Posted May 5, 2011 Can't we all just stop feeding the troll? Please? There is a report post function that really saves a lot of braincells and cuts down on stress. Some people are looking for anger rather than compromise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 Quick question Monkey, I'm not sure if it's been covered, but if Osama was dead for ages, why didn't al'Queda say anything? Were they doing the Dark Knight approach of "people will lose faith and turn into pussies if they know the truth"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 All this talk of him as a mere figurehead seems premature. He was reportedly still very much involved in the terror plot stuff. The special forces team who shot Bin Laden in the early hours of Monday took away a mass of digital information on computers, hard drives and storage discs, as well as paper documents. An initial trawl through the files indicate Bin Laden was not a mere figurehead for the militant group but remained closely involved in nuts-and-bolts planning, according to various US reports Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 Quick question Monkey, I'm not sure if it's been covered, but if Osama was dead for ages, why didn't al'Queda say anything? Were they doing the Dark Knight approach of "people will lose faith and turn into pussies if they know the truth"? Something like that, plus when it does finally come out he's dead they just blame America and start another jihad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 So looks like US ties with Pakistan have hit a new low. Like a the rest of the world I find it so difficult to see where Pakistan stand; they were harbouring the world's most wanted man close to a military area and after the India-bombing incident on 2007 (or maybe 2008, I can't remember), it makes you wonder where they stand. Interestingly, the states provide Pakistan with a large amount of money every year, without which their economy would probably collapse. Over the last few years they haven't exactly helped themselves :/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 So looks like US ties with Pakistan have hit a new low. How do we know that Pakistan weren't the ones who lured him in and tipped the US off? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 How do we know that Pakistan weren't the ones who lured him in and tipped the US off? Because they look like freakin' idiots atm, and given the U.S said that the reason they didn't inform them that they were coming in was because it might 'affect the operation' (ie. they might tell him). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 So looks like US ties with Pakistan have hit a new low. Like a the rest of the world I find it so difficult to see where Pakistan stand; they were harbouring the world's most wanted man close to a military area and after the India-bombing incident on 2007 (or maybe 2008, I can't remember), it makes you wonder where they stand. Interestingly, the states provide Pakistan with a large amount of money every year, without which their economy would probably collapse. Over the last few years they haven't exactly helped themselves :/ The Pakistani intelligence services are notorious for 'sitting on the fence' - they're a government agency but they're known to have ties to, and to provide funding for, radical terror organisations. If the US had informed the Pakistani government, Bin Laden would have been tipped off. The whole country is a complete cluster fuck. One of our own making, I might add. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 Al Qaeda have confirmed that Bin Laden has been killed and have vowed revenge. It does state that although the authenticity can not be confirmed, apparantly it has appeared on news site which Al Qaeda use. http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Osama-bin-Laden-Al-Qaeda-Confirm-Leaders-Death-In-US-Raid-On-Pakistani-Compound/Article/201105115986397?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15986397_Osama_bin_Laden%3A_Al_Qaeda_Confirm_Leaders_Death_In_US_Raid_On_Pakistani_Compound_ So are people still going to say that he wasn't really killed? Or maybe that Al Qaeda are in on the lie with America!? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 So are people still going to say that he wasn't really killed and that Al Qaeda are in on the lie with America!? Um... yes? Have you even read this thread? :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 Um... yes? Have you even read this thread? :p I skimmed! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 So are people still going to say that he wasn't really killed and that Al Qaeda are in on the lie with America!? As both are political forces in their own way then I wouldn't put it past them. If the same story suits both their purposes why not? Like I said earlier, its win win with that story. Forgot to mention, the patriot act is up for review soon, good excuse to keep it going now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 Forgot to mention, the patriot act is up for review soon, good excuse to keep it going now. You never know when the La Li Lu Le Lo may strike. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 All this talk of him as a mere figurehead seems premature. He was reportedly still very much involved in the terror plot stuff. Awesome. Simple as. Something like that... Fucks sake, it was bullshit when they blamed Batman, I never thought they'd try it in real life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 Fucks sake, it was bullshit when they blamed Batman, I never thought they'd try it in real life. Truth is often stranger than fiction. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 As both are political forces in their own way then I wouldn't put it past them. If the same story suits both their purposes why not? Like I said earlier, its win win with that story. Forgot to mention, the patriot act is up for review soon, good excuse to keep it going now. Where does your conspiracy fantaticism end? Just curious, but how do you know that we're even real and not just brains in jars in a distant planet hooked up to a mainframe? How do you know anything is real? Why, when news is announced, do you always consider the least likely and most preposterous outcome is correct? It's silly, your like of conspiracy actually seems to have brainwashed you into thinking in a certain way every time, rather than using reason to work out where you stand. Like here. Evidence is overwhelmingly in favour of Bin Laden having just been killed, and common sense dictates that you evaluate evidence to form an opinion. Do you just lack common sense? Just curious... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 Where does your conspiracy fantaticism end? Just curious, but how do you know that we're even real and not just brains in jars in a distant planet hooked up to a mainframe? How do you know anything is real? I know there's no spoon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 Evidence is overwhelmingly in favour of Bin Laden having just been killed \You were doing so well up until then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 \You were doing so well up until then. What would you consider convincing evidence that Bin Laden was killed in the operation earlier this week? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 What would you consider convincing evidence that Bin Laden was killed in the operation earlier this week? How many times do I have to answer this question? Video of the event. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 What would you consider convincing evidence that Bin Laden was killed in the operation earlier this week? A Carrie-esque scene where Bin Laden's hand grabs him from underneath the ground. Or, under the sea in this case. This one's for you, Ossie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 How many times do I have to answer this question? Video of the event. So you would accept a video of it? Shit, give Stu Maschwitz a few hundred and he can make it for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 So you would accept a video of it? Shit, give Stu Maschwitz a few hundred and he can make it for you. Give me a few hundred and I'll shut up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 I don't make deals with Nigerian princes and I won't make one with you sorry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2011 I don't make deals with Nigerian princes Not what I heard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
