I feel like the government has some "conspiracy" law in which they have to intentionally add a strange grey area to a serious issue, and that's why they quickly dumped the body at sea. You know, to give all the conspiracy theorists something to talk about for decades to come! I mean really, it is an american tradition.
Exactly. I read that this morning and thought, well-played America, well-played. The rationale was that they don't want his tomb being a holy place for people to visit. Also that Islamic tradition dictates that bodies must be washed and buried in 24 hours. So first of all, I don't know why it would be such a huge problem for him to be buried somewhere and people visit his grave. Call me soft on terrorism, but he's dead now. We bury our war dead
and we visit their graves. Second, since when did we abide by the rules of Islam in our treatment of captives and prisoners of war? Okay, apparently, the Obama administration has done a better job of not humiliating or torturing prisoners of war.
Just seems like the Muslim world, not thrilled with us anyway, would
understand not be surprised if we kept Bin Laden on ice for a few extra days just to get the proof out there. I didn't sense much gratitude on their part for our conciliatory gesture of chucking him in the ocean, anyway.
USAnians, face the flag, it's face-palm time: 1... 2... 3...