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Karen
Trad climber
So Cal urban sprawl Hell
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It would be great to string up Bin Laden's body over ground zero and pour melted pig fat down him!!!
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Brandon-
climber
Done With Tobacco
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Topic Author's Reply - May 2, 2011 - 12:56am PT
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Someone help Brandon with an attitude check. We're all celebrating here
and can't relate to his alien thought process.
Huh? Read the thread dumbass. I'm happy that this happened. I'm not happy that there is a giant frat party celebrating his death.
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nb3000
Social climber
Bay Area
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Fox News Correspondent Geraldo Rivera confirms that Bin Laden was certainly not found in Al Capone's Vault.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Interesting to note that Bin Landen and his boys *fought* with the U.S. soldiers, yet they were all killed, and not one of our guys was even injured.
Bin Landen himself didn't turn out to be such an effective warrior, after all.
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Sioux Juan
Big Wall climber
Costa mesa
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Lets hope the sh*t don't hit the fan.......
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Is that because their chosen tactic is ambush and burying IED's...? Rj
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corniss chopper
climber
breaking the speed of gravity
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So Brandon, you are happy Bin Laden is dead, but you frown on others being happy about it? Or is it assembling and being happy together that disgusts
you?
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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-removed image cuz Chaz didn't get the joke.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Because Obama's too stupid to walk and chew gum at the same time.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Obama spoke very well tonight, apparently on quite short notice. He generally struck the right tone, and wasn't vainglorious. The celebrations in places like Washington and New York are understandable, but as mentioned could lead to retaliation attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere.
The action of the US was entirely justified under domestic and international law. Unlike, say, the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
It is interesting that the operation was by a special forces team. That suggests that they were trying to take bin Laden alive, or at least that they wanted to be sure to have a clearly identifiable body. It wouldn't have been hard to bomb the place, after all.
The attacks in 2001 had enormous symbolic impact on the US; let's hope this has similar impact on terrorists and wannabe terrorists, by demonstrating that the US has implacable will to bring them to justice. Perhaps the US overreacted in some ways to 2001, certainly with the invasion of Iraq; hopefully the terrorists will now make a similar error. Although, al Qaeda (or what's left of it), and its fellow travelers, are quite decentralized. So cutting one head off the hydra doesn't necessarily solve all problems.
The fallout in Pakistan may be considerable. That is, what did they know and when did they know it? Were elements of the Pakistani government hiding, or turning a blind eye, to bin Laden and perhaps others? How much did they actually co-operate in the action, and how will that be seen by the Pakistan public?
Our prime minister was in a pickle tonight. He was at a last election rally in a Vancouver suburb, before going back to his 'heartland' (Alberta) to vote tomorrow. 30 or 40 Canadians died in the terrorist attacks, and Canada's military has made a significant contribution in Afghanistan. So he had to say something, without appearing in the slightest bit partisan. Talk about a volte face.
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gonamok
climber
dont make me come over there
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Let it be known to all people, that if you attack America we will hunt you down. It may take awhile, but eventually you will be brought to justice. American justice.
Was this justice? You bet. Bin Laden took full credit for that act of profound cowardice and cruelty. He admitted that he planned and facillitated the mass, random killing of 3,000 innocent American citizens, and he was quite proud of it.
Hopefully its not over. In the christian view of things Mr Bin Laden is standing before god and not feeling so proud anymore.
One of the lowest scumbags in the history of humankind is dead and i couldnt be happier
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gonamok
climber
dont make me come over there
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Because Obama's too stupid to walk and chew gum at the same time.
Theres a real intelligent statement. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
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WBraun
climber
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What a fool ^^^^
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Brandon-
climber
Done With Tobacco
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Topic Author's Reply - May 2, 2011 - 01:24am PT
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CC, I'm not the only one in this thread who has voiced this opinion.
It's called tact, buddy.
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PAUL SOUZA
Trad climber
Clovis, CA
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^^ Huh? Read the thread dumbass.
You are very tactful
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landcruiserbob
Trad climber
BIG ISLAND or Vail ; just following the sun.......
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4 Marine helicopters unloaded a team of 8 per ride, a couple of Air Force CCT's, Navy seals , & a CIA team. All warriors
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dirtbag
climber
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Right on...that son of a bitch is dead. Piss on his f*#king grave, that nihilist f*#k.
Major kudos to special forces.
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PAUL SOUZA
Trad climber
Clovis, CA
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Ahhh. This is not political. The U.S. has been spending enourmous resources over the years to get this guy. While I am pretty much a peacenik, I gotta say that OBL deserved it.
As for the cheering, does anyone remember the cheering in the middle east streets over 9/11? Human nature.
And back to it not being political, there was a great article a while back in one of the "good" mags, like Harper's or something, where the writer got to follow Obama's anti terror team around for 24 hours. They are downright fanatical over avoiding another 9/11. They work on almost zero sleep, right up to the top.
I remember Obama wanting to dismantle some of the Bush tactics, but he ended up keeping them and even enlarging some of them. This took ten years and three presidential terms, but I believe the credit is shared by both Bush and Obama. The president said as much. Bush will get a lot of well deserved cred for this, as well as Obama.
And I am a democrat. Hey, no political party disagrees on this one. I agree that this was way beyond party, and was an American deal. Plain and simple. It was a country, not a party. Those who say otherwise place party above country.
Now hopefully we can pull our people out of the Middle East conflicts, other than the special ops outfits that will always be in those areas.
Afghanistan is going to go down the toilet the day we leave. We could stay forever, but that won't change. Same with Iraq. It is so weak that half of it might as well be annexed by Iran.
But trying to make Obama look good or bad over this is nuts. It is the services that don't change much over administrations that has pulled this off. But Obama is really nuts over terrorists. Those drone strikes have what, tripled? The bad thing is that for every person killed, you will get five or so new jihadists to take their place. So it will never end.
Actually, we have 14 bases in Iraq now and the largest US embassy in the world. Going anywhere "soon"? Nope.
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Not me--I've never understood what right the US to go around killing people in foreign countries, without a trial. What if he could have been captured alive?
Remember this guy was never convicted of any crime.
Uhhhhh, you don't hold trials in the middle of a war, with the enemy shooting at you. You shoot to kill.
The US was attacked, which was admitted.
when the first artillery shell hits, you want to hold a trial before shooting back?
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