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Thread #137575   Message #3147412
Posted By: Genie
03-May-11 - 09:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: Republicans 'spin' Bin Laden death rpt
Subject: RE: BS: Republicans 'spin' Bin Laden death rpt
BTW, some of the "deathers" - people who insist on seeing the photographs of Bin Laden's corpse or some other sort of proof that he is really dead -- include some liberals, Democrats, etc., too.   This is understandable, but there are very sound reasons, having to do with not wanting to provoke more retaliatory attacks or alienate Muslims who, so far, have not sided with Al Quaeda, for not releasing a photograph that would spread virally around the 'net in minutes and be met with all sorts of sweeping anti-Islamic responses. Sometimes the public's "right to know" conflicts with intelligence or diplomatic operations.   
I, for one, don't feel I really need to see the proof of Bin Laden's death anytime in the near future.   But then, I don't have a need to discredit Obama.