Is that screenshot real? If so, 
And I just found a video where a news reporter announced that Obama killed Obama, not once, twice, but thrice.
EDIT: And she was blatantly reading off a script.
EDIT: And she was blatantly reading off a script.
My understanding is it was a death by headshot. And I think giving him a proper Muslim burial the way we did is the best thing we COULD have done with his body. The corpse itself has no value to us, beyond its mere existence, and showing the world that we are willing to treat even our greatest enemies with respect will likely go a long way toward helping our relations with primarily Islamic nations and groups. We had nothing against him as a Muslim, and denying him a burial would undermine that.
Even if he likely deserved whatever atrocities we could have inflicted him with, the simple act of us killing him and then treating his body with respect shows mercy and restraint. It shows that we killed a man because he had to be killed, and not because we wanted to kill him. A fine distinction to make, but an important one when the war is what it is.
That said, Fox has never exactly been a pinnacle of reliable, unbiased newscasting, so this is just one more faux pas I'm willing to chalk up to their general levels of dip
syndrome.
Even if he likely deserved whatever atrocities we could have inflicted him with, the simple act of us killing him and then treating his body with respect shows mercy and restraint. It shows that we killed a man because he had to be killed, and not because we wanted to kill him. A fine distinction to make, but an important one when the war is what it is.
That said, Fox has never exactly been a pinnacle of reliable, unbiased newscasting, so this is just one more faux pas I'm willing to chalk up to their general levels of dip
syndrome.QUOTE (Aerotan @ May 2 2011, 06:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
My understanding is it was a death by headshot. And I think giving him a proper Muslim burial the way we did is the best thing we COULD have done with his body. The corpse itself has no value to us, beyond its mere existence, and showing the world that we are willing to treat even our greatest enemies with respect will likely go a long way toward helping our relations with primarily Islamic nations and groups. We had nothing against him as a Muslim, and denying him a burial would undermine that.
Even if he likely deserved whatever atrocities we could have inflicted him with, the simple act of us killing him and then treating his body with respect shows mercy and restraint. It shows that we killed a man because he had to be killed, and not because we wanted to kill him. A fine distinction to make, but an important one when the war is what it is.
That said, Fox has never exactly been a pinnacle of reliable, unbiased newscasting, so this is just one more faux pas I'm willing to chalk up to their general levels of dip syndrome.
Even if he likely deserved whatever atrocities we could have inflicted him with, the simple act of us killing him and then treating his body with respect shows mercy and restraint. It shows that we killed a man because he had to be killed, and not because we wanted to kill him. A fine distinction to make, but an important one when the war is what it is.
That said, Fox has never exactly been a pinnacle of reliable, unbiased newscasting, so this is just one more faux pas I'm willing to chalk up to their general levels of dip
syndrome.Really? So dumping him out in the Mediterranean sea was a type of Muslim burial? Hum.... my respect for humanity has just elevated a bit higher.
