Obama Smacks Down Bush- "We Don't Trot Out This Stuff Out As Trophies"

What an elegant backhand Obama has>

In an interview that will air on CBS' 60 Minutes Sunday, President Barack Obama said that he will not release post-mortem photos of Osama bin Laden to dispel conspiracy theories.

CNN and Fox News confirmed the decision Wednesday.

"It is very important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of someone who was shot in the head are not floating around as incitement to additional violence or as a propaganda tool," the president told CBS' Steve Kroft. "That's not who we are. We don't trot out this stuff out as trophies."

"The fact of the matter is that this is somebody who was deserving of the justice he received, and I think that Americans and people around the world are glad that he is gone, but we don't need to spike the football, and I think that given the graphic nature of these photos, it would create some national security risk, and I have discussed this with Bob Gates and Hillary Clinton and my intelligence teams, and they all agree."

...and cuddle up with Saddam's gun tonight.

"I WANT THAT!!!"

was not going to be happy until he had Saddam's personal GUN.
He wanted to have it for "Show and Tell" and "bragging rights" like an immature, spoiled frat boy.
Fucking imbecile.

gets his whiskey bottle as a war trophy??

Thanks for the thread, KittyWampus.

Or wants AQ to gain a propaganda tool?

No one whose life was changed by bin Laden deserves to just see the evidence he is dead because at a minimum, that's all the closure they'll get?

Okay then.

Then get a therapist.

His final resting place is uncertain, but possibly a neglected burial plot somewhere in the middle of Russia.

But do you doubt that Hitler did indeed commit suicide as the Allies marched into Berlin? This isn't exactly Josef Mengele, here.

what you're trying to say.

...I tend to trust Obama when he says bin Laden was shot to death.

Personally, I want the photos released, just becasue I don't believe in censorship. Our tax dollars paid for the bullets that cut down bin Laden, dammit, so we should have a stake in the photos being released. But Obama does make a good point about turning those photos into trophies.

Yes, bin Laden was shot.

As far as turning those photos into trophies, there's no reason to limit the public's access to information because of kooks or criminals. That's not a road to go down.

I loved him saying this.

Big K&R!

Rec

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inciting more.