Osama Bin Laden

Originally I wasn't going to warrant this with a post of its own. Until I logged onto Facebook and saw what a lot of my friends were saying about the death of Osama Bin Laden. I saw posts like "Osama Bin Laden is dead! America is winning!" my frist question was; "winning what?" Honestly, after 10 years, 2 wars, around 920,000 deaths, and over $1 Trillion America has finally killed one man... Sooo what did we win? I don't think a lot of people know the extent of his legacy and what comes next, now that he is dead.

First of all lets talk about the man OBL. Osama Bin Laden was the founder of Al-Qaeda back in 1987-88 or something (I have seen a few different dates). Al-Qaeda is a militant Islamic group, for those of you who may not know. He claims to have organized the attacks of September the 11th in 2001, on the World Trade Center towers of NY.

He was also endorsed, supported, and an ally of the U.S. during the Cold War against the USSR. The U.S. supplied him with guns and ammunition as well as other weapons. And why not? After all he was our ally. At this point in time I believe that he had already started Al-Qaeda.

Al-Qaeda has gone through changes similar to this before. Many of its leaders have been killed since not only it was created, but since 2001. Yes, Killing Bin Laden, the leader and founder of the group, is a big hit. But it will not stop or slow Al-Qaeda at all. 8 years ago, when Bin Laden was the sole leader, his death might have ended the organization. But now? No, they are diversified and spread out, ready to work without Bin Laden. As a matter of fact they already have a replacement for Osama. I am having a hard time finding his name, but he is a younger man, not as "heroic" or "celebrated" as Osama. He is more mellow I hear as well. So that is good news... right?

Many speculate that Al-Qaeda will have a retaliation plan after hearing about their leader's death. Many Jihad websites have videos and quotes saying things like "You cannot not kill us by killing our leader" "al-qaeda is not finished" etc etc. It is assumed that this retaliation will more than likely happen in the middle east rather than on American soil. Which is also good news...?

So as far as the actual killing of OBL. The US lost  his trail in December of  2001, after it was said that he was killed in a bombing. It was later found that he had not died and was alive and well. So the search was on again. The US started following a currier that was responsible for finding Al-Qaeda members places to hide. His name is Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, this man was followed for a few years until he was followed to Pakistan. Within a 40 mile radius of a large military base, there was a compound that was found in an upscale neighborhood. Not much odd about this place really except that it was surrounded by 18 foot walls topped with razor wire.

What raised red flags about this place was the fact that this was the only building in the area that had no internet connection at all. And while all other houses in the area took out their trash every week, this particular place burned everything. No trash was ever brought out at all, ever. The Pakistani government says that they were unaware that OBL was in their country, nor did they know he was so close to a military base either.

All this news was rather interesting to me, seeing as the relationship between the US and Pakistan is more strained now than it has ever been, and now OBL has been hiding there for how many years now? It just strikes me as odd. Then again, Pakistan was not told about the raid until after it was done and the SEALS were on their way home. The US government is saying that this kill is showing that we have Resolve, resilience, and Patience, and the willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done. This all means that no one will mess with us apparently.

The mission was to capture or kill him. He was only to be killed if he put up a fight that would threaten the lives of the NAVY SEALS that were going in to capture him. There is much International Speculation about whether or not A) He is actually dead and B) whether or not capturing him was really part of the plan.

B) is pretty self explanatory I think. But as for A)... Lets speculate too, just for kicks and giggles. He was shot in face twice. No Pictures have been released as of yet. Add to this that he was buried at sea, immediately after he was killed and his corpse was taken away. Why? i am sure that a good argument against this would be: Why not? to which i say "touche, good sir". As far as this goes, you are really left to wonder what the truth really is. Bin Laden's death comes at a convenient  time for Obama, with all the issues he is facing with the birthers (do NOT get me started on that), budget problems, etc etc. This was a great to get people to stop thinking about the budget and other issues and to see Obama as a war hero. As a man who gets the job that was left undone by former presidents, done and done well. His approval ratings for the war went from 46% to almost 57% after the killing of Bin Laden. So I do wonder a bit, well, there is some doubt there, that is all.

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