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2004-10-31 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Fred 2004-10-31 10:52:41 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Debka---The grain of salt starts here...but every once in a while they hit a home run.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-10-31 3:05:42 PM|| 2004-10-31 3:05:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Wait a moment...didn't they just put him in Iran under 'protective custody' of some of the hardline mullahs? Either he has the fastest magic flying carpet, or we're looking at body doubles for the eyes in the sky throw off!!

Posted by smn 2004-10-31 3:17:16 PM|| 2004-10-31 3:17:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 It was with great sadness that I saw Binny's tape, especially since I was CONVINCED he was Tora Bora wormdirt. Saying that, now that we know he is alive, it is time to find and kill him. And those with him. And those in the same town. And those in the same province......

Posted by Brett_the_Quarkian 2004-10-31 3:31:26 PM|| 2004-10-31 3:31:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Saying that, now that we know he is alive, it is time to find and kill him.

I disagree. This is one maggot we want to take alive. I'll settle for dead or vaporized but would much more prefer intact. We need to debrief this @sshole until briefs go out of style. We also need to parade this sick f%&k in front of the Arab world just before we slip a needle into his worthless veins.

If ever there was a more potent way of humiliating every single d@mned stinking ratfaced jihadi at once, I've certainly not heard of it. This turd has a date with Mr. Red, White and Blue Syringe and it's up to our warriors to make it all come true.

Posted by Zenster 2004-10-31 3:58:10 PM|| 2004-10-31 3:58:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I hear ya, Zenster. It is nice to be contradicted by you, my friend.

I am thinking of the whining on the home front as the MSM, Dims, da Black Caucus, Johnny Cochran, etc. worry about Binny's rights.

Posted by Brett_the_Quarkian 2004-10-31 4:10:34 PM|| 2004-10-31 4:10:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 This is the whole point of the video excercise. Look, it's ELVIS!

Meanwhile, who's watching Mr. Z?

Posted by mojo 2004-10-31 4:45:10 PM|| 2004-10-31 4:45:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Kill em all& let god sort them out

Posted by borgboy 2004-10-31 5:00:10 PM|| 2004-10-31 5:00:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I find Zenster to be a kindered spirit, but this time he (she ?) is wrong. I think we want Bin Laden taken, but NOT taken alive. The world-wide impact Zenster wants can be had by parading the dead carcass in front of the Al-Jizz cameras. The last thing we want is a show trial. Besides, as I recall, Cofer Black promised President Bush to bring him the head of Osama. Literally. In a box.

Posted by Mark Z. 2004-10-31 7:09:15 PM|| 2004-10-31 7:09:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 A friend asked me how often I thought Debkafile was accurate. I didn't have an answer. What say you Rantbergers? On a scale of 1 - 10, how often is Debka on the money? Anybody got an idea?

Posted by Mark Z. 2004-10-31 7:12:55 PM|| 2004-10-31 7:12:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I am thinking of the whining on the home front as the MSM, Dims, da Black Caucus, Johnny Cochran, etc. worry about Binny's rights.

Brett, every single whiner should be made to watch an endless loop of the Twin Tower impacts, complete with footage of the falling jumpers, for an unbroken 24 hour period.

Meanwhile, who's watching Mr. Z?

Over there! Why, it's a pink rhinoceros!

I find Zenster to be a kindered spirit, but this time he (she ?) is wrong. I think we want Bin Laden taken, but NOT taken alive.

It's "he." As with other high level captures like Hambali, there is not only the actual intelligence harvested from the individual, but also a ripple effect of changed cell phone numbers, abandoned blind drop locations, evacuated safe houses and all sorts of disrupted operational infrastructure that radiates from a capture of this magnitude.

Far better that we should scoop up bin Laden alive so as to maximize the damage and discomfiture of al Qaeda. My only regret is that Osama would thereby miss the opportunity to enjoy several days in the wild with an untreated gut shot.

We need to show various footage of bin Laden being questioned (including - if necessary - mockups of him chatting freely with his interrogators), being tried in an American court of law or military tribunal and then being promptly executed. An unmarked grave to prevent any enshrinement would be the finishing touch.

Should we merely carry down bin Laden's body fragments from some unnamed peak, it would have all the impact of Moses having descended from the mountain top bearing shards. The Arab street would forever convince themselves that our's were merely empty claims. Only by incontrovertibly demonstrating to one and all that we will find, capture (then interrogate) and kill those who seek to do America harm, will we begin to dissuade those who plot against us.

Mark, I find it hard to allot Debka more than a 50/50 shot. However, given the chance, every so often even a blind pig will root up a truffle.

Posted by Zenster 2004-10-31 8:29:23 PM|| 2004-10-31 8:29:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Kill bin laden and you will have 50,000 more of him pop up all over the world.

Posted by Spineshank 2004-10-31 9:40:02 PM|| 2004-10-31 9:40:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 We should let a muslim kill him

Posted by Spineshank 2004-10-31 9:43:16 PM|| 2004-10-31 9:43:16 PM|| Front Page Top

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