Posted on 10/17/2004 2:25:45 AM PDT by billorites
You hadn't heard? Well, I'm not breaking news, President Bush knows damn well that UBL has been dead for quite some time. But why would Bush keep it to himself? If he were to disclose his knowledge that UBL is dead he would blow John Kerry's doors off in the election, and yet he remains silent. Why?
Maybe you're wondering how I know he's dead. Perhaps one of my SEAL buddies let me in on the secret? NO. I know because a publicity whore and grandstanding scumbag like UBL could not possibly resist the multitude of opportunites to inspire his cult members. His number 1, Zwahiri, has appeared on video or audio broadcasts every few months since 9/11. UBL has not been heard from since Tora Bora despite developments in the GWOT in Afghanistan and Iraq that make it unthinkable for him to have remained silent. Not to mention successful attacks in Bali, Madrid, Turkey, and Jakarta to name a few that remain unremarked upon by UBL. The invasion and occupation of an Islamic state by the US and not a word. Elections held for the first time in Afghan history, and he had nothing to say about it in the lead up. AQ tried once early on to air a tape that never mentioned key developments in the Afghan campaign and was quickly discredited as an attempt to put one over on his followers by airing a previous recording. Zwahiri decided that it was better to just pretend that UBL was alive because there was no plausible martyr story to tell. UBL went out running for his life like a coward. He is dead. His remains are turds shat by scavenging animals in the mountains of Afghanistan blown by the wind and stomped on by US troops.
By why not make it public? After all, this is the one thing that could ensure the President's re-election. Have you noticed how coy DOD officials and high ranking officers are when the question is posed? They know. They certainly have intelligence to this effect. Of course, the President could have instructed subordinates to start saying that intel indicates UBL is dead. This would have put pressure on him to prove otherwise by issuing a statement which he is clearly unable to make. This process could have started 6 months ago, and if UBL did not answer, it would in effect prove the case. But it didn't happen. Why not?
Because the President knows that making UBL a martyr would serve to further inspire his minions, and he realizes that preventing this from happening is more important than his re-election. Instead, UBL remains forever silent even as his recruits yearn to hear his voice. Eventually these cultists will realize themselves that UBL went out like a punk, not a martyr and that the AQ head shed has been lying to them for years. That realization combined with US combat boots knocking their teeth down their throats will go a long way to beating this cult into submission. But it is important to recognize that the President's committment to killing terrorists supercedes his committment to his own re-election. I'm sure he hopes that the American people will come to this conclusion on their own and vote for him anyway, but it is quite a risk to take in the ultimate ME situation.
This kind of integrity and committment stands in stark contrast to his opponent. Kerry has proved to be a Blue Falcon, a traitor, a louse, a shameless opportunist, and an lazy bureaucrat that pads his resume. Kerry is a smart guy too, and he realizes what is going on. But it hasn't stopped him from trying to bait the President into abandoning a critical propaganda victory in the GWOT by incessantly peddling his Tora Bora "outsourcing" charge in all three debates. He knows that the President will not respond to this charge so he is free to make it. Just like the Cheney lesbian scheme, this is a coordinated hatchet job, but this is on an issue that Kerry knows the President must choose to either defend the SOF troops that got the job done or remain silent. To his personal credit he never took the bait, but to his professional detriment he must let an unanswered charge linger. Do you have that kind of discipline? Especially in crunchtime? I don't know if I do, and I'll be happy to never have to find out.
President Bush, meanwhile, has just continued to keep the pressure on the terrorists, get us out of a recession, protect the homeland, and generally put the country's interests ahead of his own. He deserves your vote.
OBL is dead or captured, but our intel services issue tapes imitating OBL urging loose terrorists to go to Iraq so that our superior tech and tactics can kill them.
The Afgan operation was to kill AQ leaders and to destroy the training camps. But a leaderless AQ was dangerous, more dangerous.
The Iraq operation was to mop up some terrorists and establish a beachhead in the heart of Arab culture [sic]. We have taken both sides of Iran.
*If* Kerry were elected, you may rest assured, as soon as he was briefed in his new capacity, he would probably spill the beans and further condemn President Bush for not telling it.
Well, no wonder we can't find OSBL , because, there was nothing left of him, after the US used 6 daisy cutters in those mountians.
I guess they are having a hard time finding any part of him left for DNA testing.
I guess the birds and rats ate the rest of him.
I think he's dead too. The idea that he is going from cave to cave lugging around his dialysis equipment always seemed a little far fetched. With all that equipment he would not exactly be a swift moving target.
No he's not.
He's just pinin' for the fjords.
Osama (yo' momma) is with his 70 virgins......
give him a llama
How about a nice blancmange, instead?
Not one communication from Osama has failed to emphasize that he knew the extreme fear-inducing power of mass murder which included the suicide component. Willing martyrs were the source of the jihadis power, and bin-Laden was aware of this.
I don't think there is any way he would allow the abandonment of martyr missions for remote detonations (Spain and Egypt) and anger inducing snatch-and-behead events(Iraq). He's certainly not at the helm, and this profound change in tactics is the evidence.
He is going to WIN. How do I know? I don't I just have faith.
Still, no matter what the rationale, I can't imagine if he were dead that Bush would not reveal that during this election cycle. The stakes are just too high.
I am confident that Iran is next up after re-election. However, the only question is whether it is a military operation or a massive "inside" job/revolution.
No he wouldn't... Kerry would be more likely to claim that he himself was responsible for the death of OBL... to further his hero status, doncha know.
He's not pining, he's passed on. This terrorist is no more. He has ceased to be. He's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late terrorist. He's a stiff. Bereft of life, he rots in hell. If you hadn't nailed him to the perch, he would be pushing up the daisies. He's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-terrorist!
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