[Scott from the Left Coast]

"If Osama is dead, somebody has to prove it, and they haven't. And if he's alive, he won't stay out of sight forever.

He's dead. Thus, he will stay out of sight forever.

Were he alive, he wouldn't have stayed out of sight this long.

[PhiKapMom]

Very well put and I agree!

[Barnacle]

I believe Osama is still alive. When he dies, his followers are to stop fighting and perform religious rituals to elevate him to higher levels in Islamic heaven.

His followers will continue to carry out his will for as long as he is alive and that is why it is so important that we get him.

[wingnuts'nbolts]

I just can't read stuff printed in the NYT in it's entirety.