[af_vet_rr]

Buried at sea? Who made the decision to do that and why? That really ticks me off!

MeneMeneTekelUpharsin has it right, it was pure genius to dump him at sea, because there is no possibility for OBL's followers to build a shrine around his grave. It's similar to what the Russians did after getting Hitler's body, they wanted to make damn sure that the Nazis couldn't create a shrine around it, and so they disposed of the body in a way that wouldn't allow for that.

It was a brilliant part of the plan, which makes me think that the idea came from the military rather than the White House.

[RedWhiteBlue]

MeneMeneTekelUpharsin has it right, it was pure genius to dump him at sea, because there is no possibility for OBL's followers to build a shrine around his grave. It's similar to what the Russians did after getting Hitler's body, they wanted to make damn sure that the Nazis couldn't create a shrine around it, and so they disposed of the body in a way that wouldn't allow for that.

It was a brilliant part of the plan, which makes me think that the idea came from the military rather than the White House.

Not only that, but there is a possibility that the burial at sea is just a ruse and they still have the body. If we still have the body, then there would be an uproar to turn it over, to comply with the 24-hour burial deadline. "Oops, it was buried at sea, so we can't give it back" .... and (conveniently) you'll never be able to find it.