Silence may be deafening, but how do you know he is not:
1. Still fleeing
2. Dead already
3. Put up in some comfortable retirement digs
I am not saying he is—and if it was not 2:30 a.m., I could come up with more, but I find it interesting that the administration is saying that another tape exists, etc.
Why would I suggest these unusual scenarios? Because there has been no credible proof released indicating he is dead-we have the word of a man not known for always telling the truth—hey he is a politician! This man is the commander and chief of our armed forces.
In this digital visual age, I am shocked the media outlets are not demanding footage of burial etc. As someone said, trust, but verify. With this bunch in DC, I verify then maybe trust.
#2 is moot. I'm about as certain as certain can be (and any sane person should be as well) that 1 and 3 can be ruled out because of a simple reductio ad absurdum. Let's assume that Bin Laden is alive. We now have to believe that the president went before the whole world on Sunday night and announced his death - here's the thing - knowing that if Bin Laden releases a videotape mentioning specifics about the attack, or a similar audio recording, or even a picture of himself holding a post-attack copy of the New York Times, it would make him the biggest buffoon in history and end any chance he had of getting re-elected next year, and would hand al Qaeda the biggest propaganda coup in the history of the world. At an absolute minimum, one thing's for sure-as-shit certain: if anyone believes Bin Laden is dead, Obama does.