Gates, Clinton Advising President to Not Release OBL Photograph; Obama Increasingly Concerned No Good Would Come from It

“Transparency is the best antidote for skeptism…”
It is also the best antidote for skepticism..

“No Good Would Come from It”
Bingo. From a national security perspective that is, which is the proper perspective here.

A fitting end to a farce.
Google Tim Osman and research tactics using proxy groups.

Release the photo! We must prove without doubt that the man is dead

Gates and Hillary are our parents, so they know best about these things, we being mere children.

The whole thing was fishy from the start. But I agree it won’t do any good, because the Muslims don’t trust anything from America anyway, especially given the too convenient “funeral at sea”. Nothing short of the body at a viewing by selected Muslim clerics would have sufficed.

The photograph is not going to be the main issue. bin Laden is dead. The more salient and pressing issue is going to be the contradiction in the story, and whether bin Laden was shot without resistance, His daughter and other eyewitnesses are providing conflicting stories to Pakistani intelligence and we do not have access to those family member eye wirinesses who were take in custody by our military. In addition, the version that the situation room and President Obama did not see the actual event seems curious. What happened to the video stream? These are the questions that will persist, and if the world thinks bin Laden was simply murdered rather that “killed in action” then Americas great triumph will be sullied.

Show the photos to the House and Senate members in a closed room. Then let them be witnesses.

We are not your children, we are your employers!

I want to see the photo because I want to see that evil smile wiped off of that sorry sob’s face.

Not so sure why we have to be so sensitive about this and towards muslims. Really you think if the shoe was on the other foot they would not be in the streets cheering and passing out photos while they kick and pulled apart the body on a street? Show the photo!

Forget the photo…tell the world to produce bin Laden himself, if they think he is still alive…just CLAIM victory and be smug about it.

Enough of this political correctness. Nobody who died on 9/11 was buried in a dignified manner according to their religious tradition. The world watched people jumping from the 100th floor of the WTC because they felt they had no other choice. They should release all the pictures as to show what happens when you kill innocent Americans.

Sensitivity to the Muslim world seems to be the order of the day. Backlash? What in
the hell have they been doing for the past few years. You’re going to get backlash no matter what you do, they have been in a backlash mode for years. They are nothing but blow hards and cowards.
Print the picture to show them we aren’t
afraid of their backlash.

The only ones – so far that I’ve seen from doing a quick google – who are rioting are Arabs in Jerusalem. Don’t know if releasing the photo would cause more anger or not; but it would certainly do away with the skepticism that many people have.

No one doubts “his” death?
Everyone and anyone is doubting “his” death!! The media announced at least 9 times that he was dead, since 2002…..so
which one was the real death? And if it is this one, why don’t you show the pics? Probably because they’re still photoshopping them????

this is absurd! i just read today that many in the muslim world believe hes alive!!! show the damn photo
we showed saddams two sons
and we showed zarqawi’s bloated and swollen head after he was bombed!
SHOW IT

THEY SHOWED SADDAM HUSSEIN RIGHT AWAY- maybe they really DON’T have Osama.

I’m so tired of being lied to by our gangster government. If they told us the sky was blue, I would absolutely look for myself to make sure.
Everyone else in the world except most Americans knows that Bin Laden didn’t have anything to do with 911. Our government needs to explain why there are unmistakable traces of military-grade THERMATE in the WTC dust. Unless we bring to justice the politician/criminals who arranged for those towers & building 7 to be brought down via controlled demolition and covered up, the next “false flag” terror perpetrated by them will be nuclear on some unsuspecting American city.
I mourn for our fallen Republic and the sheep who will deserve the title of “Worst Generation.”

As military member, with several tours in support of OIF/OEF and an understanding of the Muslim world, the negatives outweigh the positives concerning the photo being shown. We still have troops in harms way, just like being in Baghdad when Abu Graib photos were leaked. Unnecessary risk for us in the military.

Sensitivity?
How sensitive were the radical Muslim soldiers when they beheaded our troops on camera.
They were not afraid of showing the world the pictures.

These clowns had no problem releasing Abu Ghraib photos. Surely, according to the professional left, chronic politically correct, and collective members of Joy Behar Nation were OK with those.
The world needs to see the “gravitas” of the bin Laden photos, hole in head, and before and after being fed to the sharks.
How ironic, that the same Bush-Cheney tactics that were so mercilessly blasted by Obama and his democrat comrades, turned out to have provided the information necessary for Obama to order the military hit on Osama.
Obama, Clinton and Gates are out of their pointy pin heads. Nice to see that Obama took time off the links to watch the hit.

If he was alive and free, he would not hesitate to make another video to embarrass the President of the United States.
Al-Qaeda are a smart bunch, they’re trying to goad the United States Government into giving them a recruiting tool. If they had that photo, they could slap whatever story they wanted alongside it.
I don’t need to see a photograph of a bloody corpse. I’m not interested in seeing it either. I’m sure it’s horrible, regardless of how evil the man may be. If the US military says he’s dead, and he’s unable to prove otherwise himself, that’s good enough for me.
If they’ve secretly taken him into custody and are extracting intelligence from him, even better.
If he died long ago of natural causes, well, he’s still dead and that’s what matters.
I don’t want these photos to be publically released. I agree with the WH, nothing good would come of it.
The deed is done. Time to move on…

Clinton advising the president about Bin Laden? The Saudis practically delivered Bin Laden on a silver platter and he did nothing because it might hurt him in the polls. While I don’t agree with Obama’s domestic policies, thank God he has the stones to authorize a military operation as daring as this and come away with a kill. BTW, President Carter, this is how it’s done.

Where is Julian Assange when you need him?

I don’t think anybody should be surprised if there will be a tape coming out with Osama saying he’s not dead and the US lied. If Osama had true desire to continue the fight against us he would of pre made a tape saying that so it could be released after his death trying to make us look like liers and fools

It doesn’t matter if we do or don’t show the pics, they will still kill innocent non-muslim people. Show his picture, bloodied and dead.
It’s a lame left wing excuse of fear to say that ALQ will come after Americans and westerners….uh, !! they’re alredy doing that…..

I’m sick of hearing Obama’s staff remind us that it was “Obama’s Team” that killed Bin Laden. I’m tired of Obama trying to gain political advantage as a result of a military operation. Obama…you didn’t do anything but say GO. Our military took that idiot out…not you.

Is ANYONE in charge here?! No one knows the correct story to tell, we are getting different stories thrown at us in all different directions and no one can make up their minds about anything! More importantly WHEN DID WE START COWERING TO A BUNCH OF EXTREMISTS?????? What a bunch of PC cry babies we have become. Show the damn picture and stop the conspiracy theories now….I don’t know why the heck I expected this admin to forth coming with anything, it took 3 years to see a simple birth certificate.

It’s too late to release pics now anyway, they’ve had too much time to alter anything.. and if OBL is actually still alive, he might not even want to prove it.. he’s much safer that way. Regardless of ‘why’ they wouldn’t release the pics, they have insured that the controversy will linger on and on.

So the concern is that displaying photos of a dead terrorist would offend Muslims around the world? How about the videos of Muslims in Somalia dragging the bodies of our brave military men through the streets of Mogadishu? Not too much concern by the Muslim community about offending Americans in that case, was there? Show the photos already. Prove to the American people that this dirtbag is dead.

Change can’t come soon enough. This country is in dire need of a President who can lead.

Its the ninth time OBL is pronounced dead. Naturally you should provide evidence that independent third party’s can verify. They conveniently already dumped the body at sea (which was AGAINST muslim tradition) so that no one can take a closer look at it. What if he died allot earlier (which is what the evidence atm points toward) and this is all a farce to boost Obama’s approval ratings?
The fact is tho, a government that has been caught lying over and over and over again, is telling you “trust us”. I don’t understand how people all over the world still believe what their governments are telling them without even questioning.

Not releasing these photos and the film of burial at sea will only spur distrust and skepticism. Holding this information from the American people, especially those of us who need closure for almost a decade now, will only make people more suspicious that the hold back is being made as a political strategy for the upcoming Presidential election.

Like I told you before. There is no body, no picture, no proof. Either Bin Laden has been dead for years or he always did work for the CIA

The question isn’t so much is he gone or not but to a degree; when was he gone and how? Did he die in a special ops raid last week as the White House claims or did he die some time ago, as has been claimed before, in one of the missile attacks aimed at getting him that left no remains allowing the most corrupt administration in a century to make a claim and stop the plummeting approval ratings of a failed “President” who operates more like a dictator. Navy Seals who will never be able to speak of the alleged operation, a hasty burial at sea so no body to produce and now no release of photos – how very, very convenient?
Since it has become abundantly clear that Barack Obama and his administration lie like most most people breath, with ease and regularity, I’m going to assume that either there was no operation at all and either bin Laden is still alive or he was killed some time ago and this is just another of their false claims to legitimize a failed administration… until I see convincing proof otherwise.

He’s right. No good can possibly come of showing the photo. It will only fan flames that are already roaring. Claims of “photoshopping” will remain for years, and I do not want to see Nova and Frontline specials ad infinitum to prove or disprove. Show some class. Let it go.

I can’t believe it. Is it Casper Milk-Toast in the Oval Office, or a transparent image there of. We are not in an arguement, we are at war. Please Mr. President, put your personal agenda aside for just this one time and do what the electorate want. Show the picture. Wasn’t it General Sherman that said, “War is hell”? Tag your it is for the playground. Get it done, put up your dukes, and be prepared.

If I remember correctly OBL’s radical rebels didn’t mind making an in process video beheadings of our Americans and releasing them on the internet. The picture of OBL with a bullet to the head isn’t any worse than seeing one of our own screaming until the knife pierces the Trachea and the blood coming from internal jugular veins and arteries.
If the enemy gets incensed over the picture then it is good because just maybe it will bring them out from hiding behind their own women and children.

More incompetence by the Obama administration. Just when you think they have a shred of credibility they prove once again they never should have been elected.

If we’re worried about causing a backlash, then maybe we should stop running pictures of Obamas huge (and smug) smile.

Publication is not neccesary as some people would still doubt if Osama is really dead. We all know America is the land of conspiracy-theories and that will just go on and on, since people have nothing better to do.

I don’t really need to see it. I believe Washington. Plus, isn’t it in Al ‘Quedas interest to refute these claims? If this were all a lie, wouldn’t they want to expose it? Not to mention if he is indeed alive they are in exclusive control of that evidence. Show or don’t show, I don’t care.

