On that tape? Can you point me to one of these conflicting reports from the CIA?
I don't know why you're obsessing on this need he be alive
I certainly don't "need" him to be alive. I WANT him to be dead. The sooner the better.
Do you want our special forces to stop the hunt for him?
It just amazes me that people form an opinion (he's dead, Jim) and then won't let facts get in their way.
Do you remember the night the bombing started in Iraq and Saddam soon appeared on video after it was thought we might have got him? How many here trumpeted, "He's dead, Jim" and kept saying it every time he would appear on video? Now who do you suppose was found in that rat hole and is currently sitting in a prison cell? Sure, we wanted him to be dead. Sure, it would have been cool if we had taken him out that first night. Just like it would be cool if OBL were already dead.
Why would you want to just assume he's dead without proof? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Shouldn't we assume he's alive until proven otherwise?
It's the moonbat conspiracy theorists who think he's already dead and that the tapes are phonies. They think that Bush needs him to be "alive" so he can still pose a "threat"; therefore, they think that we got him long ago, like in Tora Bora, but keep up appearances that he's alive through these tapes for propaganda appearances.
It's just odd and disconcerting to see thinking Freepers acting like some DUers who just stick their head in the sand to avoid seeing things they don't want to.