How Are We Better Off?

“Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader; he was a mass murderer of Muslims,” Mr. Obama said. “Indeed, Al Qaeda has slaughtered scores of Muslims in many countries, including our own. So his demise should be welcomed by all who believe in peace and human dignity.”

OBL was the FBI's #1 most wanted for a decade, but he was not wanted by the FBI for the 9-11 attacks.  In USA we believe people are innocent until proven guilty.  Bonnie and Clyde were blamed for so many bank robberies (some on the same day same hour a thousand miles apart), that they began taking credit themselves for all of them.  Police keep some aspect of a major crime secret (the caliber of the murder weapon, etc) because so many people call in to "confess" they need a way to sort out the nutjobs from people who actually know something.

There is not a single point of this "we got Osama" story that rings true.  The sad thing is it is plausibly all made up, that our government has so little credibility.  What might have been better to capture him and take him alive.

Or better yet, a decade ago, provided evidence of his criminals actions, the Taliban, who always wanted to be our friends, would have turned Osama over to us.  We answered with bombs.

The most likely story is Osama died a decade ago, and Benazir Bhutto was dead a few months after mentioning that.

One of the most common efforts in government is to solve problems that do not exist.  Assassinating a dead man is likely to be 100% successful, and you can hen made all sorts of grand pronouncements, and then also crack down on internal problems.  Like TSA is trying to take over Amtrak, and Amtrak is having none of it.  But now that killing Osama is "likely to bring new terrorist activity" TSA is making another run at Amtrak.  And we have a treasure trove of intel of what al qaeda is up to...  so now when our government has some new silly way to walk, or whatever they demand, we are supposed to go along.

Our government is busy deciding where to cut back.  The WACO disaster began with an effort to keep the ATF budget from being cut back.  Agencies will begin fighting each other for a place at the trough.

Why does nothing reported about this event sound true?

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