What a bunch of ghouls we have here, wanting to see a photo of a dead person. Releasing the photo will do absolutely no good. Most of you will claim its a fake anyway. I could care less if Muslims are offended. Possibly the first time I’ve ever agreed with Obama on anything. Releasing the photo will accomplish nothing.

NO! No need to release any photos, operation logistics, nothing. It’s over. I don’t care ‘how’ it happened; if interested, wait for the movie!!
And nothing has really changed has it!? If the doubting Thomas’ don’t believe it, who cares!? I don’t care what they think, why should you? NO. Its time now to get out of Afgan, totally; get rid of Ka-daffy (for those who ask why – he killed Americans just like Bin Laden); bring our troops home from ‘rich countries protecting them from no one’ B. Frank.

No release needed, we know he’s dead, now lets get No.2-Dr. Z. Stupid issue for me.

Releasing the photo would just be the excuse of the day for terrorists attacks on us.
Release the photo.

I can’t believe that some of you are such COWARDS.
You fear these muslim pigs.
What you fail to understand is that if they get mad, they get careless. We can kill a whole bunch of muslim terrorists.
Another point for you cowards to consider. What did we do to provoke 9/11? Nothing. These pigs attack whether we stir the nest or not.
By all means though. If you think that maybe a bouquet of flowers and a hug while singing Kumbya will stop their desire to kill us – please feel free to prove me completely wrong. Go over there with your tie dye and flowers, peace sign and hugs.

WH wasn’t worried about a backlash when it forced the military to normalize same-sex behavior, or when Obama bowed to the Saudi king, or when Administration leaders called the Tea Party every vile name in the book, or when the vast majority of people opposed nationalization of healthcare, or when Obama signed an order allowing U.S. tax money to be spent overseas for abortions, or when millions of voters send a message last November. But let a few imams make threats and well, then, be very concerned about backlash. No there’s a game plan: display fear in the face of your enemy and hammer your own people. WTH?

SOLUTION: Invite all interested nations to send a representative, on a specific day, to view the photos of a dead Bin Laden. No cameras, and one time only. Then, archive them.
Done, finished.

I have supported Obama up to this point. That ends immediately if he decides not to give the public any concrete proof of OBL’s death. Simple as that.

First, I’m glad OBL is dead and that the last thing he saw was an American with a gun….but the irony of this all is the folks that told us waterboarding terrorists was torture and un-American – and that Bush should be put in jail for war crimes – authorized a kill of an unarmed man in his bedroom – shot in the chest – then they put a bullet through his brain.

No problem for the libs to show our own service men and women in GITMO hazing muslims (little M on purpose) and this “kill team” but show the death picture of a #1 Terrorist?
NOPE!
Hussein is as American as a suicide bombing!

There is no big uproar at the moment, because people are expecting to see a photo. If no photo or evidence is released, the questions will begin growing and many people and groups around the world will begin seeing conspiracies behind the lack of release. Release it now.

The Govt should do a huge pay per view of the Seal Strike…charge $200 for the event and then post it for $50/stream on their website…if we can get 2+ billion people to order it, we fixed medicare.

A photo would mean absolutely nothing to me. It would be very easy to fake one or to just take a picture of a model of Osama.

Un.Believable.

Fan the flames? Give me a break. The people who are going to have their “flames” fanned already DO! And that’s NEVER going to change…picture or not. Those who are determined to hate this country already do…and they already DID, long before OBL died. The “picture” is not going to sway any fence-sitters!!
There was no problem showing the actual hanging of Saddam. Why now the sudden discretion in providing proof of death of the most elusive fugitive in the world?!! Don’t get me wrong, I believe he is dead, it just makes no sense!
Sigh. For a minute there, I actually started to like Obama.

Bin Laden is dead ask his wife. The rest of the world knows he is dead. Whats with these right wing fantics that need a picture or is it the media who want bigger ratings with the scoop of a picture that will be used for years to keep this horrific mans face alive and the hate for the American people who they call Satan to live on with a bullet in the head of their hero.

Watching the burning towers that day on 9/11 live on TV with innocent people jumping to their death will never leave me. Then to see the people in the middle east rejoicing in the streets just made it worse. I need to see pictures of the dead SOB!

So much for the moment of national unity. Bin Laden is dead! What more do you need to know!

Maybe, just maybe, the smartest man in the world should have spent some time over the last months pondering whether photos should have been released. But no, he was far too busy schmoozing with Oprah, golfing and making vicious jokes about his potential GOP rivals to take the time to consider whether there would be photos and whether they should be released.
Amazing, simply amazing.

It is right not to show a gruesome picture like that to the American public, because we have children to protect. They should just say, “Anyone who wants to see the picture is welcomed to at the White House.” Make it available, but don’t release it so everyone has access to it. That’s disgusting.

Critics will attack the Obama adminisitration regardless of the course of action taken here. Let the world see the horror which may or may not satisfy our blood lust. All terrorist be damned!

I TOLD YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN! They don’t have a photo to release because they didn’t kill Bin Laden. The fake photo that surfaced an hour after the military operation on Sunday was a photoshopped fake done by the CIA to float a picture of the ‘dead’ Bin Laden to see of people would believe it. It was not released through official channels, rather through press sources in the Middle East. It showed up on the front page of many newspapers. That was until a Twitter user PROVED it was a fake that involved the morphing of two prior photos, one if Bin Laden, one of a dead enemy combatant killed in 2009.
This is an outrage. The US military just tried to fool the entire world. The news outlets reported last night that not even Obama or Panetta saw the actual video of the military operation. They were just given a ‘briefing’ on it. The military and the CIA, who created the Bin Laden myth, had to end the charade somehow. For the past 8 years the CIA has been releasing audio tapes claiming to be recordings of Bin Laden’s voice. They were audio tapes, so the public never saw his face. The CIA used this Bin Laden propaganda to contol US piblic opinion. They just got caught in a lie. The press needs to WAKE UP AND ASK QUESTIONS.
Bin Laden supposedly killed 3,000 Americans, and caused a 47 story skyscraper to completely collapse, despite the fact a plane never hit it (building 7). And they dump the guy who did it in the ocean?! And that’s it? And were supposed to believe this garbage?!

if you don’t want to see it, don’t look at it…release the photo…bin laden deserves no special respect…release the photo

No one has the right to see the photo of a dead person except the next of kin if they want to. No one has the right of see photos of a military operation. In my opinion, I would rather error on the side of being too civilized about the death of an enemy than to glorify his death with photographs of his dead body. Release the pictures in 10-20 years for historical purposes and when his death is no longer an issue. If Americans don’t want to believe their military and government officials of both parties and all important positions of this operation, then those doubters have the problem, not the American government. The only exception would be if there really are family members of victims of 9/11 that won’t believe it unless they see the photos, then arrange a private showing of the photos can be arranged.

Don’t worry people…he’ll release the photos in 3 years!

You can sure tell when something gets linked to the Drudge Report…romper room time! Obama finally did what Bush couldn’t do for eight years. It has to be really hard conservatives…I feel your pain!!!!

According to the reports, Bin Laden was captured alive and then killed. This means they had options on how things would play out.
With an operation so meticulously planned and with so much distrust of the government (wmd scandal, etc.), I fail to understand why all of this *apparently* was not considered.

For a short period of time immediately after word came out about the killing of Osama bin Laden, I was, as always, grateful for our military and even felt Obama did the right thing and finally did what was good for our country. But now a couple days later,reality sets in and we are now back to the self centered, politically driven agenda that is setting a course of disaster.Bush was right when he said we’d hunt bin Laden until he was found, no matter how long it took. Unfortunately, I guess down deep, we all knew this administration doesn’t have the leadership skills (or balls) to tackle the problem head on.

If they can show JFK getting his brains blown out by a radical Marxist every other day on the History channel then there should be zero qualms about showing this zealots photo.
We want proof with the photographs, the raid video (the one that shows Hillary all aghast)and numerous independent tests on the DNA that was taken.
No one option will do, as Americans we demand the proof.

For Obama and team to supposedly observed the mission in real time a lot of details are changing with the wind. Knowing Obama’s word can’t be trusted I’m starting to doubt the KIA of Bin Ladin

What a load! the media prints pictures of dead American troops, beheading, and disfigurements, but NOT Bin Laden? THAT is anti American! Who cares what the world thinks, they don’t think, our kids could use some real bodies, and not just video bodies. Obama! get off of your high horse, and out of the mosque.

NYGUY30 | May 4, 2011 8:38:00 AM – So you want to see the pictures because you think the President is lying? Wrong! If you think it is a lie, you are thinking the President, top intelligence leaders, top military leaders, commander of the ship, the Navy Seals, and Senators and Representatives of both parties are lying to you. I think you are the one with the problem.

A joke was going round in work.
Trillions of Dollars, Many men and women killed, lots of intelligence and POW Torture. And where did you find him in his house. And not only that but in his house with a fort around it in a City.
How stupid!

” Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are advising the president about concerns at the Pentagon and State Department that releasing a photograph could prompt a backlash against the US for killing bin Laden where one does not seem to currently exist.”
Unreal, they are so concerned about what exactly?? You answer to the American public, not some crazy sect of a “peaceful” religion. I can’t believe that there would be a more vehement backlash against the U.S. for releasing a photo than there would for the actual killing.

Just show the photos to the Registrar of Documents in Hawaii, and then he can report to us that he *saw* them and then everything will be okay.

Wikileaks will release it, regardless.

PLEASE don’t print the photo, Mr. President. That, coupled with gas prices and the economy, will ensure you will not get a second term.

The fake Bin Laden death photo that surfaced Sunday, immediately after the military operation, was a photoshopped fake done by the CIA which was floated out to the public through indirect means to see if people would believe it. This would have become the ‘official’ photo, until a Twitter user realized it was a superposition of two pre-existing photos. The morphed photo was never before seen, meaning it was created explicitly for this purpose. The military operation was supposedly top secret, so nobody else in the public would have had the knowlede or inclination to create this fake. It came from inside the government.
A news story released yesterday indicated that not even President Obama or Leon Panetta were privy to the video of the military operation. Nobody actually saw the operation unfold, not even Obama. The situation team room learned of the result after waiting 25 minutes for the outcome. The ‘body’ was then dumped into the ocean a few hours later.
This is absolutely absurd. The most wanted terrorist in the WORLD, and not even the US President has actually seen real time proof he was killed? As for the rest of the public, we are not allowed to see official photos of the body? We paid for them! Worse yet, they dump the body in the ocean! Are you kidding me with this? Were supposed to believe his ‘wife’ identified him? Huh???? His wife?! A woman none of us has ever heard from, and who hasn’t event been connected to the actual event or military operation? No photos of her either.
NOBODY I know believes this garbage so far. I voted for Obama and Biden. I think they are being duped by the CIA and the military too.

