All the new details of UBL's death....

[CJF]

I agree with everything you said.

I do too. I'll say it again. I'm glad we took him out. I was especially glad when I heard the first stories. It made me proud of our military, their bravery, and their skill. I was proud of President Obama for having the guts to do it. I still have admiration for all involved and the decision President Obama made, but tell me the truth and have your team tell me the truth. The objective clearly wasn't to take him alive. And I'm supportive of that position. The man needed to die. Just be honest or don't say anything at all.

[myboynoah]

What's yall's opinion on whether death photos should be released? I think they should, with the open head wound portion of it blurred out so it isn't as gruesome maybe.

I'm sure they're being FOIAed, so I suspect they'll be released eventually. Would release of the photos further inflame our enemies in a significant way? I think that would be the only reason not to release them.

[myboynoah]

Sounds like he didn't have a forehead anymore.

lol . . . . bummer.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

I wonder if the image looks like this at all:

[NorthwestUteFan]

What's yall's opinion on whether death photos should be released? I think they should, with the open head wound portion of it blurred out so it isn't as gruesome maybe.

The photos absolutely MUST be released, and unedited. There can be no question that he is dead, and that we took out the right guy.

Media outlets will be able to self-censor, blur out the scary parts, or show them with extensive warnings after bedtime for little kids, but they MUST come out.

Personally I don't think I will look at them. I purposely never watched the Hussein execution video. I am still haunted by the movie of the contractor being beheaded, and Iraqi villagers getting "spiked" by Saddam Hussein's thugs.

[il Padrino Ute]

Excellent point. They wanted to make sure he was dead and a bomb or even a missle from a predator was going to make it very difficult to do that. Shooting him, carrying out his 6'7" body and taking a DNA sample was probably the only way to get this done.

Do you think they really did the Islamic burial rites? C'mon, really? On the Carl Vinson? I'd hope to think they wrote rude comments on his forehead before they zipped the weighted bag shut. Something like, "Pork, the other white meat."

It would be cool to find out that rather than wrapping his body in linen, they wrapped it in bacon.

[NorthwestUteFan]

Would release of the photos further inflame our enemies in a significant way? I think that would be the only reason not to release them.

At this point I say F them. Tell the Imams to get a handle on the radicals, and to take back Islam from the jihadis.

Tell them we will pull out and leave them alone, but let them know that a major attack in the US will result with a few Tomahawks in Mecca. Then Medina. Then (fill in the blank)...

They claim all their "holy sites" are off-limits. Well, you know what? EVERY American city is a "holy site" in some way.

[Lost Student]

It would be cool to find out that rather than wrapping his body in linen, they wrapped it in bacon.

I can't believe you would be happy to hear about our government wasting so much delicious and precious bacon. Socialist commie.

[il Padrino Ute]

I'm sure they're being FOIAed, so I suspect they'll be released eventually. Would release of the photos further inflame our enemies in a significant way? I think that would be the only reason not to release them.

Is it possible for the terrorists to hate the USA any more than they already do? I don't think so, so I say release the photos.

What's yall's opinion on whether death photos should be released? I think they should, with the open head wound portion of it blurred out so it isn't as gruesome maybe.

Can the photos be any more gruesome than what we see in movies, tv or video games? Not at all. Sure, rather than special effects of makeup the blood is real, but the visual is the same. Of course, I've seen some rather gruesome things in my days as a funeral director, so perhaps I'm a bit more desensitized in that regard.

Personally, I'd rather see photos of bin Laden in the moments before he was shot when he realized that his life was just about to end and that it was Americans who were going to end it. The fear and shock in his face would be tremendously satisfying to me.

[il Padrino Ute]

I can't believe you would be happy to hear about our government wasting so much delicious and precious bacon. Socialist commie.

Hey, I'm okay with government waste if it's insulting to a group of people who want to see all Americans dead. I would be willing to reimburse the government for the cost of the bacon.

[il Padrino Ute]

At this point I say F them. Tell the Imams to get a handle on the radicals, and to take back Islam from the jihadis.

Tell them we will pull out and leave them alone, but let them know that a major attack in the US will result with a few Tomahawks in Mecca. Then Medina. Then (fill in the blank)...

They claim all their "holy sites" are off-limits. Well, you know what? EVERY American city is a "holy site" in some way.

[myboynoah]

Is it possible for the terrorists to hate the USA any more than they already do? I don't think so, so I say release the photos.

Yeah, that was my point, really. I don't see how they cannot release the photos eventually.

[scottie]

Yeah, that was my point, really. I don't see how they cannot release the photos eventually.

Any theory on why they haven't released them yet?

[myboynoah]

Any theory on why they haven't released them yet?

They're waiting for the re-election campaign.

[FMCoug]

Hey, I'm okay with government waste if it's insulting to a group of people who want to see all Americans dead. I would be willing to reimburse the government for the cost of the bacon.

They could add a "donate $1.00 to the OBL bacon fund" to the tax returns, kind of like the Presidential Election thing.