Thank God, and good riddance. What sick twisted individual. Truly a monster. :goodjob:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0c10iQAbJc&feature=related

Oh I doubt it's far from over now---I hate to say this but this is just a new chapter on the war with terrior. Sure it's big blow to the terriorest but this might spark a whole new fire. But anyway I'm glad he's dead :celebration: .

Ghadaffi, you're next in line! It's going to be epic when we kill 2 dictators this month. Also, to any Canadians, us and you are the best.

Something is fishy with this whole thing.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Reagan try to get Ghadafi via bombing?

How so?

HELL YES HE IS! :celebration:

Yeah, got his mansion, but not him.

10 years ago at six years old, i watched the buildings fall on national television and seeing Osama's face soon after.


10 years later, i see Osama's face on national television that says he is dead.


this is truly a great day.

Aw schucks. We're not arrogant enough so thanks for being arrogant for us.

From your sixy top-hat,
Canada

Reagan said that he was going to kill Ghadafi if he was sighted, and he disappeared for a long time.

That's a rather offensive comparison.

Oh ok , I don't think it will give the USA much of advantage. Well I guess eye for an eyes makes people happy. And I will not take that happiness away from them.

Huzzah Huzzah. It's about damn time we finally got that son of a [censored]. My dad was already cheering when I called to tell him the news ^^. Congratulations to the Squad(my dad thinks it was Delta Force) who took him out!

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I like to question why things happen... and who benefits...

Bin Laden dead...

Oh man...the U.S better up the funding on NEST and the CIA. Al-Qaeda's boss may be dead but his second in command will take over and if the U.S doesn't completely wipe out Al-Qaeda, his second, whoever that may be, would do something so much worse than anything that the U.S faced before.

If Al-Qaeda acquires a nuclear bomb, which would be easy considering both Iran and North Korea(two countries that hate the U.S more than anything else) have a nuclear program, then, oh god.

The U.S better hurry up and eliminate the heads. They're like worms. Cut a piece off and they'll still squirm around with more ferocity.

I'm sure they'd have liked a capture if the option came up, but they weren't going to risk a missed chance by hesitating to shoot. It's true that his death in itself is unlikely to do much; I doubt that he alone held all of his organization's secrets in his head, and no no one will know what to do without him. There are other leaders that can pick up the slack. However, he was an icon of what he stood for, and the death of an icon can have a considerable impact. Those who had considered joining may lose some faith in the group, may be afraid to step in line with a force that just lost its head, and current members may have their loyalty shaken, especially during the subsequent disorganization.

For the most part though, yes, it's more about people declaring victory over an enemy. That's the way it's always worked; leaders take much of the credit, good or bad, often regardless of their actual influence. An act creates an enemy, an enemy needs a name, a named enemy becomes the target for those wronged. It may or may not be of any benefit, but people will always seek that goal and celebrate its victory.

Edit: The death of an icon can also empower a cause as a martyr, of course, but that rarely stops people.

Wait, does "...in a mansion with other members of his family" mean that the other members of his family were killed or just that he lived/was staying there with other members of his family?

This times a million with a nice side of :rofl:

I think I read somewhere that his sister was killed as well.

The president said that it was in a compound, and a firefight went down. He didn't mention anything about his family.

well, they did say that they used family DNA to confirm it was in fact osama.

That accurately summarizes my thoughts. I'm glad the SOB was taken out, though, don't get me wrong. It's just that he was one man among many in the vast networks of terrorists that have the same vision he had.

Good news nonetheless. Sorry if I'm being too much of a realist. :laugh: