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judy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 11:05 AM
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Who will ask the main question: Osama is dead. So what?
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What I mean, is the main question for me is:
OK, they killed Osama. Does this mean that they will stop bombing Pakistan with drones? Does this mean that the war in Afghanistan is over? Wasn't the capture/death of OBL the main reason why the U.S invaded Afghanistan in the first place?

Does this mean that the use of OBL to whip crowds into a frenzy of terror is over?

I remember what I.F Stone said, and never believe what governments say, because "all governments lie".
But whether or not this killing of Obama happened like they said it happened, and aside from the revenge factor of killing the person we were told was "responsible for 9/11", what difference does it make?

We have created more terrorists in 10 years than in the past 200 anyway. There is also Ayman El Zawahiri who killed Anwar Sadat, and is "second in command" (note the quotes, as I don't believe in Al Qaeda as an organized hierarchical entity anyway). Will he be the next boogeyman?
Are security measures going to get worse?

Again, what difference does it make?
What is there to celebrate?
When are we going to start working for peace?
That would be worth celebrating...
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