At this point I don't believe there is enough doubt in the world that Bin Laden is dead.
Why risk a photo being used as a recruiting tool and possible increased violence if there is really not that much doubt that he was killed.
Now if Al Qaeda starts releasing "new" tapes of Bin Laden and start claiming he's still alive, I say release the evidence then. Why rush? Most people seem to believe he's dead.
I think the point is that although everyone agrees he’s dead, the big question is *when* did he actually die?
Blown up in Tora Bora?
Kidney failure in a cave, somewhere?
Croaked in his sleep?
Trampled to death by a herd of camels?
When 0 needs poll pimping distractions most, suddenly OBL is “captured/maimed beyond recognition/killed/tossed overboard”?
Too many convenient alibis and plausible denials.
I spent years comforting a friend who was paranoid beyond belief because of “conspiracy theories” and I’m not a huge fan of them, simply because of that.
They can destroy a person’s life.
[the friend is okay now, though]
However, based on the never-ending subterfuges and Machiavellian machinations of the The Won’s presidency, I find myself intensely skeptical of this whole affair.
The BC BS didn’t help his credibility, either.
“Now if Al Qaeda starts releasing “new” tapes of Bin Laden and start claiming he’s still alive, I say release the evidence then.”
There haven’t been any videotapes of Bin Laden released for years...