TRUST BUT VERIFY

He’ll show it, eventually.
But, it will take Trump to say “Where’s the death photo”?

Hmmm, no picture, no body. Hmmmm, and we are to believe a guy named Obama who said he killed Osama. Hmmmm

Typical for the liberal leadership in Washington. The damn terrorists are going to try and hit us again whether they show the photo or not of dead idiot. Show some balls and release the photo for public viewing so we can tackle the issues at hand which are job creation, high fuel costs, the economy and figuring out how to get Obama out of office in 2012.

Cmon, hes dead, but still RELEASE THE PHOTO!

FOIA REQUEST PLEASE!!!!

Obama’s birth certificate is buried with Bin Laden’s body at sea. Obama wants this issue in the news cycle thru 2012, so he can talk about it on TV until we all vomit.

From another report:
“Muslim clerics are predicting revenge attacks against American targets because of the way the government decided to dispose of the leader’s body.”
If it’s not one thing, it’s another. How can the people at the highest level not understand that there is no “good” option here?
Release the photos and forestall any controversy! Nobody should hold our people accountable for retaliatory actions – that is on the conscience of the individual Muslims. Common sense.

Thank Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld for “rendition”, “secret CIA prisons” and “enhanced interrogation techniques” that developed the info leading to OBL’s death. The same folks who were SO against “torture” are now benefitting from the fruits of that labor under a different administration and characteristically, suddenly “forget” about the source of info because it helps them politically. Hypocrits.

Let me settle this: My tax dollars paid for this operation. I want to the return on my investment in our military and this war. Show all photos and/or video. Muslim terrorists want to kill us no matter what. Nothing we do or don’t do will change that.

Unless there’s a big surprise coming, I’m hoping that Team Obama didn’t orchestrate this OBL assassination as a part of Re-election 2012. This is a disaster! Ideally, Team Obama would have produced a snuff-film that only would be broadcast closed-circuit to military personnel ONLY. Subsequently, a low-quality video and conspiracy theories would circulate around the web: SEALs capture OBL; fly him to an aircraft carrier (off the coast of Manhattan); keep him on his knees on the deck for hours; POTUS lands on deck of carrier via Marine One, disembarks copter, and walks toward OBL; SEAL captain locks & loads a Glock and places it into POTUS’s hand; Jr. SEAL removes a black bag from OBL’s head, (close-up) OBL’s face, (wideshot) OBL on knees, BHO standing behind OBL with Statue of Liberty in background; (close-up) OBL’s face as large bullet enters back of OBL’s head and exits front of head taking out facial components. NO ONE would believe the authenticity of the video, NO ONE would ever see that OBL again, and NO ONE would ever know what happened to OBL (like Jimmy Hoffa). In this scenario, BHO would have it all: dead OBL, inspired troops, plausible deniability, and re-election in 2012.

I’ve got to agree with Baroness Voldemort (a/k/a Hillary) on this one. In the digital age Releasing a photograph does nothing to quell conspiracy theorists and serves only to satisfy morbid curiosity. But unfortunately for the Bamster, it’s already been promised by his PR squad and so a change of mind will appear vacillating. Obama badly needs a new PR team.

Obama says that no one is questioning if Osama is dead??? I am, so send me the photo to my home address and I promise I will not show it to anyone.

Transparency, Freedom, Openness?
These are things valued by Americans,
and paid lip-service by this administration.
They have reverted to form.
Should anyone be surprised?
Since they always keep a finger in the
wind,
do a poll on it.
The American people want to see Osama,
cold and dead, but the handwringers in
the White House must see it in black and white.

“…releasing a photograph could prompt a backlash against the US for killing bin Laden where one does not seem to currently exist.”
WHAT? You mean we’re all safe from these wackjobs and always have been? There’s never really been a “backlash” against Americans by these lunatics? Go figure; you learn something new everyday. Did someone release some photo prior to 9/11 that showed something that caused that “backlash?” Anyone else out there in America confused?

Hmm, so many doubting Thomas’s out there, who can’t believe without seeing. For those on the right, who “love” our military. Do you think the Navy SEAL’s would lie? Do you think that Bush, Cheney, Condolezza Rice, Don Rumsfield, and RUSH LIMBAUGH would congratulate Obama if it were not true? Bush even wrote, his biggest regret was not getting Bin Laden. I doubt that even if Bin Laden were marched down Pennsylvania avenue, that you would really believe it was him. Besides, if it were all “planned” wouldn’t it have been better for Obama to wait till say late next summer?, and then ride the wave of jubilation into November. I bet you are the same people who need to go to ground zero to see that the twin towers are no longer there.

The first night it was announced, the news said they had killed him a week ago and sat on the information until the ID could be confirmed. Now they say they just dumped the body yesterday, but only 24 hours after they killed him. So which is it? 2 days ago or a week ago?

So this is the question: Wouldn’t binLaden have been better off for us being captured alive?
It seems to me that this was either a botched mission, or a near totally contrived story. If he wasn’t armed, why kill him? If we did shot an obviously unarmed man our troops should be held to no more or less a degree to the “rules of engagement” than any other person, and if found to be guilty, punished. You either sink to their level or bring them up to ours. The former means they win.
They have changed their story so many times that I wouldn’t know which story to believe. First he was armed and fighting, next he’s hiding behind women, then he’s not, and now he’s unarmed. So which is it?
Why aren’t we seeing any interviews with the soldiers involved with this now seeming act of murder? One would think they’d be national hero’s and the administration would be in a hurry to have ticker-tape parades in their honor. (Good for the war effort, you know.) So, where are they?
Where’s the body? Are we too presume that after seeing thousands of shots of Saddam in his underwear that our government gives a fat-crap about binLaden’s “dignity.” Or that they are hiding all and any evidence out of respect for the Muslim religion, or fear of reprisals? Who believes this?

Why not show a film of the corpse, including the chest wound – but show only the face, not the forehead, if the wound is too gruesome. Bin Laden was a tall man so a film of his body will prove something.

Since it took two years to release a birth certificate, this photo in question will be released on January 20, 2013 after a new president is inaugurated.

There is more evidence to prove the existence of Bigfoot than there is the death of Bin Laden.
So far the only evidence to prove Bin Laden is dead is all hear-say that would not hold up in a court of law. You don’t need to be an “extremist” to realize that.

Obamas not going to release that picture before his victory lap around Ground Zero on Thursday.

It makes zero sense to have dumped the body if things went down the way they say…..why carry a body off and then dump it where none can ever find it? If he were dead, they would have just taken some dna.

As I write this I’m listening to Dr. Steve Pieczenik on the Alex Jones News Broadcast. If you don’t know who this man is, Google his name and learn. If anyone knows the truth, it’s Dr. Pieczenik. He meet binLaden, and worked under 5 presidents as second in command at the the State Department.
Dr. Pieczenik is calling this a total hoax and naming names as to who was really behind 9/11. You won’t hear this on the MSM propaganda outlets.
So desperate are the criminals in our government and the flunkies in the so-called “established news agencies,” that their lies are now beyond the pale and insiders within our government are coming forth blowing the whistle on the insane criminals we have in control of our country and that this has to stop!
We need a Howard Beale moment now, and stick out heads out the window and yell, “We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore!”
Only we need to do more than yell, we need to start throwing the criminals in our government in jail!!!

does yo people realize that the US would never, ever be able to wipe the egg of its face if OBL showed up alive at some later date?
that’s all the proof you need.

THE GOVERNMENT WITHHOLDS NEARLY 16 MILLION DOCUMENTS EVERY YEAR AS “CLASSIFIED” INFORMATION.
THIS NEEDS TO END NOW.
OUR TAX DOLLARS, AND OUR LIVES (MILITARY AND CIVILIAN) HAVE PAID DEARLY BECAUSE OF THIS ENDLESS “WAR ON TERROR”.
WE PAID FOR THIS OPERATION, WE ELECT YOU PEOPLE INTO OFFICE, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SEE WHAT GOES ON.
THERE WAS ALREADY RIOTS OVER THE BURIAL WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO BE COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL. SO QUIT THE BS. THEY HAVE A RALLYING CRY AGAINST US NO MATTER WHAT.

It’s unbelievable that the most wanted man in the world could live in a complex a mile away from a major military compound and Pakistan not know.
It’s unbelievable that our military has been in total control of Pakistan’s military for years, and the fact that we’ve had intelligence all over Pakistan that they too would not also not know.
It’s unbelievable that with numerous reports of binLaden’s death that he would suddenly surface when it’s politically advantageous for a failing president.
It’s unbelievable that after our State Dept has made such a show of parading Saddam and his sons after their deaths that they would decide to instead bury binLaden’s body at sea, because “they respect the Muslim religion.”
It’s unbelievable how they keep changing the story.
Yes, this is all so unbelievable as to not be believed.

The people in charge must be using 5 year olds to write the scripts now. I guess that’s what the public can digest. Osama is captured right before re-election campaigns begin even though we searched for 10 years. His body cannot be shown because it could be inflammatory even though we occupied their countries for 10 years. We’ve given up more money and freedom with this President and the last one than ever before. If money is power then BANKS call the shots. If more money and power is the goal then why not “Stay the course”. Make’s sense to me, and 5 year olds.

Thank God he wasn’t killed in Dallas at Daley Plaza.
Why can photos of supposedly President Kennedy’s body be shown but not OBL?
Compromise. Show the pictures to members of Congress, then they can verify to the public that he’s dead or isn’t.

When your popularity is in the toilet along with the economy, a man like the president might just think,”what can I do about this?” And then the old refrain may come to mind ” what the people need is a way to make them smile ” and what better way than to go out and get the master blaster? Then anything might happen. I am bothered by the timing, the lack of a real photo and most of all by the burial at sea.Didnt we want to know about his kidneys? This is not conspiracy thinking just conjecture.

littleblindjeffymcrib – There is no “dilemma”. It is a minor issue where honest objective people disagree with what the best solution would be.

