Posted on 05/04/2011 10:48:59 AM PDT by therightliveswithus
It is now being reported that President Obama has decided not to release the death photos of terrorist master mind Osama bin Laden.
The news was broken by CBS in a Tweet:
They also linked to an article of theirs, written just minutes before, explaining that the President would not release the photos. They quoted the President as saying:
"The risks of release outweigh the benefits. Conspiracy theorists around the world will just claim the photos are doctored anyway, and there is a real risk that releasing the photos will only serve to inflame public opinion in the Middle East. Imagine how the American people would react if Al Qaida killed one of our troops or military leaders, and put photos of the body on the internet. Osama bin Laden is not a trophy - he is dead and let's now focus on continuing the fight until Al Qaida has been eliminated."
This is surprising news, considering that yesterday out-going CIA director Leon Panetta stated that he thought the pictures would be released.
I pray you are RIGHT!
Obama is probably planning to leak the photos around the time of the election so that he can relive his moment of glory and hope for a bump up in his numbers.
Get this man a tampon and some granny panties.
What a wussy.
This will drive his bump in the poll numbers back down lower than before...
Giving up the bump over this, eh?
Hmmm... something stinks of fish carcass here...
What a freak and fraud this egomaniac is.
Whatever he's decided now, he'll change his mind in fifteen minutes.
“there is a real risk that releasing the photos will only serve to inflame public opinion in the Middle East”
Gimme a break! As if they aren’t inflamed already.
Where is a copy of pRes_ _ent Obama's Executive Order
that OBL's body must be "washed",
and "wrapped in linen" and shown respect?
For what reason?
That line caught my eye also.
Boy the way this administration has handled this event really doesn't give me confidence they could react to any threat quicky.
Hey Osama, you gonna cancel your photo-op at Ground Zero also?
That would be consistent with Zero's (and the 0bamorrhoids' generally) practice of politicizing everything.
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I don’t care about a photo.
What I want to know, was OBL given his Miranda Rights before being shot dead?
You mean the alleged Osama bin Laden..
It was not PROVED he wasn't a look alike..
BUT its too late now to prove it.. they scuttled too quickly the cadaver.
DAMN funny how those things happen.. isn't it..
Wonder if "we" will elect this Trojan Horse as President AGAIN!??..
WHOOO WEE did he bring a lot of gross maleficent malefactors into the Executive Branch of this government..
When we were truly a nation our ancestors used to display the actual body’s of the bad guys out side of and in the windows of the undertakers! We are so PC!
The picture must, in some way, violate his “Muslim sensibilities”.
“It all comes out in the wash” doesn’t it? We are learning that he was not involved in the decision making or even monitored “Geronimo” closely. We are also learning that he is still prosecuting CIA folks, AND releasing prisoner abuse photos on May 28th....watch those poll numbers drop even lower. There is too much emotion related to this issue and he is making people angry. (on purpose).
“But you WILL release 2,000+ ‘prisoner abuse’ photos...”
Anything to discredit the U.S., which he hates. This dope has to be the absolute Worst pResident this great country has ever had.
Impeach the bastard before we are in complete ruin!!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2714955/posts
You all know he will release the image....when it benefits him politically, like right before the election. (ie....he will use it as a trophy)
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