Osama Bin Laden dead.

[Ħ]

Wow.  New drummer announced, the Royal Wedding, Osama found dead.  What an incredible week.

[zxlkho]

the Royal Wedding

I don't see the significance in this.

[MetalManiac666]

New drummer announced, the Royal Wedding

I don't see the significance in this.

FTFY

[Perpetual Change]

I wonder if this will help Obama's approval raiting.

[kirbywelch92]

the Royal Wedding

I don't see the significance in this.

Well it's something that only happens about every 20 years, so that's pretty cool. Just because it's not significant to you doesn't mean it isn't at all.

[73109]

I wonder if this will help Obama's approval raiting.

My guess is it skyrockets. My mom doesn't think so.

[zxlkho]

I wonder if this will help Obama's approval raiting.

My guess is it skyrockets. My mom doesn't think so.

I hope not. Just because it was done under his watch doesn't mean he did anything significant to make it happen.

[orcus116]

The story of Bush.

[lodeus]

I wonder if this will help Obama's approval raiting.

My guess is it skyrockets. My mom doesn't think so.

I hope not. Just because it was done under his watch doesn't mean he did anything significant to make it happen.

Catching Saddam helped Bush, and this is much bigger so hope it does help his approval rating.

[zxlkho]

This doesn't mean jack shit. They killed one guy out of a huge organization.

[William Wallace]

How long until somebody claims he isn't really dead?

[Perpetual Change]

I wonder if this will help Obama's approval raiting.

My guess is it skyrockets. My mom doesn't think so.

I hope not. Just because it was done under his watch doesn't mean he did anything significant to make it happen.

The story of Bush.

This, pretty much. The financial crisis wasn't Obama's fault either, but it hurt him a lot.

And, yes, Obama can't take credit for this, aside for a couple of reasons: (1) continuing to hunt Osama was a big part of his foreign policy, even one many of his supporters disagreed with, but now it's been a success and (2) from his speech, he made it sound like it was he who made the call whether to pursue Osama at this particular location in pakistan or not.

[Super Dude]

I wonder if this will help Obama's approval raiting.

Don't worry, the American people will find something else to hate him for soon enough.

[zxlkho]

How long until somebody claims he isn't really dead?

Already happened. I saw a thread on a certain forum that isn't to be mention with conspiracy theories like that.

[Perpetual Change]

This doesn't mean jack shit. They killed one guy out of a huge organization.

So if someone killed Steve Jobs, or Bill Gates, or, shit, Barack Obama, none of that would mean "jack shit" either? This isn't "the end" of the war on terrorism, but I think you and some of the other younglings here are getting "this doesn't mean its over!" confused with "this doesn't mean jack shit."

[MetalManiac666]

This doesn't mean jack shit. They killed one guy out of a huge organization.

It's not like that one guy was that "huge organization"'s figurehead and primary leader or anything...

[King Postwhore]

I hear Osama got a bad case of lead poisoning.

[juice]

This doesn't mean jack shit. They killed one guy out of a huge organization.

So if someone killed Steve Jobs, or Bill Gates, or, shit, Barack Obama, none of that would mean "jack shit" either? This isn't "the end" of the war on terrorism, but I think you and some of the other younglings here are getting "this doesn't mean its over!" confused with "this doesn't mean jack shit."

This.

[Perpetual Change]

I'll be curious to hear why he wasn't taken alive. Seems like he'd be much more useful that way, to be honest.

[sonatafanica]

I'll be curious to hear why he wasn't taken alive. Seems like he'd be much more useful that way, to be honest.

I'd assume he was putting up a fight.

[Progmetty]

I heard he got caught because he recently registered on PSN

 

[Super Dude]

I think this may be the most traffic P/R has had since Elections '08.

[Perpetual Change]

Don't worry, guys. Ryan (letters) just assured me that, despite that this "doesn't mean jack shit" victory shots for him and his friends have already begun

[zxlkho]

It still doesn't mean anything. We college kids just use any excuse to consume alcohol. :biggin:

[Volk9]

I heard he got caught because he recently registered on PSN

 

[El Barto]

All I can find is that it was a CIA job.  No other details.  

Not surprising if it was the CIA.  Bush's biggest blunder in the whole Afghanistan mess was taking it away from George Tenet and the CIA and giving it to Rumsfeld's DoD.  

As for it's effect on AQ, it doesn't seem like the dude's been very active.  He's probably much better off to al Qada as a martyr than a retired spokesman.  

[MetalManiac666]

It still doesn't mean anything. We college kids just use any excuse to consume alcohol. :biggin:

Not sure if this was intentional or not, but I found it amusing anyway.

[emindead]

Ladden. Oh, numbers

[antigoon]

aint those prepositions a bitch?

[ricky]

All I can find is that it was a CIA job.  No other details.  

Not surprising if it was the CIA.  Bush's biggest blunder in the whole Afghanistan mess was taking it away from George Tenet and the CIA and giving it to Rumsfeld's DoD.  

As for it's effect on AQ, it doesn't seem like the dude's been very active.  He's probably much better off to al Qada as a martyr than a retired spokesman.  

it wasn't a CIA job, I can guarantee you that. it was a purely military operation. i also find it very interesting that this happened during obama's term, and not bush's.

[Quadrochosis]

posting it here, since it's political and editing the other thread.

I'm sorry but people celebrating the death of a human being disturbs me.

I mean, it's ok to feel a sense of solemn relief. But the thousands of people celebrating outside the White House is just fucked up.

In fact, it's just as fucked up as the Middle Eastern towns that were cheering on the night of 9.11

[antigoon]

It makes me feel uncomfortable, yeah.

[Adami]

posting it here, since it's political and editing the other thread.

I'm sorry but people celebrating the death of a human being disturbs me.

I mean, it's ok to feel a sense of solemn relief. But the thousands of people celebrating outside the White House is just fucked up.

In fact, it's just as fucked up as the Middle Eastern towns that were cheering on the night of 9.11

While it's quite a bit different than cheering on 9/11, I agree it's a pretty sad sight to cheer at anybodies death. Even if it's a necessary evil, it's nothing to be cheered about.

[73109]

How is what we are doing in front of the White House any different then people celebrating in the streets of Iraq after 9/11. This is pathetic and all those celebrating should be...well...I don't know.

I agree...as noted.

[MetalManiac666]

posting it here, since it's political and editing the other thread.

I'm sorry but people celebrating the death of a human being disturbs me.

I mean, it's ok to feel a sense of solemn relief. But the thousands of people celebrating outside the White House is just fucked up.

In fact, it's just as fucked up as the Middle Eastern towns that were cheering on the night of 9.11

Completely agree.