Release the photos you cowards! Give us our pound of flesh! I don’t give a flying **** what the muzzies think. I don’t care how bent they get, this is wa r!
On 911 my heart was filled with hatr ed, and my mouth was filled with ven om towards these animals. I swore i would never forgive them and i won’t! Towards that oath i force myself on every 9/11 to watch the footage of the towers falling again, again and again. To steel my heart, to heat my blood and to prevent me from ever forgetting.
No Mr President, you need to release those photos. It’s not enough to know we got UBL. Some of us need to see his lifeless body laying on the dusty ground with his head blown apart. Give us our vengeance!And not for the sake of morbidity, but to take a step towards inner peace.

As much as I detest Obama, I would NEVER hold it against him if the terrorists seek to retaliate over these photos. It would not be his fault. The terrorists are going to hate us NO MATTER WHAT, and if these photos lures them out, all the better. RELEASE THEM.

Dear President Obama:
Thank you for your courageous decision to terminate this threat to the United States. Please do not release the pictures. We believe that obl is no longer a threat. And our enemies will never believe that the photos are undoctored, anyway. There quite simply is no upside in their release.

What is the big deal about not releasing the photo. That is what the world needs to assure that he is dead. Or is he? We see worse pics in the movies, internet and TV. IF is he really dead (and we all know that politicians lie) then show the pictures. We are big girls and boys and we can handle it.

“The only skeptics are extremists”. Well, I guess most commenters here are now subject to the Patriot Acts I and II and the Military Detentions Act (and therefore also subject to be be disappeared with no due process).
Love the way that if you don’t believe Obama, you’re essentially equated to a terrorist. We were warned that the police state was being built for ordinary folks. Guess it was true.

Blood thirsty Extremist in American. Suspect comes from self-dishonesty and the knowing of who a person really is!

Idiot Obama, show us the pictures NOW!!! Otherwise we will all question whether or not bin Laden was really killed. STOP this BS, 1st is was your birth certificate now this …… as a NY’er & as an American I demand to see as much proof that bin Laden is dead & I want to see the “burial at sea”pictures (another stupid idea)….show us the photos NOW ir is this some sort of stunt to get you re-elected in 2012?????
BTW this is AMERICA, if people choose not to see the pictures they can look away of shut the tv off….STOP playing games with the U.S. and give us proof that you got bin Laden

When he was a Senator Obama voted “present”…couldn’t decide which way to vote? A taste of things to come.

Oh yes, please, do NOT release the death
photo. It will help get your moronic a$$ out of office in 2012 obama. I have never been so ashamed of a presidency in
my life! You think these terrorists don’t know what death looks like by now?
Media reports the only ones who want the
photo released are “extremists”–well
then, I guess about 87% of all of America is extremist!!

Obama has had time to decide this! There were some days before Bin Ladin’s death. Oh, that’s right Obama doesn’t think ahead….

Tex said, “Compromise. Show the pictures to members of Congress, then they can verify to the public that he’s dead or isn’t.’
BALONEY! I am a taxpayer, my county was attacked on 9/11, I have a right to see the pictures. But here’s the problem — there are NO pictures. That’s the whole point. This thing is a charade. So instead of actual proof, they now say, “just believe his wife, she identified him”. A woman none of us ever knew existed, and who none of us have yet to see, is supposed to be the one and only source of proof we have of his death? This is worse than a joke.

I can except either decision – my problem is that he is so indecisive. It took him 16 hours to decide to shoot Bin Laden.

If Obama was not going to show the photos to the world to prove Osama was dead, why did he put all those Navy SEALS at risk to take Osama out? I thought killing him in a verifiable way was the whole point of putting American lives at stake? Otherwise, why not just send a Predator or cruise missle in to destroy the whole compound? Or didn’t the President think about this in advance? The Administration says they have been planning this for months – why all this deliberation now?

Listen, it’s a given that the decision to make this raid a go was not based on Obama’s act of gutsy, field general instincts but was an act of desperation.
He was desperate for something that the American people would view as an awesome achievement across the board.
He ordered a HIGHLY dangerous mission with a high probability of Osama being in that compound without eyes on verification.
You rolled the dice and used our top of the line troops in pulling off this mission, Kudo’s, we got lucky in that the Paks didn’t attack our boys and we got away clean, plus we supposedly killed Bin Laden.
None of that happened without verification and that verification needs to be shown to the American public and then the world.I’m interested in the American people, not Obama or Hillary or Bush or Cheney.I want iron clad proof.
And I don’t think this current administration realizes it or just doesn’t care but WE DON’T TRUST THEM.
So be good little public servants and serve us.

First it’s the birth certificate, which only saw after screaming about it for 3 years. We still do not have his college records. And now, it’s this photo. Unbelievable.
Most “transparent” administration in history, eh? I think Bill Clinton’s line about not having sex with Monica is more believable – TO THIS DAY!

Fedup said, “This Country’s libs are pathetic!! No insensitive photos were shown BEFORE 9/11 and look what happened!”
It’s not about ‘liberals’. I voted for Obama and Biden in 2008, and I plan to vote for them again in 2012. The reason they are not releasing the photos isn’t because of ‘muslim sensitivities’. It’s because they don’t actually HAVE photos. This whole thing is a charade.
Do you know that neither Obama nor Panetta, the CIA director, actually saw live video of the raid? A news story reported yesterday the screens went blank during the 25 minutes of the raid. Obama could be getting duped along with the rest of us. The only ‘agency’ who has access to all of the information is the US military, and they are the ones that dumped whatever body they had in their possession into the ocean. The only ‘photo’ that has surfaced so far was a complete fake that was the superposition of two previously existing images. The fake photo had never been seen before, and it surfaced about an hour after the military operation, meaning someone IN the government produced it. It was floated out to the public in my opinion to determine if anyone would believe it. A resourceful Twitter user proved it was a fake by finding the two original source images that were morphed together.
I think Obama needs to demand that the CIA and the military release all pertinent data, video, and pictures on this operation. The public requires and deserves PROOF that the most feared terrorist, the one the government kept warning us about year after year, is dead.

Like I give a rat’s ass about muslim sensitivities. Were those muslims concerned about our sensitivities on 9/11?
And don’t get me started on Pakistan. We should cut off aid to Pakistan immediately. Why should billions our hard earned tax dollars be turned over to this country which knowingly harbors enemies of our country and the world?

We do still have several thousand soldiers fighting and stationed around the world, walking around with huge targets on their back. Let’s not make it worse for them. It serves no purpose to release the photos. Even the killing of our nations top enemy has to become a partisan whine fest. Sad. Sad. Sad.

ROFL, THEY DID NOT GET HIM. THAT WOMAN IS AN ACTOR. WHOLE THING STAGED. NO OTHER REASON FOR THEM TO DUMP HIS BODY INTO THE SEA SO FAST. EVEN IF THEY DO RELEASE PICS NOW, EVERYONE WILL THINK IT’S PHOTO SHOPPED. THEY TURNED OBL INTO A LEGEND.

MIKE OBL, HAS PROBABLY BEEN DEAD SINCE 2003 AND WE KNOW IT. WHY THEY AREN’T WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

We need to get Donald Trump to pressure Obama to show the photos. It worked for the Birth Certificate.

Maybe they’re just taking their time Photoshopping this time. The “birth certificate” didn’t work out so well.

The entire National Security Council doesn’t huddle in the White House Situation room at night, then later announce to the world Osama bin Laden is dead just for giggles. Duh. Half the people who read Tapper are Drudge-ites (i.e., morons). There is no compelling reason to release the photos. Dude is clearly dead — unless of course you read Drudge and are a nutjob who still thinks the moon landing never happened.

Jacksmith said, If obl was not dead, all he would have to do to discredit the entire US government is post a photo of himself with a current newspaper. Do you really believe that President Obama would risk his reputation if he wasn’t absolutely certain that obl is dead?”
Bin Laden died several years ago. This isn’t about risking reputation. They knew he was dead already. This is about proving to the public he’s dead, for whatever reason, and this whole thing stinks to high heaven. You don’t go just dumping the most wanted terrorist into the ocean an hour after you kill him. This whole thing is ridiculous, and now that they are not releasing the photos or videos, this is even less believable. But I predicted yesterday they would not release them, because quite frankly I don’t believe they have them, and very few people that I’ve seen from comments around the Internet believe they have the photos either.

The latest: ” Osama bin Laden’s daughter had confirmed her father was captured alive and shot dead by the US Special Forces during the first few minutes of the operation”
True or false, this claim can’t bode well for the situation.

Trust but verify. I think someone wise once said.

“..concerns at the Pentagon and State Department that releasing a photograph could prompt a backlash against the US for killing bin Laden where one does not seem to currently exist.” Give me a break! Just wait, it takes a few days
for those who hate us to plan a proper
‘party’ in our honor.

Either A) the government is lying, or B) the people don’t believe the government, so they want to see the blood and brains dripping out of his head! These must be the same people who watch horror movies back to back! Decendants of the Romans perhaps! I know what Navy SEALS can do. You don’t NEED to see that, just accept it.

Look who wants these pictures so bad: the Taliban, al qaeda, and Islamist. There are no Americans that doubts he is dead. If they think he is still alive let them prove it. We had to wait 10 year I say let them wait 20 before releasing these photos.
We shouldn’t be bated into these propaganda exchanges with these criminals. So far Obama has done a great job around this issue, I hope they continue to think before being manipulated by this shrewd enemy. They understand their audience and know this will only be in their favor.

Okay, first off most of these comments are just plain stupid. People do not understand that if a picture is released then there will be trouble for the USA. We already know about “code orange” and stuff, and another attack on the USA will be horrible. I say, if he is dead, then leave it alone. I see these people cheering, and happy that he is dead but now you are doing the same thing that Al-Qaeda does cheer, and laugh after the killing of another human being. You are showing them, what they wanted the whole world to see, that the USA is nothing but people that does not care about life. We as Americans should not cheer his death, instead we need to think about those that are overseas, and problems that we have here in the USA. If you believe in Jesus, and you are cheering Osama’s death then you are giving him power of Jesus. Simply, because we celebrate Jesus’s death, and now people will start, and has started celebrating Osama’s death. If you want to look at it like that then please do so.

Drider – Citizens do not have the right to see photos of a military operation. It is primarily the decision of the military, the intelligence agencies, and the administration as to whether information is released. There is not much harm in showing a close up of the head with a bullet hole through it, but it is still up to them to decide if now is the best time to release the photos. If you are not going to believe the Navy Seals, the ship commander, and all top government officials of both parties that this happened, then photos are not going to prove anything.

The only reason not to show the picture is that Obama is afraid of the radical muslims reaction. America’s leadership should not be so cowardly. This is a time to be bold.

