[ctdonath2]

What good would a faked OBL photo do?

The “deathers” are as bad as the “truthers”: convinced of a devious conspiracy without a shred of proof thereof, yet demand perfect explanation of all they don’t understand and cry “fake!” regardless.

There was a raid on that site. Helicopters converged. Troops were there. A helicopter was destroyed. Shots were fired. Soldiers left. Photos of a bloody bedroom were released. The Pakistani government is outraged. Survivors were freed. DNA was sampled and tested. A makeshift funeral for the enemy was performed and the body dumped. Intel was gathered. A President announced the incident. Photos and videos of the body will be released. Save for an unreleased video or two, OBL will never be heard from again. Why, and how, would all this - and it would have to be ALL this - be faked?

[Two Kids' Dad]

Ummm... I was joking. Just a little barb to tease the administration about their propensity for releasing stuff that turns out not to be on the up-and-up.

Sorry, I didn’t think a sarc tag was necessary.

[IamConservative]

Why, and how, would all this - and it would have to be ALL this - be faked?

Myself, I do question a lot of the crap Obama spews and certainly disagree with about every policy of his, but I cannot conclude that our military is not made up of honorable men that did the job they were told to do and from all accounts, did that job very well.

[ilovesarah2012]

You’re wasting your time trying to be logical with the “deathers”.

[Polybius]

What good would a faked OBL photo do? The “deathers” are as bad as the “truthers”: convinced of a devious conspiracy without a shred of proof thereof

You don't get it.

See Post 32.

It does not matter what I believe (I believe he is dead) or what you believe (insert your belief here).

What matters is what millions of Islamist fanatics believe because the value of Osama bin Ladin was as a SYMBOL.

Look at how the Bolivians handled Che Guevara's death. (Post 10).

THAT is how you prove that no Bravo Sierra is involved.

How are we going to counter al Qaeda claims of "fake" in the Age of Photoshop with Osama bin Ladin's body at the bottom of the ocean?

Have an army of computer geeks give lectures in Arabic to millions of Islamist fanatics about imaging software algorithms and how they relate to the subject photo?

We needed to convince the Arab Street that Obama was dead as a doornail to deny them their SYMBOL. So, what did Obama do? Obama threw his undeniable proof into the ocean.

It is mind-boggling incompetence.

[Netizen]

We have yet to see any photos or vids of the deceased osama bin laden. Until people can see them with their own eyes they have every right to have doubts to the veracity of their statements.

Why was it okay to show saddam’s sons dead bodies, but so far, not osama? saddam’s sons images were gruesome too.