What really happened to Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan? Was he killed in a firefight? Was he shot in cold blood while trying to surrender? Is he really dead? Or is the whole thing just another CIA hoax?
Why won't the Pentagon or White House or someone show us evidence that Osama is dead? What happened to his body? Did they really throw it into the sea? Where are the pictures and videos that are said to exist? Was the whole thing done on a back lot in Hollywood?
The hemming and hawing over those questions -- indeed, that there should be any questions at all -- illustrates perfectly why the USA has such trouble in its dealings with the rest of the world. The problems are naïveté coupled with ignorance and insensitivity, complicated by a proclivity for bungling.
Dealing with the bungling first -- because it's funnier -- did you see the video simulation (a Korean cartoon, I think) of the invasion of Bin Laden's compound? Two choppers come down. One has a "hard landing" [crash, surely. Ed.] but no-one is hurt and the mission goes ahead.
Osama is watching the whole thing in real time, and so is Obama. Right? Errr...maybe not Obama. As it turns out, there were "technical difficulties" and it seems those videos of the Prez and Hellery watching it all unfold may have been a bit misleading. Walt thinks they might have been watching Family Guy instead.
I'll get to the ignorance and insensitivity in my next post.
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