911 was an outside job.
Alex jones is a basterd.
I hate haters.

Sorry about the Alex Jones comment.
He is funny. But stop fueling the
anti-government hatred. It has no
use. CIA is unbeatable.

So, what exactly are the consequences if someone doesn’t believe? Bupkus, that’s what. A fact isn’t more or less of a fact just because you do or do not believe in it. We’ll get by just fine without your approval. All these people want to do is:
- gloat
- satisfy morbid curiosity
- add another gory picture to their collections
- insert other childish behavior here

And for the President to basically say to the American people, “I am withholding information from you because I am afraid of our enemy” is shameful.
The President of the United States should not be leading the way in changing OUR lives to suit people in far away countries.

The desire by some to release photos of Osama’s corpse, is consistant with our current pathetic American culture of reality TV; showing the most intimate, bloody details you can..in order to appease a voyeuristic public consumed with the gory details of whatever comes their way…so that they may feel better about their own lives. It would have been refreshing for a change if the American public conducted themselves with digity by marking Bin Laden’s death with reserved satisfaction, rather than getting drunk and chanting “USA” in the streets for all the world to see.

“…with bin Laden’s wife having survived the attack to identify bin Laden’s death both to the Navy SEALs and Pakistani authorities.”
Like I would trust her to tell the truth; “Yeah that’s him (psst honey, sneak out the back door quick while they think that dead guy is you). I believe he’s dead but still wanna see the pics.

I’m far more skeptical of Obama’s heavily photoshopped long form birth certificate than I am of OBL’s death.

Just release it already. Stop the insanity

You poor people just don’t understand the situation. We’re all just Jerry’s, I mean, uh, Barry’s Kids. No matter how old we are, we’ll never really be grown up adults who can make our own decisions. Of course you can’t see the pictures. It’s just too much for you.

“Osama is dead, that all we need to know.”
Yes Maurice, blindly believe everything your government tells you. I’m a natural born skeptic (I do believe he is dead though), so I don’t take the government’s word on anything without a large serving of salt.

What a contrast. White House delays in making the decision to go with the operation, multiple versions of the events on the ground being briefed and now vacillating on whether to release photos. SEAL Team flies in, fast-ropes down, takes out the bad guys, loads up files and departs within 40 minutes.

This fiasco is a great diversion from
the birth certificate.

It wouldn’t do any good. The conspiracists would just say it isn’t really him, and it would provide a rallying cry for extremists.

Nothing to be gained here by releasing the photo. If it is released it will inflame some and not convince others who will claim Photoshop.

I’ll tell you why they won’t release them yet. He’s playing politics!! He wants to keep the story front and center for as long as possible.
Then, when people start to look elsewhere, he will say “I made a decision to release the photo(s)”. It will bring it front and center again. Look at how he treated his birth cert.
This callous politician does nothing without it being political.
Great politician; but horrible American.

After reading the comments on this post alone, I don’t believe releasing the photos would do any good. Every single skeptic will believe the picture was photoshopped. After all, tons of “fringe” people believe Obama’s long-form birth certificate was “heavily photoshopped”. If Gates and Clinton advise not to release the photos, I’m with them. Don’t release them. Doing so will inflame terrorists around the world. Their singular mission in life is to kill Americans and destroy our country. You don’t throw gasoline on smoldering embers.

How did everyone feel when the two american soldiers where stung up in Samalia? Did it do Samalia any good? No it made them look stupid and weak, like heatherns. The photo will come out because we still have a third of the people in this country in denial that we have a black President. I am really dissapointed in this blind hatred and disrespect that so many are showing the Presidency of the USA. Just because you didn’t vote for him or even don’t like him he is still “OUR” president and deservse the respect of a President.

Hah! These are all the same morons who are spreading that computer virus around because the email says it’s a death photo of ObL. You’re being overthrown by your own bloodlust. Couldn’t happen to a better class of people.

Hillary days the photos will be released shortly. It takes time to photo shop these things.

killing people is OK but releasing photo is not OK !! What a joke !
Wakee wakee

Many are the joys of having Prince Hamlet occupy the Oval Office in 2011

After we’ve seen every magazine and news agency with pictures of a fireman carrying a lifeless child’s body out of the federal building that McVeigh bombed I’m beginning to wonder why it’s only insensitive when it’s not an american we’re viewing dead? We routinely post photos of dead children, brutal assaults on women and mutilated service men but we won’t post a picture of a dead terrorist? Is it insensitivity or fear? And if it is fear, how long are we going to have our actions dictated by it? We already take our shoes off at airports, have our personal belongings rifled through and even our children’s bodies publicly examined and now we’re worried about insensitivity? Crapola, it’s all about fear and as my name says I’m done tired of being afraid.

There’s no need for the photo. Our government says he is dead and has staked a lot on that assertion. The proof of his death is that we will never hear from him again. If he survived he would be VERY eager to make a new video to prove it. The only reason to show the photo is blood lust and gore. It won’t be “proof” of anything for the wackos because anyone can be photoshopped or doctored with makeup. The photos will disgust people around the world, be seen as a desecration of a muslim body, and cost us good will. Jihadis will reprint it as propaganda. “See what Americans do to us?!” they will say. Please don’t release it.

This blog is a good example of how stupid some people are. They distort and lie and then turn around and accuse the President of lying about bin Laden. They talk like the President is the only person that claims bin Laden in dead. They don’t believe Bush and Cheney when they congratuate Obama and the military for a job well done. They are stupid enough to think that a photo is more proof than the eye witnesses and the DNA. They say the President is not releasing the photo because he is afraid of the enemy. False, he is concerned about Americans over seas and our military that are in hot spots of the war. Why would he want to make their job any more dangerous than it already is? I hope military parents and those serving in the military are not reading these stupid posts.

The rally cry will come with or without the photo. With or without the “Muslim” funeral. Islamic extremists are rallying no matter what. So publish the photo.

Takes time to photoshop. Sometimes it just can’t be done, ergo no photo release. The drama continues…

I have no doubt the Seals killed someone, the question is who, why, and why now?

Just leak the photos to wikileak. The government doesn’t have to do anything!

The people who now believe Bin Laden has been killed will begin wavering in their beliefs and then conspiracy theories will take over if photos and other proof is not released.
Those who will be inflamed will be inflamed no matter what is released. Not releasing as much as possible will simply fan the flames of conspiracy theorists. I mean, look at how much time has been given to the birther movement.
Release everything you can, guys, and let’s move on.

“US official: “The only skeptics are extremists and they wouldn’t be convinced by a photograph anyway.” Exactly. The real shame is that most of those skeptics are right here at home, and they ARE extremists; they will never accept ANY proof which legitimizes or lends the slightest degree of credit to Obama. Why would the release of these images resolve anything with those who STILL refuse to accept the overwhelming, undeniable evidence that the President was born in the U.S.? Why would PHOTOGRAPHS be considered any more persuasive than DNA evidence, the testimony of eyewitnesses, video footage, and the word of our own intelligence, military and elected officials? Release would do no good and likely do great harm to Americans serving and living around the world. Shameful that some care more about playing partisan politics and attacking the President at every turn than the good of the nation and their fellow Americans.

@dlutherc – No, I DON’T believe that putting our ‘heads in the sand’ will make things better. We are already at war with these thugs so I am not SCARED of anything that will happen. Especially because the best military in the world lets me sleep sound at night…. Which leads me to the ones I am concerned about. Releasing the photo will do nothing GOOD for anyone – especially the ones who are already defending our a$$es. You are nothing but a blood hungry monster that wants to see brains. LET IT GO AND TRUST YOUR COUNTRY AND PRESIDENT OR GET THE F OUT!

Oh no we might inflame the sensibilities of people who already want to kill us all! We’d better respect their wishes and not publish the photos, thereby keeping the myth that we never killed him alive!

By all means, release the photos! Enough with all this inflammatory crap! These terrorist murderers deserve their own movie much less releasing these photos. As for that Pakistan president, a vast majority of USA citizens know full well he is just a figurehead paper-tiger. The military controls the show in Pakistan. To add salt to that fact our Billions of USA tax dollars used to fund on-going and future terrorist actions that place USA citizens/military at risk. Let them make one bad move with their nuclear weapons, which will give our military just cause to eliminate that problem once and for all.

SHOW US THE PICTURE ! THE REAL PICTURE AND NOT PHOTOSHOP

Funny thing… I woke up this morning and I swear I was in government censored China and not the USA.
RELEASE the photos!

We will never know if this actually ever happened or this was the product of the government “script writers”. By the way, we never landed on the moon either.

If releasing the photo means our soldiers will be in danger and won’t come home then don’t release it but otherwise I think it should be released to prove to the people of America that he is really dead. Bring the soldiers home. Bring my soldier home

We need to think about our military first. People ask yourself this is releasing the picture gonna bring our soldiers home. Is it gonna start more war over there. We don’t need to put our soldiers in anymore danger.

The mishandling of this incident by the administration borders on the criminal.

If the photo is not released, the conspiracy theorists are going to come up with wacked out stories. If it IS released, those stories are going to be 10 times crazier. Release the photo. I want to see what those nutjobs come up with. I got one. They let Osama’s wife live, so I’m positive she’s a CIA agent in on the whole thing. Think about it. Makes perfect sense!!! Happy storytelling!!!

It is pretty obvious that Hillary Clinton has once again placed herself over the country. She doesn’t want the photos of Osama Bin Laden released because she wants to use it as a platform against Barack Obama when she challenges him to the Democratic Primaries for the presidential elections.

Sorry, about upsetting the constantly enraged Muslims, Americans paid over a trillion dollars in tax dollars and a loss of over 10,000 of its citizens. We are being molested
by the TSA for it. We have no reason to take you at your word Mr. Campaign promises. Release the photos.

Release the photo to humiliate and demoralize the terrorists that have not yet been captured or killed.

Again…DO NOT RELEASE these photos! We all know that a photo Speaks a 1000 Words! Releasing will only foster more second guessing and buffoonery we don’t need.

