Somebody who called in on the Rush show brought up an interesting point which I'm surprised no one else has picked up--including me--(at least to my knowledge) before.
He said that it is strange that everyone has claimed that the pics of OBL are gruesome and show "brain matter."
Now, as someone who has seen someone shot in the face/front lobe (both real and as portrayed in movies) there is usually a small entrance wound and (depending on the caliber and type of projectile) a substantial exit wound and that is where the "brain matter" would be visible.
Thus if he was shot "in the face," how would releasing a pic show brain matter which would (should) only be visible from the rear?
Not that I care if OBL was shot from the front, side or back; whether he was standing, kneeling, with his hands in the air surrendering or even sitting buck naked on the crapper, reading the Qur'an.
It just gives food for thought and simply adds to the already, FUBAR, situation.
I posited a similar theory here before Rush's show today. Like you, I would be perfectly fine with it if bin Laden had been shot point blank in the back of the head while kneeling in a puddle of his own piss, begging and pleading for his life.