bin Laden's death will change anything.....but score some political points for Obama.
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Then how come when Bush was questioned it was unpatriotic?
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