It is pretty obvious that Hillary Clinton has once again placed herself over the country. She doesn’t want the photos of Osama Bin Laden released because she wants to use it as a platform against Barack Obama when she challenges him to the Democratic Primaries for the presidential elections.
Posted by: Mike | May 4, 2011 10:53:22 AM
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What you are unaware is the DNC will not allow Mz Clinton to the promise Land (WhiteHouse)…
The DNC Leadership is controlled by the Progressive Liberals.. Implanting and protecting Obama has been their goal.
“Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of man, the Shadow knows…”
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For the most part, you could show a video of the blood gushing out of his head and him taking his last breath, and the naysayers would say it was a “doctored” film. Obama haters will never give up.

obama tried to stop the mission but was overruled by intel in the WH. They had to drag him off the golf course – this was part of his 16 hour delay before making the decision (“i want to sleep on it”).
obama isn’t a leader, and he doesn’t like to be told what to do. Look closely at the ‘war room’ photo….you’ll see obama for the failure that he is. Insiders say he tried to scramble the mission because he decided its failure could negatively impact his reelection campaign. Intel told him to shove it and they went ahead.

The best way to avoid media hoopla and all that goes with it would have been to immediately release the photos hours ago without much comment. But by delaying and hand wringing and wondering aloud what to do, what to do… just stirs up a heated controversial frenzy! Once again, Obama is far too concerned (fearful?) about world opinion than he is American morale or he is trying to use this for political mileage. How about the guys who did the job? Do you really think the military is afraid to show the results of their heroic actions? Are hunters afraid to show the photos of their successful hunt?

If the photo isn’t release, wikileaks will get it before long.

Why do we care what the Muslims will think? They prove to us every day by word and deed their goal is to kill us – how much damage can a picture really do after that? Besides, there are plenty of skeptics here in the US that believe bin Laden wasn’t killed. Unfortunately, this administration’s past history of deception only fuels that skepticism. However, should it ever be proven to be a lie and bin Laden is still alive – the disservice to our military and our citizens may never be able to be repaired. Show us proof of death!

To be honest,since the operation we have seen nothing but confusion and incompetence coming out of the White House.Failure to publish a photo rapidly has already spawned the expected “Osama lives!” BS among his supporters;the shock and awe of a quick release has already evaporated.The changing story of Osama armed,then not armed,then resisting,then not resisting,using a human shield,then not using a shield-is it any wonder that now there is a report from a “witness” that he was shot after capture?If this was all along a mission to kill him,why not just bomb the compound without risking any lives-like originally planned in March?I will grant that we may have picked up important hard-drive info,but that appears to have been a secondary issue.Lastly,unless the “courier” story is misdirection,you have seen the greatest release of confidential tracking methods and techniques in the history of covert warfare,therefore eliminating any further use of these same techniques.

ANONYMOUS – Um, the photos of Abu were leaked.

Did you ever see the beheading videos that those animals have posted… They need to have the image of their leader dying at the hands of American Soldiers.. Show the pictures to the world…

Here’s the deal, if the Terrormentalists had a video beheading a U.S. Seal, it would be on al Jezzera in a matter of hours. That is our problem. We’re to good to admit we will fight back. They want to kill us infidels anyway. Sheesh……

Republicans are just not patriots like they like to believe. I’ve never seen such disrespect.

Clinton and Gates are right. No profit to anyone by releasing photos.

The bottom line is the American People have a right to see these pictures and bring closure to this chapter in our history. Its sad that this administration holds the American people captive and tells us what is goog for us and cares more about the muslim world than they do the people in their own country. People would much rather seen him burn alive then get his brains blown out. People quickly forget all of the people who were murdered at the hands of this mad man. Him being shot in the head is too human for evil like him yet were debating a picture with his evil brains gushing out? Are you kidding me! Im sure he provided a proper christian burial for all the christians he killed. America has become so politically correct its ridiculous. Do people honestly think that not showing his picture will will inflame anymore radical muslim extreamist than there already are? Its time for a reality check , show the damn picture and show the world what happens to evil when it attacks america. Not showing the picture and this continuous rhetoric about being overly sensitive to the Islamic community is making are country appear weak around the world and some could argue by the united states appearing weak causes more violence around the world because evil like UBL thinks they wont be brought to justice. WAKE UP AMERICA THE WORLD IS A ROUGH PLACE AND BY YOU LIVING IN YOUR BUBBLE AND PRETENDING EVIL CAN BE RID BY THE WHITE GLOVE TREATMENT WERE GIVING EVIL PEOPLE YOUR GREATLY MISTAKEN.

A huge opportunity has been lost due to narcissistic ego. The elimination of this Slug should have proceeded covertly, accomplished covertly, and denied completely. Thus circumventing the media hoopla, and the potential rising anger of the Muslim Street. No highten alerts, no threats, just no Feather for POTUS.

Clinton and Gates are wrong. Assurances will come to many by releasing the photos (and video).

Matt, you are overdoing the trump thing. Thous dost protest too much.

They dumped the greatest piece of irrefutable evidence into the sea — Bin Laden’s body — because they didn’t want to offend Muslim sensitivities? Give me a break. Once again, it’s amateur hour at the White House. For making our nation look stupid, they should be run out on a rail next election — nevermind how they’re destroying what’s left of the middle class and our Constitutional rights.

We released photos of Saddam Hussein’s kids, Usay and Quday (sp?). Why not terror leader bin Laden? Does the WH have something else to hide?

John, I’m calling BS on you too.
“I agree do not release. All the posters above just like the “gorn” and are are skeptics in all cases.
End of Story
-30-”
First off it’s gore, not gorn and you are wrong. It is not about “gore” it is about seeing some kind of evidence that this man is truly dead. If all people wanted was gore there is plenty of that to be found from other Internet sources. It isn’t about blood and brains. It is about having some reassurance that our own government is not pulling the wool over anyone’s eyes. It is about some semblence of proof.

People will upset no matter what he does. Some people just love being in a rage about meaningless things that have no bearing on their life.

The argument that releasing the photo would increase risk to our servicemen is BS, if these joke were concerned about the servicemen they wouldn’t be starting needless wars in order to have them killed off.

They had no problem releasing photos of Abu Ghraib and that certainly created a backlash…

Are they delaying releasing a “photo” until they can create a convincing looking one with Photoshop? Here’s a hint for you people, flatten the image this time. You bungled the birth certificate, the layers are still there! Idiots.

They Right is going to criticize this administration no matter what they do.

Delay in releasing the photos only shows weakness. The Arab world respects strength, not weakness.

Tim- You don’t score any points with these people by “thinking of their feelings”. They understand one thing unfortunately and they need to know that Osama is gone. Warm and fuzzies do nothing for the extremists. Why should the biggest mass murderer in history be treated with kid gloves after we’ve seen every other atrocity? You think if they captured the President and killed him that they wouldn’t show their “trophy”? Of course they would.

I think those stupid ass college kids from Georgetown that were dancing around like a bunch of fools in front of the White House on Sunday night, like their team just won the super bowl will have more influence on terrorists to attack Americans than the release of the photo.
Release the photo already…the terrorists didnt seem to mind releasing video of them beheading Daniel Pearl did they???

OBL is dead; whether lately or at Tora Bora. Thank God for the Seals, and their committment to service. Move on and address deeper issues of policy; ignore the barking of dogs. Pray for the President who has to make these decisions to get it as right as he can.

Difference between abu graib photos and bin Laden photos? dave | May 4, 2011 11:02:19 AM — There is no difference. My opinion is that neither should have been released to the public. They should be used internally to verify what we are doing is correct, but not for the public when it could be used to put Americans and our military in greater danger than it already is. They can be released in about 10-20 years for historical purposes if international situation is hopefully better.

They had no problem releasing photos of Abu Ghraib and that certainly created a backlash………Why didn’t you complain when they published those photo’s. Obama couldn’t wait to get those out!!!!

Leak them to Wikileaks.

Ask Clinton, what did Sandy Burger steal from the archives to cover his involvement with Osama and 911 ?

The Abu Ghraib photos were leaked people. Geeez you guys like to rewrite history.

This administration and the media vilified Bush for doing ALL of this stuff but now it’s sunshine and lollipops? The left loves Cheneys Kill Team? What a joke ….

A photo proves nothing because it is so easy to alter. However, it is very difficult to have all government officials of both parties and former Presidents of both parties agree that bin Laden was killed. They all agree and that is solid proof. They may disagree as to whether the photo should be released, but they all agree that he was killed.

DOnt release it. Who cares about the doubters. no harm comes if some people doubt. MUCH hard can come from a picture of a bloody Bin Laden when pictures of the dead are against islam. WHy pander to nutjobs. Who cares about them? let them doubt. Release them in 10/20 years when nobody cares anymore.

If Obama doesn’t release the photographic evidence soon these polls will nose dive. I was personally affected by UBL and lost family and friends. I want to see pictures of this man dead. Call me cryptic, call me late for supper but I’m done being toyed with by this administration. This looks to be nothing more than a larger set-up to call Americans insane for wanting to see this evidence akin to the baggers and birther’s with the BC but much larger in scope. This exemplary prosecution by our Navy SEAL’s is being tarnished IMO. We paid for this GD war and we want to see the fruits of our investment however gruesome this may be. The release of this evidence is not up to Obama, it’s now all about Obama, not 9/11 or UBL which is unacceptable. This is now up to the Press and I expect the Press to complete this decade old circumference. EOM

The bottom line is the American People have a right to see these pictures and bring closure to this chapter in our history-__i’m an Americna citizen and I say no thank you. do what is best for the country at large. I can’t tell you how much I do NOT care that wing nuts want to see the photos. The answer should just be “NO”. Sorry children, move along, bigger issues at work here, the answer is “NO!”

I think those who insist on seeing for themselves are suffering from a simple case of morbid curiosity—-no, they’re hte birthers. The wing nuts. the “I hate Obama crowd”. well, they hate Obama no matter. They’ll say it’s photoshop no matter. There is no pleasing those people, so why bother.

The Majority of the US and the World believe this to be a closed issue.. Osama has been Killed by the US and as Hillary States, only the radical Right Wingers and Terrorist supporters are casting any doubt on this and will never be pleased no matter what’s released…

No pics, no body, Osama has been dead for more than 5 years now. Barack is a fraud.

JOhn | May 4, 2011 11:38:16 AM I agree with you. It seems that all this story about showing or not showing the pictures is again news entertainment: and some people love that. The news is that OBL was killed, and the pictures won’t change the mind of anyone believing in conspiracy theory. At the end of the day, we should ask ourselves: why should the pictures be released? What could the USA as a country achieve by releasing them? The argument that the Administration should release the pics because the terrorists have done it, is problematic: should we, as a country, engage ourselves in the same mindset as terrorist groups.

RepublicansGotPunked
Why don’t you answer the question as to what photos were released to prompt the 9-11-01 attacks and what photo prompted the Ft Hood massacre. Knock off the classic character slander (because you have no answers), and answer the questions.

