Osama Pictures - Agree?

He's dead. I really don't think the US would try to pull a publicity stunt like that for the simple fact that if i were Osama and i were still alive, i would send a video straight to al jazeera with both middle fingers in the air saying, "look how your country lied to you."

^ Good point, he's probably dead. But could be that he's been dead for a while and this story of how they caught him is fabricated... We'll never know.

Really irrelevant though. Hunting one man is not justification for the war, nor is killing him a reason to vote for Obama next election.

No need for pictures

Don't see the need. We'll probably get them in the next batch of wikileaks anyway.

they put up the pictures of the other deads, that was good enough for me

What does it really matter? So many people in this country waste their time worrying about irrelevant topics that it just speaks to the ignorance and incredulous nature of Americans. First, we demanded to see our presidents birth certificate and now we demand to see photos of a dead terrorist. Just as the events surrounding his "death" are fabricated, so can photoshopped photos of a man who has been wanted for 10 years.

I want a pic of Osama not only dead, but also with a giant tube going from his ass to his mouth. Or maybe A2A with some other terrorist, requiem for a dream style; or at least wrapped in bacon

His body is getting WAY too much f-ing respect, and frankly I think it as an encouragement for future terrorists. I think the LEAST Osama deserves is getting buried with a pig's dick in his mouth

^^^Are you serious??

I find it outrageous that the american masses demand photographs of Osama's actual death, yet we demand no proof that he was actually behind the cause of 9/11, 99% of the people in this country are glued to the television screens watching worthless nonsense like reality television and foxnews that they find it appalling to accept any other view that is expressed in mainstream media. The ignorance and intolerance that mainstream media perpetuates and glorifies should be cause for a revolution in of itself.

I'm no conspiracy theorist, but until someone actually has eyewitness account of him plotting the attacks of 9/11, we have NO proof. Its the same argument we have for his death-NO PROOF. There are eyewitness accounts of every other insiduous attack on any group of people dating back to the beginning of time, yet all we have are videos and published reports from the government. It's mindboggling how many people in our country have not even ventured to visit, much less understand the world beyond our borders.

Let the shit throwing commence

I'm pretty sure Obama is ready to answer any and every question regarding why he didn't release the photos. In this case, I agree with his decision. Cool heads won this one.

Doesn't matter who actually caused 9/11, all anyone had to do was come forth and claim to be the culprit

The whole thing will be a conspiracy theory till the end of time.

Al Qaeda acknowledged his death this morning...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/bin.laden.qaeda.comment/ind…

Strongly disagree with the decision. Despite what people may claim, actually seeing a real photo of the bastard dead would bring closure to people who have been waiting for this, including the families of the 9/11 dead. This is not about conspiracy theories - I have no doubt that he really is dead, but I want to rejoice in seeing a bullet in his head.

This whole thing smacks of political elitism. I decide what is too "gruesome" for myself to view, not the "cool heads" in government - what does "cool heads" even mean?? The only justification for not releasing information is national security - and this is not really the case here, no matter how you try to spin it. I fail to see how releasing pictures would create significant incremental danger. Whether you supported bin Laden or despised him, seeing a picture of his death will not change anything. Among those who are actually willing to blow themselves up, Al Qaeda can recruit just as readily with a picture of him smiling.

Furthermore, why are we being so careful with this to avoid people hating us? News flash: they hate us anyway. They hate us when we support rebels in Libya, when we support Israel, when we fly our drones. So fuck "them" and let's appease our actual citizens, the majority of which want to see these pictures, over appeasing our enemies. I don't remember them hesitating to release videos of our troops and citizens being beheaded.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal gave a talk at Oxford a few days ago. Someone asked about the photos. McChrystal said that he agreed with the decision not to release the photos, because, even though Bin Laden was a terrorist and mass murderer, a soldier still owes his enemy respect in death. Sometimes, soldiers have to kill people, but when they do, he said, they shouldn't gloat about it, and nor should their political masters, or civilians back home. Evil terrorist though Bin Laden was, he was still a human being. His concluding sentence was 'I stopped celebrating people's deaths a long time ago.'

I agree with him 100%.

A soldier owes respect to another soldier, but Osama is not a soldier, and I don't think he would be a protected entity under Geneva conventions.

What was really needed was a terrorist style execution broadcast live on tv. If members of the seal team had dressed up like terrorists and excuted bin laden live on tv, terrorists networks all around the world would be freaking out and not knowing who to trust would tun on themselves and just implode taking care of the problem.