House of Eratosthenes

There is one wrinkle in the fabric that I wish were explored in great detail. Barack Obama is famous for using the word “I” in His speeches very often, up to & past the point where it becomes self-parody. You would think that the few times such a person uses the word “we,” He really & truly does mean to activate and implement the concept of “we.” But that’s not the case here.

The option was put on the table to raze the compound to the ground with missiles but, from what they’re saying, President Obama immediately ruled this out because “we” had to have absolute, irrefutable proof that Osama bin Laden was eliminated, and not some imposter. This significantly elevated the risk to the troops engaged in the mission, as well as to the success of the mission itself.

We-ell, Mission Accomplished, as they say. Then what? The DNA test to make absolutely positively sure…the President makes His announcement…it seems at least one photograph was taken, and I would assume — hope — there were some meaningful remnants kept of this DNA testing process. And then whoosh. The body is treated according to Islamic tradition, “buried at sea,” with not even the name of the body of water disclosed, so it is absolutely impossible to build any kind of temple. Okay, as I said before I can see the logic in that.

B-u-u-u-t…

Here we are at end-game, and “we” didn’t have a single thing proven to “us.” Barack Obama made sure things were proven to Barack Obama for the benefit of Barack Obama.

For the record, I don’t think this will have a meaningful impact in this particular situation. Osama bin Laden is dead; I believe he was killed this last Sunday, as we were told. We’re going to get at least one gory photograph to support this, and I’m all-but-certain that there is, indeed, some useful remnant from this DNA process to accommodate an enlarged audience of neutral arbiters, should that need somehow arise.

It’s the mindset that irritates me. “No rockets because we need do make sure it’s really him” — fast foward to — “Okay, I am sure it’s him now I’ll make my announcement in a couple hours so go ahead and get that thing out of here.” So the corpus delicti is fish food before we even find out there is a corpus delicti because, well hey, what the hell do we need to know? Other than Obama Is Awesome.

I’m already hearing from those who are saying, “Yep. Mission Accomplished. Good job, SEALs. Now, it’s time to start pulling out of Afghanistan and bringing our troops home.” This is coming from a lot of people who should know better.

Does anyone sane really think that the death of OBL really means the end of terrorism? Good grief – the Ba’athists in Iraq were a lot more hierarchical than Al Queda is…and even they still managed to raise quite a ruckus even after Saddam had been hanged. Does anyone really believe Al Queda is over-and-done-with? Oh sure, it has been damaged. But destroyed? No.
- cylarz | 05/04/2011 @ 01:46
One thing nobody seems to remember here is that Clinton ordered an attack on Sudan 7 months after Matt Drudge broke the Lewinski scandal in 1998.

One week after Donald Trump caused the current Democrat administration extreme embarrassment by forcing the publishing of a Presidential “birth certificate” that had been mysteriously missing for over 2 years, another Dem President miraculously discovers the whereabouts of the world’s most notorious criminal, once again establishing his bunch as the Party of National Security and diverting the attention of the lumpenproletariat.

Only a coincidence? Not this kid.
- rob | 05/04/2011 @ 07:20
Funny, rob, it was just that line of thinking that led me to concoct this wild but plausible conspiracy theory.
- philmon | 05/04/2011 @ 08:45
Leave it to Barry O to take the most significant military operation against an individual enemy of the United States and turn into one big cluster fuck.

While I admit to a bit of schadenfreude, it’s still rather sad. The victory lap at Ground Zero tomorrow should be especially embarrassing.

Of all the silly debates over whether we should show the dead Osama pic(s) because it’s too gruesome, or it will cause peace loving muslim youths to suddenly decide jihad is the answer, I’ve yet to hear anyone say that we, everyday, Joe Six Pack Americans deserve to see it, period. No reason, just because we’re Americans. That should be good enough. I’ll decide how long I want to stare at it or have it framed at tacked up on my wall, or taped to the bottom of my toilet bowl…just stop already with the mindless mental masturbation already.
- tim | 05/04/2011 @ 10:01
Well put, Tim. I’m not exactly breakin’ out the hats and hooters myself, but I don’t begrudge those who are doing it, really. And “Teh Most Open Transparent Administration, EVAH” does, after all, have something to prove.
- philmon | 05/04/2011 @ 10:24
Celebrate to any degree ya’ want or don’t want to, I just don’t understand the moral pretzels people are tying themselves into over that scum sucker. By people who I thought “got it” too. Truly sad.

One other thing regarding the pics, I’m hearing more and more of our “representatives” talking about how they’ve seen the pics buuuuut… we have people in “sensitive” countries…blah, blah…

Excuse me Mr. Political Man, but if you get to see the Osama is dead as a doorknob pics so the fuck do I!!! NOW!!!

I’m as tired of the dumbass argument that upon seeing the pics people will go insane and start…proving yet again Islam is a religion of peace. Using that logic, the only reason I’m currently not addicted to heroin is because it’s illegal. Thankfully I have people saving me from myself. Howz’about we all start threatening to go all Anarchist and riot because we CAN’T see the pics, then what?

Never let a good crises go to waste, huh Barack? So, so tired of his act.
- tim | 05/04/2011 @ 11:18

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