@Posted by: Jill Elliott | May 4, 2011 10:39:40 AM
When has he ever Jill?

The Right Wingers just want to bully the president into releasing the Photo so once something Bad happens they can blame him for having released the Photo?? Typical move by the Right Wingers..

How about the feelings of the American People.
We’re adults, we can handle it.

What the President and his administration need to do is to have a closed door viewing of the Photos and invite John Boehner as well as other top Republican Politicans as well as other top key people who can then speak to the authenticity of the Photos and the death of Bin Laden… Check MATE!!!! What’s Boehner going to do? Doubt their authenticity???

The President just needs to have a closed door Viewing of the Photos and invite top dignitaries as well as top Democrats and Republicans, ie Boehner to the viewing.. then have them come out and speak to the authenticity of the event… End of Story… just like the Birther non-sense…

The push from the Right Wingers, Birthers is just another attempt to try and get this President to make a mistake by releasing those Photographs… they know full well that nothing good will come of it.. if you don’t believe the word of the President of the United States of America, too BAD!!! These are the same idiots who refused to believe that he was a natural Born American Citizen… the Same Group that applauded and high fived each other when the US did not get the Olympic Bid??? Now you know those are Great Americans???

wow they weren’t too concerned about the soldiers when they wanted the pics of Abograve released. Very hypocritical.

Where were these idiots when Bush was atop that Air Craft Carrier with that 50 foot long Banner “Mission Accomplished” as he ran from end to end Jumping up and down Celebrating? Were they asking him to show proof that the Mission was accomplished? and as we see, here we are 10 Years later and Bushes Iraq and Afghan Wars continue…

I’d say there is some doubt with the American people that he was really killed, especially since the body was disposed of so quickly. Americans need to see the photos.

We have see CSI, Saw 1 to 100, and Friday the 13th. We can handle some photos of Bin Laden dead. Gosh. I hate being treated like a child.

You disagree with Obama you are a racist and extremist and Team 6 may be paying you a visit.

The President and his administration just need to ignore these Right Wing Birther rejects and move on with the Business at hand.. His approval Rating is at over 54% no matter how Rush and Neil Dork try to down play a bump.. that 54% Believe in his actions and the authenticity of what occurred.. no need to do anyting else with this.. unlike Bush and his administration who wanted to keep the Boogie Man around to validate their positons this President took care of business.. onto the Economy and 2012!!! nothing like facing Sarah Palin and Joe the Fake Plumber in the next Presidential Election…

While releasing the photo may seem gruesome to some, it will help serve as closure for those who lost a love one during the 9/11 or any other attack against the US. It’s the right thing to do. Alternatively, the US could release a COPYRIGHTED photo on a ‘subscription only’ basis similar to lots of news feeds, online subscriptions, photographers, etc. with a legal disclaimer that it can only be viewed and in no manner distributed. That way, only people desiring to view the photo would be allowed to and the Pakistanians may not view it as us releasing the photo to the general public resulting in no backlash. I think our US government could serve to think ‘outside the box’ a little more.

Why are you are worried about what “they” will do? They have already declared war against us? What more can they do than what they have done? Why are you afraid of them? You will have to understand that there is evil in the world and no matter how “nice” we are they will hate us because they do not believe in freedom.

My opinion, It will make much difference if the photo is released or not. The Isalm world will invent a reason to attack us. Just the mention that the USA killed Osama, is enough for major plans to be in motion. Do not kidd yourself thinking that photographs or no photgraphs will really make a difference in the upcomming weeks. The release may prompt radical behavior from some groups, but the bigger plan to invaid, set off bombs in the USA is still active. As long as the USA is thought of as weak, they will attack. The best thing to do,is to bring our military home to protect our boarders.

Mr. President, You’ve successfully closed this chapter on Osama Bin Laden.. He’s dead thanks to you now Move on Sir to more important issues like our Economy.. which we all know is exactly what the Right Wing Loons do not want you to do…

Keep in mind the fracas after the idiotic “Pastor” Terry Jones burned the Koran. Why provide them with an excuse?

No good will come of releasing ghoulish picture of him with a hole where his eyes used to be! ‘Let that sleeping dog lie.’ RW WILL CARP AND ACCUSE REGARDLESS!!

This would be a good time for the president to show he is strong and will not pander to racist skeptics and conspiracy theory hunters… none of them will EVER be satisfied anyway. If the american public needs further proof… talk to Bin Laden’s wife/kids… or get someone the American people respect like…unfortunately… Donald Trump or a little better Bill Clinton to watch the kill video and then report that they have seen the evidence with their own eyes and it is real. But releasing the video and pictures at this point would have a devestating effect to the world and to his presidency… and I think that the people who are calling for this realize that… and the american people shouldn’t support it… he’s dead… believe it.

54% of Americans Believe you Sir withtout a doubt.. That is about right when you include Democrats and Independents.. the other 46% Republican right Wingers will never believe you no matter what you do… So move on and continue getting the Job done.. you have more then enough Votes to get re-elected in 2012…

Photo or not, the discrepencies with the entire situation is the issue. Maybe if The administration got their ‘facts’ straight before telling us how it happened in 6 different ways and more to come, there wouldn’t be so many issues with trying to match DNA and photo recognition. Remember after 9/11 there were tons of discrepencies and they created a 9/11 commission to shut us up, yet they did a very bad job of resolving the most important issues. So i believe independent research will be required in the future. Don’t believe everything authority and people with power tell you… Think for yourselves.

This isn’t about their desire to see the ugly morbid pictures this is a about them trying to get our Great President to make a mis-step and place himself in a bind.. nothing new here from those Right Wing Bozos…

I say we make leaflets of the picture and airdrop them all over the Middle East.

borntobepolitical | May 4, 2011 10:23:39 A
Who are “THEY”? You are very confused. The “THEY” that the Administration talks about are the Muslims in general, not the extremists and terrorists.
Unsatisfied became your leitmotiv. This operation could have turned as bad as the operation in Iran under Carter’s presidency. But it did not. So, now what? I just hope they will never release the images. Because, unlike pictures of the Holocaust and other genocides, there is no educational purpose in releasing those photos.

Release the damn photos already!!
Wonder how many people complaining here have seen the David Pearl video…..the whole thing….with audio. These are not people we are dealing with, they are Sick Wild Animals. They should be Shot on site.
And people that just keep saying “they’ll just say they are photoshoped”……Did you know there are ways to look at an image to see if it has been altered????? I’m no forensic specialist, but i can tell if a photo has been modified in photoshop prety easily.
Did you see Obama’s Long form Birth Cirtificate???? Those people weren’t so good with photoshop!
God Bless the USA
God Bless W!!!

Do ya think if we DON’T show the pictures of their DEAD LION…that they will take their weapons and just go back into their caves and leave us alone?
What a bunch of SPINELESS WANNA BE LEADERS WE HAVE…makes you ashamed to say you were born in America.

So much for Sean Hannitys and Rush Limblas wet dream of making Obama a one term President.. Funny how there are virtually no Republican Politicians of any real substance stepping up to take on Obama for 2012? Maybe Sarah Quitter Palin and Joe the Fake Plumber will come to the Right Wings Rescue in 2012… I wonder if Joe the fake Plumber ever got that fake Business of his actually running? Oh, I forgot he had to first get a real Plumbers license… LOL

What percent of doubters would be convinced if they saw the photos? Keep in mind that these doubters already know that government officials of both parties agree that he was killed and the former republican President and VP agree that he was killed by the Navy Seals operation.

: RepublicansGotPunked: Got a feeling you are a FIRST TIME voter and still think that the DEMOCRAT and REPUBLICAN parties are rival football teams.

I am absolutely amazed…AMAZED…that ANYONE is buying the crap our President is selling. The Pakistan Observer reported 12-26-2001 Usama bin Laden has died a peaceful death due to an untreated lung complication. So we DON’T need to convince the Muslims. So WHO is being duped here? The American Sheeple! On December 17,2003 Madeline Albright told Roll Call executive editor Mort Kondracke Bin Laden was caught….so who are the Conspiracy Freeks? OK, move along now. Nothing to see here…..maybe Thursday the administration can get their story straight & maybe even a picture? I hope they use a better computer whiz than they did on his new & improved Birth Certificate!!! LOL

Obama, forget these losers and move on, 54% of Americans are behind you and fully support your actions in this Great Victory for the USA.. These sore losers will always try to rain down on your parade even if it means they get soaked in the process….

how soon until wiki leaks shows the photos anyway.

Posted by: Citizen
Thank you for following the Bush objectives to their conclusion” The Bush objective was to keep the Boogie Man Osama alive to keep the Right Wingers scared shtless into voting for them over and over…. Obama just put an end to that… Thank you President Obama, Maybe now you can stop Bushes sensles Wars…

RELEASE THE PIC! Remember, they the radicals had no problem releasing the pic years back of those civilian workers that were burned to death and hung from a bridge. GIVE it right back to them and then let’s move on.

So, why no photo? Panetta said we’d have one by now. But here’s the rub. A photo-shopped image of Bin Laden with a head wound can be detected by blowing it up in size. A 35mm photo can be doctored up more effectively, but almost nobody in the military uses those cameras anymore. The only thing to do is have a good artist — someone who works with wax — create a fake Bin Laden head and have an expert make-up artist gore it up. Then take a photo of it with a digital camera and voila — we have a nice seamless fake to show the public. What so many of you are missing is the Seals video their raids. Yet we haven’t seen one second of the raid’s video. They could leave out the gory parts, if they had it, but the fact is they probably did not get Bin Laden, and he has indeed been dead for nearly a decade now. Madeleine Albright and others in a position to know have said as much. By blaming Pakistan for hiding Bin Laden (in almost plain sight no less), we have the pretext to invade Pakistan, a country with nukes and a country we’ve been concerned about for quite some time. The Gulf of Tonkin incident was contrived to get us into Viet Nam and that’s an indisputable fact. As a nation, we need to “trust but verify”. After the Tillman-incident lies — one after another — I believe it’s best to trust but verify when it comes to this latest incident involving Bin Laden.

I don’t think that they should release the photos. Place them in the Smithsonian on Sept. 11, 2011, and if people want to see them they can travel to Washington DC. I am not interested in seeing them.

Anyone who would believe that a picture of a dead-appearing Osama Bin Laden on the internet proves anything would also believe that the CIA could not fake a “long-form” birth certificate for Barak Hussein O’Kenya and insert it into the Hawaii State Records to be “found” by the President’s foot lackey.

