Monday, May 2, 2011

Killing Bin Laden

The killing of Osama Bin Laden is an unalloyed good thing. Congratulation to all the American officials who contributed, and to any others who assisted.
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Silke said...

and I hope that nobody will ever know where that burial place is

Osama bin Laden Is Buried at Sea

American officials said that Osama bin Laden, who was killed
in a firefight with United States forces in Pakistan on
Sunday, was taken to Afghanistan, and later buried at sea.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/world/asia/osama-bin-laden-is-killed.html?hp&emc=na

May 2, 2011 at 11:49 AM
Anonymous said...

Buried at sea? Stupid! Stupid!

May 2, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Y. Ben-David said...

I presume Bin Laden was buried at sea so that his burial place would not become a place of pilgrimage for admirers. The Nazi war criminals who were tried and executed at the Nuremburg trials were cremated and their ashes dumped in a river for the same reason. Eichmann was also cremated and the ashes dumped at sea.


While this is indeed welcome news, the Americans have an unfortunate habit of both demonizing their enemies and, at the same time riduculing them. What I mean by "demonizing" is that they tend to inflate their importance and turn them into supermen of a sort, but, also at the same time, they show them as being slightly ridiculous. A classic example is that of Hitler, who is usually portrayed as a raving maniac who is either scowling or screaming at everyone. In reality he could be quite charming and he was quite a ladies man. That was his secret of success, at least in the early years. Someone who really fit the caricature would never rise to power. I think this demonization is wrong because it leads people to ignore truly dangerous opponents who don't fit the stereotype, as most don't.
Thus, although the elimination of Bin Laden is welcome and shows that justice is done, the Jihadist threat will still exist even with his elimination.

May 2, 2011 at 12:24 PM
Barry Meislin said...

And for some (alwyas welcome) comic relief:

http://nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=266578

May 2, 2011 at 12:29 PM
Sylvia said...

That's how you beat a Muslim fanatic out of his 72 virgins? Bury him at sea? Now at best he might get himself a she-shark or two and pearled-oysters instead of pearled-skin boys.

May 2, 2011 at 1:23 PM
rashkov said...

they could have used an unmarked grave, no?

May 2, 2011 at 10:09 PM
Anonymous said...

Sylvia,
The latest joke is that OBL gets 72 mermaids.


-Valerie

May 3, 2011 at 3:33 AM
Anonymous said...

Yaacov,
As this was an ongoing operation (to kill or capture OBL) I reserve my congratulations for the Navy Seals who got him.

-Valerie

May 3, 2011 at 3:35 AM
Y. Ben-David said...

Like I said........



http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/world/asia/03burial.html?ref=global-home

May 3, 2011 at 5:48 AM

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