So Bin Laden is Dead, what now?

[Tdc2182]

Well... Amurica just single handedly killed terrorism. That's what's up.

That's a joke, right? Aside from the fact that terrorism doesn't just happen A) in America B) by Osama bin Laden and his cronies, it would still be ridiculously optimistic to assume that killing one man will stop thousands of crazy people with rage issues from engaging in violence against people they consider unworthy of living.

Do I seriously have to put "THIS IS A JOKE under every blatantly obvious thing I say?

C'mon dude. Simply reading the above post would have let you see that...

 

[Layz92]

As if he ever mattered.

Well you summed up my feelings on the subject perfectly. Kudos, I guess.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

My Face When I Saw The Anouncment:

This image is totally appropriate. And awesome.

... in America.

 

[Christopher Maxwell]

im sorry. but who really cares? yes it was terrible.. but it was 10 years ago. lol and didn't he already die from liver disease or something like 2-3 years ago??
great Intel from America there.. lol!!! but again

WHO REALLY CARES!!!

 

[Tdc2182]

As if he ever mattered.

Yup.

He's been a figure head for the past 5 years. He has had barely anything to do with the Taliban. He's just been running away

I'm sure glad we have someone here who knows about the inner-workings of the Taliban.

CIA has released about 50 reports to the media about this for the past five years.

 

[Tomo Stryker]

My Face When I Saw The Anouncment:

In America!

Edit: Fucking Ninjas

 

[Vault boy Eddie]

If I was the soldier that killed him, I would officially change my name to King Ding a Ling. That dude now has the most awesome pickup line of all time.

Woman: so what do you do?
Soldier: I killed Bin Laden, that's what I do

 

[Kortney]

I'm glad that bastard is finally dead. Hope it was painful.

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

Time to bust out this old chestnut

 

[NinjaTigerXIII]

WE PARTY! Anyone else think at the end of Obama's speech that if 'Like a Boss' started playing it totally would of fit the mood?

 

[The Bandit]

If I was the soldier that killed him, I would officially change my name to King Ding a Ling. That dude now has the most awesome pickup line of all time.

Woman: so what do you do?
Soldier: I killed Bin Laden, that's what I do

I wonder how many soldiers are going to start doing this.

"Yeah, I'm really not supposed to talk about it, but yeah. It was me. I did it. All me."

 

[Yokai]

Well, it took us ten years, $350 billion, and a hundred and twenty thousand corpses, but who's counting?

 

[SwimmingRock]

Snippage

I'm so confused. You start off by arguing that America will need a new reason to "invade countries." This implies that their former reason (terrorism) is no longer valid. Then you go on to say that it would be foolish to assume terrorism is done.

Which is it?

Terrorism is not done, but you can't just randomly charge into countries with an army to stop it. My point was that terrorism being their reason for sending troops to Iraq and Afghanistan was personified by bin Laden. Now that they got him, they have two options:
1. Consider the supposed war won and go home.
2. Keep fighting for an entirely unclear amount of time.

Telling the populace that they intend to keep armies stationed until all terrorism worldwide has been ended won't work, because there's no clear goal/target there. Terrorist cells aren't constantly active and not all terrorists make themselves known until they attack. If they are staying, they need a new reason beside just the vague generalization of terrorism.

Well... Amurica just single handedly killed terrorism. That's what's up.

That's a joke, right? Aside from the fact that terrorism doesn't just happen A) in America B) by Osama bin Laden and his cronies, it would still be ridiculously optimistic to assume that killing one man will stop thousands of crazy people with rage issues from engaging in violence against people they consider unworthy of living.

Do I seriously have to put "THIS IS A JOKE under every blatantly obvious thing I say?

C'mon dude. Simply reading the above post would have let you see that...

Too much time spent on the internet. Met some spectacularly dumb and bigoted people. My sincere apologies.

 

[Not George Carlin]

My Face When I Saw The Anouncment:

Oh, yeah? This happened in my mind when I heard this...

http://www.mediaite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Most-Patriotic-Picture-Ever.jpg

 

[Jake0fTrades]

It won't end like that they probably already have a line of successors ready for this contingency.

It may not quite be like that, sure in the US and countries like it we have a long list of people ready to step in, but very many groups/countries have crumbled after having their leader killed.

I think the best way to look at this is "Cautiously optimistic."

 

[Bon_Clay]

One wonders if it'll actually make a clod of difference. Yes, he is (was?) their leader; Do you think that his dying will really stop terrorism? Do you think conflict in the Middle East is just going to vanish overnight?

No, not really. This is a boost to morale and perhaps a minor disruption of their operations - I have no doubt that they have a line-up of second-in-commands who are just waiting to take his place. Then... what? We spend another decade trying to destroy his replacement?

You're right. We should just not try and ignore every terrorist attack.

You people confuse the hell out of me.

Nice straw man argument, as they clearly suggested that. Terrorism can't be fought like a normal war, but that doesn't mean you do nothing. Starting wars against full countries when its only select individuals from multiple different places (which were places like Saudi Arabia and the UAE mostly, not Afghanistan or Iraq).

And searching for their leader clearly isn't the greatest use of resources as it took almost 10 years and is would be foolish to think this will end everything. Counter-terrorism has to be done a lot differently than when dealing with criminals within communities, or wars between countries.

Then please explain the proper way to carry out this war, General.

Ho ho, so just because I recognize some of the problems with the war on terror, which plenty of people have pointed out on many occasions, means I must be a military and homeland security mastermind? I don't have all the answers, I wouldn't put myself in charge of fighting terrorism if I was given the chance.

But sure I could give some suggestion. First change the terrible foreign policy that initially pissed these people off. Obviously you can't put all the blame on the US, no matter how much you antagonize someone it is still their decision to murder people over it. But the US had already killed people in the middle east, and wouldn't remove their military presence when they had no reason or right to be in there (this is all pre-9/11). They had trade embargoes on Iraq, troops in Saudi Arabia, and their support of Israel has always been a controversial subject.

As for how to fight them, invading full countries and overthrowing dictators is completely unrelated. Work with governments with reasonable amounts of troops, do things precisely not with brute force. And with all the outside organizations and Blackwater troops brought in, why not take it a step further and just open it up to bounty hunters. Same way they fought piracy(real pirates, on boats), the greatest navy in the world couldn't stop it. But allowing people to hunt them down themselves for profit actually did help.

 

[Tomo Stryker]

im sorry. but who really cares? yes it was terrible.. but it was 10 years ago. lol and didn't he already die from liver disease or something like 2-3 years ago??
great Intel from America there.. lol!!! but again

WHO REALLY CARES!!!

Apparently fourteen year old children who can't spell or create a grammatically correct sentence care enough to post the above blather. I hope you haven't stayed up to late to post this comment, do you even know who this guy was?

 

[ZombieGenesis]

Well, it took us ten years, $350 billion, and a hundred and twenty thousand corpses, but who's counting?

In the end, would probably just have been cheaper to go with the Ninjas.