Fact: This President deserves to be congratulated on finishing the job started long ago (sorry Bush haters)
Fact: This victory in NO WAY will have a bearing on the outcome of the 2012 election! Dum-o-crats are delusional if they believe that….then again that is their typical state of mind!

Starting to sound like a Donovan song from the old days: First there is a photo, then there is no photo, then there is…
These ass-clowns can’t get their facts straight, their stories straight and now the story is starting to fold like a cheap tent in a hurricane…
Anyone remember the movie “Wag the Dog”?

You have to ignore these Right Wing losers, they’re just disgruntled Birthers who don’t know what to do with their time now.. Obama isn’t releasing anything, no need to when 54% of Americans are totally satisfied with your actions…

If OBL is really dead. Then Obama and his crew committed murder! OBL was unarmed!!! So was his wife!!! If one of our soldier would do that in Iraq or Afgan they would be in prison and their lives ruin forever. Is Obama above the law? I think he thinks he is.

Photos we won’t see: OBL corpse. Photos we will see: Obama grandstanding around Ground Zero in his sudden first visit there.
Note to WH: Any Muslim upset by the handling of Osama’s carcass or photos of his exposed brain housing group was probably not too thrilled about his killing in the first place.
I’ve seen more decisiveness from a 5 yo in a toy store than I have from this President in the past 48 hours.

There is a story that shows that the Imam at the Al Aqsa Mosque knows his Koran much better than he knows about the rest of the creations of God. He sees the teeth of Islamist Fighters and assumes they are lions. Since he has no concept of size, perhaps he is a mouse or vole. They are in fact ferrets which also have teeth (both the ferret and the lion are considerably larger than a mouse or vole). These ferrets attacked the nest of the eagle, and then hid like the cowards they are. (Eagles do not have teeth, therefore they cannot be lions). It took ten years for the eagle to locate the correct ferret. The eagle then swooped in on the lair of the ferret, dug him out, and carried him away to the sea where he dropped him in so he could disappear into a well-deserved oblivion. So shall it be with all cowardly ferrets that attack eagles. The moral of the story for Islamist fighters is that just because lions have teeth, and so do you, do not mistake your puny ferret’s body and cowardly ferret’s heart for that of a lion. That mistake can be fatal for all of your coreligionists who choose to pick a fight with an eagle.

Why don’t you Right Wing Yappin Chihuahuas just shut up and go sit in the corner like good little sore losers.. While Obama continues to mop up Bushes Messes.. Did you know that the STock Markets are at all time highs? hmmmm… Where are all those Jobs the Republicans promised? Oh, that’s right, they’re too busy Killing Medicare while giving big Oil Tax Breaks… and sending your Jobs over to India and China…

2012 is over for you Republicans, you know it.. just look at how the Republican Politicians are running away from opposing Obama in 2012.. They’ve already given up.. they’re hoping to pull something off in 2016.. Capturing and Killing Osama basically sealed the deal proving Obama is tough on terrorism.. something Bush couldn’t do in 8 years as President…

So it’s OK to show photos of prisoner torture, but when we kill somebody responsible for thousands of American deaths it’s not OK to show a photo of that?

“Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are advising the president about concerns at the Pentagon and State Department that releasing a photograph could prompt a backlash against the US for killing bin Laden where one does not seem to currently exist.” – ABC News
So let’s see if I follow the logic here.
In areas of the world where people at least were ambivalent towards the USA will now erupt in protest against us for killing the world’s number one terrorist.
Huuummmm . . . . . that doesn’t make any sense.
Wouldn’t all the good people on the planet, muslims included be cheering and happy that Bin Laden is dead? Aren’t they cheering USA! USA! USA!

The man is dead, there are family witnesses to it and DNA evidence to it. There is no point in showing pictures. weighing all pros and cons – there really are no pros (nothing to gain) and yet there are many cons. Having a son in Afghanistan as i write this, why potentially flare things up for our troops. It’s a no brainer.

@XYZ
That’s the best reasoning I’ve seen all day on this subject.
Semper Fi.

It should not be about “It will offend some people” or “It will put Americans at risk”
That is not the point.
You do not release the photo because it is WRONG.
The United States does not display war bodies nor do we display our prisoners.
The enemy does and we are NOT on their base level.

So let me get this straight… we are not releasing the photos because we are afraid of the terrorists? Yet we are told not to be afraid of the terrorists because, “we can’t let the terrorists win”??? The body gets dumped into the sea in order to be “sensitive” to Muslim traditions, when we know damn well THEY would parade a dead american soldier’s body through the streets! What the hell!

JUST IN!!!! Osama Bin Laden Death Photos Will Not Be Released by President Obama” BINGO!!!! as the President told Boeher behind closed Doors!! Do you think I’m STUPID!!!! This President wasn’t going to fall for your stupid attempts to get him to compromise himself and our Country by releasing those inflamatory photos… Check MATE!!!!! no move on to something more important, like Sarah Palins 2012 Presidential Run….

Now lets focus on Republicans Creating Jobs in America???? Wha???? Yes that’s the sound of Crickets….

@REPUBLICANSGOTPUNKED
Why does O need the death of OBL to finally get to work?
If he can finally get to improving things around our country then I’m all for it but the track record thus far is nothing but failure.

Praise the commander and chief! … bull.. pelosi praised obama like he went and did the job himself.. that pansy ass of a president probably had to have his arm pulled off by the CIA in order for his to give consent to give the go ahead on the mission in the first place.. congrats to the MILITARY and Pres. Bush in this accomplishment. Obama sit in the damn corner and do what you are good at.. spend more money

Looking at all this hostilty and can’t help but say that with dnemies like ourselves who needs enemies!
Clearly demonstrates that our two party system is more harm than good for us as fledging nation.
United we stand a chance to PREVAIL but Divided we will surely FAIL!

How to deal with the world is not easy, people have different kind of mentality. Doesn’t matter what you say or do, someone will react.

We KILLED him! And now releasing his PHOTO
will offend them??!!

What a circus. How low has civilisation sunk? And WHY does the WHITE HOUSE version of events change by the hour? What are the “sensitivies” that are frightening Obama? Is it Mrs Clinton’s look of horror as she witnessed a ritual killing as glorious as a gangland slaughter? A raid on a nursing-home killing an old ill man…and then on day one trying to portray him as the coward …and later changing the story, and changing it again and again?
Where are all the dead bodyguards involved in the “firefight”? It seems these bodies evapourated. Was there ever a firefight? Probably not! Local people would have been aware of guards etc…but this seems to be a piece of US fiction. So what Obama and staff okayed and watched was ritual murder.
And for one day at least…before questions were asked…it was painted by Obama a a glorious event…
What a bloody shambles by an incompetent idiot doing all in his power to be re-elected.
It will be Bin Laden,s laughter that wll resound if his killing inflicts another spell of Obama-Biden on the Western world….long life the wild west. Long live Obama the man that shot Bin Laden

How about you tell that fool in the WH that we need some JOBS out here in America!!!!!!
Enough of me me me me me crap and entitlements for votes bs… Jobs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

What the H*** is WRONG with some of you people who posted stupid things on this site today? You all need pill to calm down,or a whack on the seat of the pants! Good Lord! Give our C.I.C. some credit! He is a WHOLE lot smarter than most of us,and SURE smarter than dumb ones TRYING to start something!If the folks in the Middle East actually DO have one of the photos,which I doubt,Okay-let THEM show it,NOT us,Not Now! AS FOR JOBS,WELL,WHILE BEING A” little”BUSY WITH OTHER THINGS PRES O STILL ADDED 179,000 jobs this month! BETTER TALK TO YOUR RETEATHUGS,YOU KNOW,ABOUT”JOBS,JOBS,JOBS”THEY WERE GONNA MAKE. NOT ONE JOB SO FAR!– President Obama,the ONLY one we can trust-2012!

oooh ooohoh ooooho ooh.
Yeah, this is the admin that promised transparency. So how it would be “no good” if we were to see evidence. What a decade of war, trillions of dollars, countries invaded, and innocent death has gotten us. I’m no fan of American bloodlust, but it’d be edifying to see a photograph of the man we just killed.
And if they were going to pick and choose about the operation and how the information is released, they should have waited until longer after the first press conference of the Federal Reserve. I mean, that’s kind of more important than some dead A-Hole.

I would not view them, but this is a return to amateur hour by the Obama admin. They look like a 6 year old trying to decide whihc candy bar to purchase. Make a decision, the Muslims that hate us, will hate us no matter what, we can not appease terrorists or they will keep on terrorizing. Bullys get their way by threats and fear. Obama is weak. He made one good decision to get OBL, then back to a wuss.

The backlash is that the Islamic terrorists do not believe that their Holy Spiritual Warrior is dead.
OBL didn’t care about killing 3k people on 9/11, so why are we trying to be so sensitive? What a sham. Worse than the birther cert.
Spin it up and let his polls drop and more than likely he’ll release the pic…that is if he has one.

Bryan wrote:
“It should not be about “It will offend some people” or “It will put Americans at risk”
That is not the point.
You do not release the photo because it is WRONG.
The United States does not display war bodies nor do we display our prisoners.
The enemy does and we are NOT on their base level.”
I agree, although I can understand the need of people to see with their own eyes what has happened. Without giving any conspiracy nuts credence, it is also true that our government from time to time has lied to us. The military lied about the reason for going to war in Vietnam, and we paid for that decision with many thousand american lives. And both a democratic and a republican president held up those lies.
So, I can understand the need to “see”. But Bryan is right – we are americans and we do not do many of the things that our enemies have done. Posting a video of the beheading of Pearl doesn’t mean we should do likewise.
And I agree with President Obama completely about the doubters: no amount of evidence will convince them, anyway. They will be looking of evidence of photoshopping, will be searching in every nook and cranny to be able to say, nay, it ain’t so.

Just a reminder, photos of the other individuals that were killed have been released so I don’t understand what the difference is. People who hate will find a reason to hate no matter what you do, so don’t let conspiracies run amuck! That isn’t good for anyone. Note: we also allow victims to view executions what is the difference.

Yeah. Lets not show the body of a dead man, but we can use as much gore make-up we want to dramatize a wound in shows like Law and Order and CSI. The media released video of people jumping to their death when the World Trade Centers were attacked. Why is it we can show our citizens commiting suicide, but cannot see a still picture of a dead known terrorist?